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legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

This paper summarizes and analyzes a qualitative Norwegian study that examined the experiences of home care nurses in regards to f...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...

44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...

In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...

dependency upon others for assisted daily living skills, and institutional care. Rockwood (1997) defined frail elderly people as t...

In ten pages this paper discusses the growing nursing home industry and the need for planning change. Eleven sources are cited in...

In five pages this paper examines the benefits of pet therapy in a nursing home setting in terms of memory stimulation and positiv...

That freedom and responsibility can improve the nursing home experience for all involved. Definition and Clarification...

blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...