I would like to take this opportunity to share a little bit about my journey‚ and how it leads me to owning my own home care agency! I am a Registered Nurse‚ with several years in the home health care industry. I began in the 80’s as a Home Health Aide. As I continued my education and worked as a Nurse in the field I truly love‚ I realized a sad‚ but true pattern across the various agencies I worked with; many making it about numbers‚ I learned what to do‚ and what NOT to do early on in my field
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also suspected that Mrs. Collins contracted MRSA and the physician would like to continue IV antibiotics for an additional 5 days. It is in this setting that case management was contacted to explore home care services in lieu of an additional 5 day hospital stay. Mrs. Collins was under home health care‚ she was able to finish her 5 day course of IV antibiotics while gaining strength through Physical Therapy (PT) as her condition had
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Dupont‚ Dupont Residential Care‚ and Assured In-Home Care An experienced assisted living and senior care professional‚ Jacqueline Dupont sits on the board of directors for the Alzheimer’s Association and supports the initiatives of Senior Serve of Orange County. Jacqueline Dupont currently serves as chief executive officer of two businesses that she founded in Southern California. Operating as Irvine Cottages Memory Care since 1995‚ Dupont Residential Care provides memory care and residential living
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Title: -‘A Report Submitted to the Continuing Care Committee within NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus’. A Report Submitted to The Open University Contents:- 1. Introduction 2 2. Perspective on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
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be well-informed regarding development economically for possibility of long-term care and that the legislative policy creators offer motivation for this type of preparation. The private sector tax offer alternatives such as 401(k)’s and IRA’s are an sign of motivation to bank funds aside when able to‚ but other alternatives have to be developed if a person wants to be ready for the future demands on long-term care. This incredible boost will have needed to combine both public and private sector
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an essay of no more than 1500 words. What constitutes a good physical environment for care and support and why is it so important? Illustrate your answer by analysing least two Block 4 care settings. There are a number of different care settings‚ however I have decided to discuss and analyse Home and Hospital care‚ its environments and how the physical environments affect people giving and receiving care. Healthcare is the prevention‚ treatment‚ and management of illness and the preservation
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their family. Many clients are unable to tend to the daily chores like house work due to the treatments received for their disease. This issue causes the patient to be stressed and feeling depressed because they are unable to attend to the needs of the home. The children also feel that their environment has changed lack of normalcy. This has caused problem for the family’s well-being. This is a complex problem and one that exists within the community and the organization. The organization I work for does
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Article Summary: The article discusses the two classification of goals for home care: therapeutic goals‚ and compensatory goals and the potential of integrating the two goals to reform home care goals. The tasks and responsibility for each program varies housekeeping to nursing/medical care to care management. Therapeutic goals are “measurable improvement on parameters of physical‚ psychological‚ or social functioning.” Compensatory goals are designed to “provide services to compensate for functional
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Home healthcare workers are a huge asset to the community‚ and not everyone realizes just what they can do other than assist aging seniors who need extensive care in the home. People of all ages can face sudden medical challenges‚ and if you are enduring one right now‚ you may not realize that home care assistance is available to help you through it. Here are a few ways that home health assistance can benefit you or someone you love of any age. 1. Hands-on Teaching of Medication Injection Technique
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£5.5 billion‚ is a significant figure‚ and that is how much the home care market is valued in England (Funding and costs – commissioning home care for older people‚ 2014). A substitute to our service may be care homes as this may have been there only option available if there is no one there to provide them with some help‚ on the other side care homes are extremely expensive in the UK‚ they cost on average around £30‚000 yearly (Limited‚ 2011)‚ which some
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