Essays on Home Care.

Discussion

- Does method have a societal marketing orientation? Is it just a market-oriented company that integrates a number of environmental practices into its operation? Explain.

Method is an organization that produces products regarding home care. There are various cleansing products developed by this organization in order to serve several objectives toward the customers. First of all, through their products they want to provide a better experience of home care to their customers. Secondly, they want to make people aware of the green environment issue and make people understand the concept of total quality. The marketing orientation for method does seem to ...

However, it is possible that hypertension is an incorrect diagnosis. Normal blood pressure should be bellow 120/80, but it is also considered that the blood pressure can deviate up to 140 mmHg systolic pressure and 90 mmHg diastolic reading. Because Mrs. Chang’s blood pressure reading is lower than 140/90, her case can be considered pre-hypertension at most (Cunha, 2010). Another possibility is that Mrs. Chang’s condition has changed since her last examination, but she could not have known that because she cannot remember her last examination. She currently appears to suffer from orthostatic hypotension rather than hypertension. ...

The process of evaluation is used to monitor the program and its operations. The experts use it in home health nursing. They also use it to assess the design and implementation of the project according to the plan.

The journal highlights various factors that are put into consideration when customer and family education programs are designed. They include: time, frequency, and personal preference. Client goals are considered in the program. Evaluation is necessary to determine a patient’s condition. Home health nursing requires evaluation process to ensure that the expected outcomes are achieved (Revel &McCurry, 2010).

The process ...

Question 1

As a result of reforms in health care encapsulated in the Affordable Care Act, health care exchanges that are state or federally run have been established. The establishment of health care exchanges is bound to alter outpatient treatment as a concept in health care. Some of the benefits that those covered under health insurance enjoy include consultation fees paid to doctors including specialists and payment for examinations and tests requisite to the treatment of illnesses (Carey, 2010).

The implementation of health exchanges has organized the market, making it easier for people to purchase insurance. The ...

Introduction

Korrane in the article “The Role of the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital” discusses the complexity that defines long-term health care where patients present themselves with a wide range of system failures, organ transplant complications, trauma brain injuries, acquired brain injuries and complex wounds. These failures do not just require a need to be treated to facilitate normal physiologic functioning but also hold a significant concern for the patient’s survival. Korrane notes that the most challenging aspect is to monitor a host of dysfunctions of the vital body organs and implement the most reliable techniques to help the patient regain a normal life.

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Introduction

Nursing research falls under two comprehensive worldviews. These are naturalistic paradigm and positivist paradigm, which have reality assumptions and world views that oppose each other. For instance, regarding to the reality, naturalistic paradigm have multiple realities, which changes continually hence make it very hard to measure whereas the positivists believe in existence of a single reality that can essentially me measured.

The two crucial categories of research methods are thus qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research in most cases aligns itself with naturalistic paradigm while quantitative research aligns with positivist paradigm. Qualitative research is more subjective, informal, and an inductive approach ...

Identify the targeted population

In the modern time, the population within U.S is highly growing older and this has been causing different implications on different things including the health, economic together with social institutions. Therefore, this makes it imperative for the state to analyze the past population in order to estimate the future characteristics of its population. Such analysis is significant because it enables the country to implement policies relevant in making informed policies relating to different important sectors such as the health issues of the elderly population. Conversely, this paper highlights the effects of population demographics on the needs and services of ...

There are numerous factors in an organization’s macro-environment that naturally affect manager’s decisions. New laws, tax changes, demographic change, government policy and trade barrier changes all have an impact on an organization. This paper analyzes the political environment, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental environments of health care industry in Ontario.

It is evident that there is a growing political pressure on healthcare authorities across provinces. For instance, currently, the Ontario’s government health care stands at 42% of the total program spending. Equally, due to the state’s political stability and the likelihood of an increase in ...

Introduction

Quality of life and functioning relates to fulfillment of low level demands for life as outlined in Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs theory. It is the ability to acquire and enjoy fresh air as well as breathe efficiently. Also, it is to articulate one’s existence into self-actualization, which is the peak of successful living (Maslow, 1954 ). Therefore, in discussing this case study regarding the quality of life to be envisioned by a community health nurse for this distressed family it is imperative that strategies be designed to intervene for total well-being of all involved in Mrs. Thomas’ ...

Executive Summary

Kao Corporation has a presence in the market for more than 100 years now (Kao Corporation, 2015). It has a strong portfolio marked with different and innovative products in almost all categories. The firm’s business ranges from home care products to chemical business products. In this report, we are going to study its product lineup of health care products. The specific focus of the report would be the diapers market. Baby diapers merries is a brand of Kao holding a large share of the Japanese market, and is in a cut throat competition with a local giant, Unicharm and an MNC, P&G (Kao Corporation, 2015). ...

