Essays on Elderly Patient

Abstract

The research highlights the reasons why the role of Transitional Nursing Services has become increasingly important of late. The particular focus of the research is on determining the potential benefits that an elderly patient can receive from a Transitional Nurse, which will in turn, automatically improve their overall health and well-being. The limitations of the physician in actively engaging in transitional medical care has also been emphasized, in order to establish that it is the Transitional Nurse who is in a unique position to act as a bridge between the physician, the patient as well as the patient’s ...

The elderly are some of society’s most vulnerable citizens. They may suffer from a variety of illnesses besides normal aging. Thus, it is incumbent upon health care workers to provide their elderly patients with the utmost care. Taking care of the elderly comprises ethical, legal, and financial issues. Ethically, all workers in a health care setting have a responsibility to provide their elderly patients with excellent care, and must strive to assist, to the best of their abilities, their patients with their health needs on a daily basis. Thus, in order to fulfill the ethical responsibilities of a ...

This is a case of a 60 year old elderly with complaints of persistent coughing for at least the past three months with pulmonary secretions. The patient’s name is A.D. (initials used for confidentiality purposes). She lives with her family and it was her daughter, D.F., who brought her to the hospital for medical consult. The doctors from the hospital conducted a comprehensive physical examination and found out what the main problems are; they also laid out an initial plan of action and the parties agreed with a course of action. I encountered numerous challenges when I got ...

Introduction

People in the developed countries are living longer with advances in medical science. The life expectancy, today, is much longer than it was in the previous generations. With the baby boomer generation now reaching the age of 65 years and people living longer as compared to the olden days, the population worldwide of those aged over 65 years is increasing day by day or is set to increase substantially in the coming decades ahead. With an increased life expectancy, there is also a rise in chronic diseases. Worldwide, over 22 million people die from chronic diseases every year (Free 2). ...

A Report

Introduction Care homes for the elderly people, who cannot take care of their own, have always had a significant role in provisions of health care in any society. This is the reason why the most suitable use and funding of health care in care homes has been a crucial subject of key health policy initiatives in the developed as well as developing societies over many years. Rejuvenation Personal Care Home is a facility that provides care to the older people who are unable to take care of themselves. There are several projects going on under this agency which deal with several ...

Type of Journal Format: Structured Journaling

BIO-317V (BIO-317V-0101) Abstract The research investigates the current state of healthcare services for the elderly and proposes the ways of improving it. The study investigates the challenges that the nurse-assistants face when giving care services to the elderly. The researcher collects data from 25 respondents in 2 Long –term Care Organizations (LTCOs) in New York. The researcher uses structured interview for collecting data from the respondents. A majority of the respondents are females. The researcher categorizes his interview questions into four topics: Job description, Challenges for providing care to the elderly, time-related challenges, and challenges during recruit-integration ...

The proposed intervention for this study is comprised of two parts. The first is proper fall assessment upon admission of the elderly patient and the second is customized fall prevention plan for the elderly patient. It is necessary that a thorough and proper assessment is done because the fall prevention plan has to take into consideration all the different factors that would contribute to the elderly patient’s performance in the hospital. The contents of the plan are based on the results of the assessment of the patient. It is customized because the individual characteristics of the patient, including his/her ...

Implementation Plan

Implementation Plan This Capstone Project focuses on the fall of elderly patients in hospitals. The intervention proposed by this researcher is proper assessment and customizing fall prevention, and the measured outcome is decrease in fall rates. Below are details on how this project is going to be implemented.

This capstone project requires approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Grand Canyon University. This researcher acquires information for the documents needed in the application process and the procedures for review. Constant communication is maintained with the professor and adviser to ensure that the study is done according ...

Explain Whether Anybody In The Scenario Below May Have A Claim In The Tort Of Negligence

“Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.” Per Alderson B. and Blyth V (1856). In order to establish an understanding with regards to negligence it is very necessary to examine with clarity that whether the defendant is truly careless or ignorant when it comes to performing his duties. And at the same time did ...