In order to research this issue, they looked into databases for any articles that described the relationship between a particular work culture and the quality of care. They got 14,510 hits but 10,401 were "duplicates"; and of the rest of the articles (4,109) just 10 specifically focused on the specific aim of the research (Andre, et al
About 100 days is apparently all that Medicare will pay, so to begin a look at nursing home situations means checking out the finances. Meanwhile, how safe are nursing homes when it comes to protecting an elderly family member? The issue that is presented in the American Journal of Public Health is suicide; this is pertinent because the rate of suicide among males age 65 or older is 30 suicides per 100,000 (Mezuk, et al
Using peer-reviewed sources, this paper looks at specific areas of interest in the three potential solutions for a family. Nursing Homes - Suicide According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, more than 40% of Americans will need some care in a nursing facility (which is also seen as a "long-term" service) in their lifetime (Mullin, 2013)
Hence, extensive planning for the medical and other needs of a family member transitioning out of a nursing home is crucial, because it could prevent negative health outcomes. Depressive Issues in Long-Term Care In the peer-reviewed journal PLOS the authors conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited outpatient care services for "long-term preventive care" at an outpatient clinic in Japan (Arataka Outpatient Services) (Ogata, 2015)
That is certainly what families want to be assured of: is the person coming into our house fully qualified and fully conversant with key medical and healthcare issues, and is that person compatible with our loved one? This brings the authors of a BMC Health Services Research article to the salient point of this article: there is not a great deal of evidence in the literature as to how effective training programs are developed. The physical activity of elderly people that are being cared for at home, and the nutritional quality of the food has to be taken into account (Walters, et al
Elderly Transitioning from Nursing Homes to Long-Term Care The article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society takes the position that low income older people are better off leaving nursing homes and instead getting services provided by Medicaid home and community-based services. Moreover, the authors asset that there is increasing enthusiasm in the field of elderly care for community-based long-term care (LTC), partly because costs are usually lower for home and community-based services (HCBS), and because there is a philosophical and moral movement to get people out of nursing homes (Wysocki, et al
Group and home-based exercise programs, and home safety interventions reduce the rate of falls as well as the risk associated with falling. Multifactorial evaluation as well as intervention programs can cut down the amount of falls; however, it cannot eliminate the risk associated with falling (Gillespie et al
Exercise programs for nursing home residents failed to show a similar effect on falls despite improvement in some objective measures of functional status. Similarly, literature does reveal a clear association between the use of certain medications (Sorock et al
There is also no evidence that workout programs reduce the falling rates. Even though ineffective in cutting down rates of fall, the usage of hip protectors gives the impression to outcome in fewer fall-associated morbidity (Vu, Weintraub & Rubenstein, 2006)
2010). High-quality evidence points out that durable exercise programs for active elderly people as well as environmental alteration within the dwellings of frail aged individuals will cut down falls as well as possibly fall-associated injuries in Ontario's aged population (Weatherall, 2008)
Furthermore, the change needs to be communicated effectively. Workers are more likely to commit to a change program where they understand why the change is needed, what problems the change solves, and by having a vision for what the project will bring to the facility (Palmer, 2004)
Nursing homes experience 1.5 falls per bed per year, and there are a number of precipitating causes (Rubenstein, Josephson & Robbins, 1994)
The people who are at most risk of falling are the ones who need the most attention from staff at nursing homes, to ensure that they are not moving without help, when they should have help. Not only do falls occur at nursing homes, but often falls precipitate admission to nursing homes, as they result in the injuries that reduce a person's ability to take care of him/herself (Tinetti & Williams, 1997)
Often, they are unable to care for themselves, or at the very least require assistance to do so. Residents of skilled nursing facilities are often the very old, the frail or potentially those with some form of mental illness; in other words they are the highest risk seniors for falls and injuries due to falls (Zimmer, Watson & Treat, 1984)