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Summary

Cooper & McCarter in the article, “The Development of a Community and Home‐Based Chronic Care Management Program for Older Adults” evaluate chronic care management program managed by the nurses association. The article evaluates the program plan, outcomes and implementation. The chronic care program targeted to improve the patient’s self-efficacy, self-management, and clinical measures. Even with the given medical advancements and claims of longevity support, eighty percent of older adults live with at least one chronic ailment while fifty percent of the population suffers two or more ...

Health Care in Russia vs Health Care in the U.S.

According to the Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America is a single developed industrial country that does not have universal health care. Instead there is a powerful health insurance system, partially funded by government through national programs. As a result 45% of total health care expenditures are spent on these programs (Sultz and Young 154). Unlike the U.S., Russian Federation has free universal medicine, and state constitution guarantees each citizen free health care services. Numerous debates rise regarding both American and Russian health care systems, their availability, effectiveness and expenditures. Each of the systems has ...

Problem Identification

Dominion care center is a business that will focus on giving the much-needed health care to disabled old people aged 65 and above in Rhode Island. Home care for the disabled elderly people is increasingly being sought for generally in the United States and specifically in its smallest state (Rhode Island). Home care is part of the general health care, and it is unique in the way it is administered. Home care is not offered in a hospital setup but an environment similar to a would-be home for the client. The American baby boomer population are in their in their late 60s, ...

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Provincial Health Services

Introduction Canada along with several other countries follow a public health care system that takes care of all basic health care services required by its citizens. The health care system of Canada has undergone a lot of changes since its conception. Several reforms have shaped the current health care system to turn out as a publicly funded system. The health care system is a provincial responsibility and is comprised of ten provincial and three territorial plans. The entire system is known as "Medicare" to Canadians. Despite various reforms, the main motto of the health care system has remained the same, i.e. to ...

Health care system in USA utilizes a large chunk of GDP on health care services. The high cost of health care in USA can be attributed to a number of reasons, the most important and noteworthy being the government’s lack of managements of the funds that are allocated for the health care. Healthcare system is a complex system that involves a well-knit unit of doctor, pharmaceutical personnel, hospital management team and so on. (Sultz & Young, 2011) It is like a vicious cycle of the high cost of medical education in USA and a thus higher fee of the doctors that leads to an ...

A physical impairment refers to a dysfunction that limits an individual’s ability to move. Physical impairments limit the academic capability of individuals. In addition, physical impairments are either acquired or congenital. Impairments are medicinally diagnosed. In contrast, disability depicts an individual’s limitation or loss of an opportunity to get involved in the usual community life on the same level with the rest because of social or physical hindrances. The definition of a physical impairment relates to the perceptions of the society regarding an individual’s potential. The unequal circumstances and classification of people guided by their physical impairment opens ...

There have been major strides in the healthcare sector. Irrespective of this improvement, differences continue to exist among the racial and minority groups. The Blacks are the minority group in the State. In Florida, there have been differences between the blacks and other groups regarding the access of health care services. Health care services are important in treating diseases, reducing pain, increasing the quality of life and facilitating medical prognosis. Health care utilization has evolved as a result of changes in the peoples’ need for care over time. There are various disparities in the quality of health care services ...

Sibling Support in End of Life Care

Clinical Question P (problem/population) - siblings of actively dying patients I (Intervention) - sibling preparation and involvement at patient’s end of life C (comparison) - compared to no preparation and involvement

O (outcome) - impact grief response of the siblings

Target population – siblings aged between 3 and 21 years of incurably ill kids at end of life of patients. Sibling Preparation: This refers to the age and support information on the patient’s end of life status. It provides various opportunities for the sibling to hold, ask questions, and visit. It also refers to the participation of kids in activities that make memory ...

Introduction

SWOT analysis is mainly an analytical framework which is exploited to assess the company’s business environment through different dimensional aspects and then enable the company to get a better understanding and make fruitful decision in the best interest of the company. SWOT analysis is the abbreviation of strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats. It indicates the company’s loopholes and the current standing of the company under the template of SWOT for discussion and carries out proactive thinking towards the betterment as a whole. The format of SWOT analysis is primarily categorized under two captions which are internal factors (strength and ...

Introduction

COPD is an acronym for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This is a progressive disease which affects one’s lungs, rendering it increasingly difficult to breathe. The term progressive in the definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease implies that the disease increases in severity over time. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes coughing in affected individuals and is characterized by copious amounts of mucus, shortness of breath, wheezing and tightness of the chest among other symptoms (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. 2013). This paper delves in this population, with an aim of studying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The paper will ...

