Category: Nursing Home

Essay on What I Learned from Volunteering at a Nursing Home Creating a positive change in peoples lives is what I want to accomplish. Child nursing is a career that fulfils this drive. Coming from a large family and being one of the oldest children, I have grown to love helping others and empathizing with…

Ethical Principles in Nursing Home: Case Study of Dora Introduction In regard of culture, society and ethics is to respond by analyzing the issues, by seeking ways to solve the issues presented by following the Laws of human right also implying the FREDA principles which is a involves of Fairness, Respect, Equality, Dignity, and Autonomy.…

Causes of Malnutrition in Nursing Homes: Argumentative Essay Introduction Nutritional issues, especially Malnutrition has been an ongoing challenge for the Long-Term Care industry. During the 20th century, the United States witnessed an 11-fold increase in the elderly population, summing it up to 33 million (Crogan & Evans, 2001). Out of the 33 million, an estimated…

Assessment of Ethical and Policy Issues that Affect the Coordination of Care in Nursing Homes Ethical and Policy factors Introduction The elderly in nursing homes are among those who require the highest level of care coordination. However, various ethical and policy issues have been reported to be the primary factor affecting effective care coordination in…

Identity and Access Management in Nursing Home: Analytical Essay Executive Summary This report will focus on the CISSP Domain 5 – Identity and Access Management in Nursing homes. With brief overview of what nursing home is to -how the identity of resident managed in nursing home is covered in the report. The report also contains…

Negative Perception of Nursing Homes in Society: Analytical Essay Imagine forty or seventy years from now, youre in a beautiful home that you built for you and your family. Then your children and grandchildren try to convince you to go to a nursing home saying its better for you and youd be taken care of…

Factors Affecting Quality of Care in Nursing Homes The population around the world is growing in the fast pace every year with significant increase in the elder population. As the population ages, there is growing interest in the health care services for seniors. Nursing homes, also known as Long-Term Care facilities (LTC) or personal care…

Understaffed Healthcare Workers in Elderly Nursing Homes A nursing home is place where people who do not need a hospital but cannot be cared for at home either. Most nursing homes have a nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24/7. Some of the issues affecting the nursing home are cost of living, staff to…

Nursing Home Understaffing in the US: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Understaffing in nursing homes has increasingly become an issue in the United States with over 90% of nursing homes reporting shortages in staff. This is an issue that effects the patients, families, staff, and the nursing homes as a whole. This creates further health concerns…

Reflections on Whether Elderly People Should Be Put in Nursing Homes Old age is an inevitable and irreversible process. In general, the old age is a period of regression to physical, mental and cognitive function. The most important problem of old age is the loss of communication with the environment and society. Therefore, nursing homes…