TRANSITION OF CARE: EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY Describe the patients medical/clinical condition. This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically
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To Send Senior Citizens To Old Folks Home Nowadays‚ the percentage of sending senior to Old Folks Home is increasing all over the world. People thinks and cares about themselves rather than senior citizens. Many people believe that they will be considered cruel‚ irresponsible by sending a senior to Old Folks Home. Filial piety is an important in our culture and if the senior citizens lives in Old Folks Home‚ his or her children are considered to abandon them‚ don’t take responsibility to look
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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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Long-term care includes nursing home facilities as well as home care agencies and assisted living facilities. Who uses long-term care services? Why do they use them? Mainly the elderly (considered age 65 or older) population uses long-term care services; however‚ there are those who are younger and mainly physically or mentally handicapped. However‚ those who use long-term care services are those who require additional assistance or recovery time. Examples of some situations in which an individual
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Old Age Homes in India Q1- How many old age homes in India? Ans- Old Age Home refers to a multi-residence nursing home for old people‚ which is also known as retirement home. Each couple or person lives here in a room which is either apartment style or is a set of matching of rooms. Under one roof or in a one building old people are served with different facilities like gatherings‚ meals‚ health or sanatorium care‚ and recreation activities. Levels of these facilities differ from each other.
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Working in social care we are required to follow the Code of Practice which lays out the duties and expectations for everyone who works in this sector. Having Codes of Practice is important in social care‚ because in this sector we work with some of the most vulnerable people in society. They have a right to expect a certain standard of work and a certain standard of moral and ethical behavior. Currently I am working in a 43 beds Care Home. I know the layout and understand the local policies and
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Essay My involvement in extracurricular activities is the way to help those who need attention and warmth: children‚ senior citizens and people with deadly diseases. Having good grades and submitting assignments on time does not make you a good student yet. I respect people who contribute to others and not just concern about their own well-being. Doing kind things for people that I don’t even know‚ gives me feelings of satisfaction and usefulness. My contributions are not huge but I tried to give
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he primary focus of my research are the factors involved in the advantages of long-term facilities and how these institutions‚ its’ professionals‚ and next of kin can improve to support the elderly in the resolution of life. My hypothesis is that if the elderly can be nurtured by specific factors the elderly population can improve their general health by maintaining a healthy state of mind with activities that consist with being interactive with others and environment‚ also having the freedom to
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Charlie Taylor Professor English 1301 18 September 2013 We Are Young During the Super Bowl of 2013‚ Taco Bell released a commercial titled “Viva Mas”. Which means “Live More” is Spanish. The commercial begins with an elderly man sneaking out of a nursing home late at night to join his friends. His group of elderly friends is waiting outside in a green‚ older model vehicle. They then begin their adventure by having fun and enjoying the night by acting young again. Throughout the commercial
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Quiet room for punishment I read an article about the abuse of residents in care home. These older people were beaten‚ locked up‚ dragged through the floor and on the seven people that have cared for them. This article fright raised up in me and I was not able to believe in what I read. Care assistant residents treated worse than animals. Shut them in the so-called "quiet room" for punishment if they behaved in relation to aggressive care assistance or were not tolerable. Residence times we spend
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