Law

Introduction Criticism of present-day medical ethics is seen as fallout of the relationship between stakeholders in theory and practice. While efforts continue to re-establish the relationship, the conflicting interest of the two stakeholders continues to create a perception of increased risk of bias or poor judgment. Again, when it comes to researchers in the healthcare sector, they should have a professional and ethical interest in what they do, but sometimes, these interests are compromised by the lure of financial gains. It is such a case that PharmaCARE has been guilty of. The aim of the law and the common good ...

In a world of economic turmoil and educational uncertainty, many individuals, young and old, are finding themselves at a crossroads. Once lucrative jobs do not mean what they once did, nor do college degrees. Many jobs that once promised high wages do not even exists anymore do to new technology or other extenuating circumstances. Higher education is expensive, but the guarantee of an equally lucrative occupation after graduation is no longer there. For this reason, many individuals are seeking out alternative occupational routes that they had never considered before. One such route involves nursing, which has garnered many pleasant experiences from ...

Part 1(Form 1)

Reading Research Literature #1 – Week 5 The following questions pertain to:Sanford, J., Townsend-Rocchicciolli,J.,Horigan, A., &Hall, P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure.Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 25(1), 55–70. - What is the purpose of this research?

The purpose of this research was to learn how caregivers of relative members with the HF

make decisions. - What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit. - Which illness affect your family member’s? - What decisions do you make regarding care of your ill family member? - How do you feel about making ...

Executive Summary

Pet Store will enhance the quality of life of the pets by offering them the food and care services of heath, which are best in the business. All the care plans will be custom made, according to the requirements and needs of the clients. Our home care aides, and companions are trained to provide pets care and assistance with the activities of daily living. The prime attraction of our service is that we will be reaching out to pet owners, facilitating our customers at the outdoor parts in Aberdeen where pet-owners need us the most; thus adding value ...

Abstract

Employing the services of Nursing Homes is becoming a huge trend in the United States in recent years. Families can bring their elderly and ailing love ones to these nursing homes and pay for a certain cost to support their treatment. However, there is a growing debate within the country with regards to the use of these nursing homes as some groups believe families should take care of their love ones at home. Supporters to these alternative facilities argue that nursing homes would provide better care to their love ones, especially given the financial and living conditions. This paper will discuss the ...

Abstract

Businesses are increasingly operating in a dynamic environment. That owes to globalization that subject their operations to various forces. In that respect, businesses apply strategies and structures that enhance success in the face of various challenging issues resulting from external and internal factors. In that view, the analysis sought to analyze an organization operating in the global market for its structure, strategies and market environment and provide suitable recommendations. The company analyzed is the Procter and Gamble that has been identified as a leading brand in the consumer goods market. It operates in over 180 countries and serves five segments. ...

Discussion Forum Replies

It is evident that there are many pros when it comes to hospice and palliative care. This is due to the numerous positive benefits that are associated with the healthcare provisions under these services. It is evident that the timeline that is present in the hospice care is a hindering factor. Patients and other hospital members need to be educated on the importance of palliative and hospice care (Ferrell & Coyle, 2010). This is evident from your argument where you state that most patients shy away since they are afraid of these healthcare measures. Through your argument and other research, it ...

The Joint Commission formulated National Patient Safety Goals regarding several issues facing the health care sector. The national health care goals encompassed a number of programs including, ambulatory health care, behavioral health care, hospitals, home care, office-based surgery, laboratory services, nursing care center and long-term care. The paper focuses on two goals related to health information. It describes what the commission requires and how it can achieve the set goals.

Ambulatory Care

The goal on the ambulatory care aims at improving patients’ safety. It addresses some of the health care problems and provides solutions. Ambulatory care is an individual health care treatment ...

Usually, when people suffer from stroke, they are taken through a comprehensive process of recovery. The process is a complicated and detailed one and is intended to help patient’s recovery sensory mishaps that resulted from the strokes. Additionally, the process helps them to recovery aspects such as memory and general genitive performance. According to research, the process needs to be followed religiously through continuous practice. When this process is interrupted in any way, then the victims of stroke might be hindered from full recovery. What many families and friends of the victims often fail to recognize is that life after ...

There are several entities in nursing facilities including healthcare providers, hospitals, ambulance companies, home health agencies. The primary duty of these entities is to ensure the patient safety is maintained. Physicians, surgeons and nurses (individuals) are professionals who practices medicine concerned with maintaining, promoting and restoring human health through diagnosing and treating of diseases and injuries. They also ensure that the sick receive the required care and treatment needed. Different health care organizations work together in ensuring that the patients arrive at a medical facility at the short time possible and also houses the patients so as to safe live. ...

Psychology

The Care and Protection Act (1998) defines out-of-home care as the provision of residential care and control that is accorded to children or young individuals, either for a fee, reward or gain.

Approaches of out-of-home care include:

Foster care- This is centered on the provision of care to a young individual by a substitute family Kinship care- Care offered by an individual with pre-existing ties with the individual concerned, Residential care- It focuses on individuals of 10-17 years and has the role of providing a stable environment for living that fosters life and work skills to an individual, In Australia, children courts are in existence ...

The centering issue revolves around the manner in which the home care nurses operate. The director has a totally different understanding regarding how Xi’s department should operate. As such, this makes it a task conflict. The nurses have formed the tendency of having an informal meeting every morning that they use constructively to device ways in which they can improve on their service delivery to their client. The meeting has been productive since it has made the department have superior performance compared to the other department. As such, this means that the department has a high quality rate services compared to ...

- Background of Organization Senior Express is located in central South Carolina and provides high-quality services for senior clients and their families for more than five years. Senior Express provides home care services for retirees including assistance in shopping, medical care, home repairs, grooming, pet care, transportation and cleaning. Senior Express cooperates with other senior service providers, their family members, and guardians developing individualized programs targeted better management and monitoring of the client’s needs. Senor Express pays a lot of attention to the recruitment, training, and checking background of their caregivers. The organization is relatively new and various ...

Towards the end of the 19th century, the American childcare started to have formal and informal provisions for childcare. The provisions had close associations with the immigrants, the poor and the minorities who were stigmatized. This led to a weak foundation for the development of social services in the 20th century. Women reforms were at its peak in the progressive era and childcare became something that could bring modernizations and reforms. A group of women formed a nationwide organization that has its attention on pushing for childcare and rights of women. Reformers formulated solutions for poor mothers who worked outside their ...

Abstract Research methods in social sciences have two basic categories; qualitative and quantitative methods. Quantitative research involves asking people's opinions in a structured manner in order to produce hard facts and statistics. In contrast, qualitative research is an explanatory research with the main focus being to gain insights into the helps or problems to develop a hypothesis for potential quantitative research (Cohen et al., 2010). Quantitative research is used to quantify defined variables such as opinions and attitudes, and generalizing results from a larger sample. They use measurable data in formulating facts and unearthing research patterns. Qualitative data collection methods take the ...

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Literature Review 3

Theoretical framework of child development, 4 1. Psycho Analytic theories : 4 2. Ericson’s Psychological theory; 5 3. Cognitive theory: 6 i. Sensory motor stage:. 6 ii. Pre-operational stage: 7 iii. Concrete operational stage: 7 iv. Vygotsky socio-cultural cognitive theory: 7

Parenting styles and their influence Child Care and Development 7

1. Authoritarian; 8 2. Homeisle; 8

Purpose of Study 8

Refined Research question 9 Refined Hypothesis & Variables 9 Variables and Definitions; 10 Measurements 10 Target Population, Sampling Method and Sampling frame; 11 Data Collection & Analysis Technique 12 Instrument for data analysis; 15 Potential ...

The Indus Hospital: Delivering Free Health Care in Pakistan

Position Statement: The efforts by The Indus Hospital to deliver free health care in Pakistan threaten the effectives of service delivery in health care centers and the general health of the society.

Problem Definition

The greater interest by the management and the stakeholders of The Indus Hospital to improve health care of Pakistan’s poorest patients through availing exceptional care without exception can’t be ignored. However the hospital is experiencing immense increase in the number of the patients seeking the health services within the facility. The outcomes are availing services that fails to meet the organizational goal of improved health ...

1) Purpose of study A statement of purpose clearly specifies what a researcher wants to learn or attain at the end of the study (Kothari, 2004).

The purpose of the study is to describe decision making by caregivers of patients with Heart failure.

2) Research question The implicitly stated research question for the study is, “How do caregivers of family members with HF make decisions?”3) Research designResearch design according to Kothari (2004) refers to the general strategies a researcher in cooperate several components of research in a systematic manner that the research problem is address at the end of the research.

The research design employed in the research is qualitative research design

4) What characteristics does this study possess that are qualitative in nature? Review Chapter 2. ...

A nursing home is a skilled nursing facility for the elderly, young but mentally disabled and the veterans who do not need to be hospitalized and can no longer be cared for at home. It is the highest form of care for older adults outside of a hospital. According to Robert F. Bornstein, ‎Mary A. Languirand (2001) nursing home provides custodial care for those who have no one to look upon at all time. Specially trained and registered professionals provide various services that cannot be offered in hospitals. They include Personal care: feeding, dressing and bathing, Social and recreational activities, Monitoring ...

Medical education requires individual commitment and endurance towards the career. The learning process involved in the medicine world demands not only a carrier choice but also a personal attitude towards the profession with the sole motive of offering humanitarian aid to those who need the help around us, far and beyond. Having worked in a clinic run by neurosurgeons in Iran’s Tehran, I am positive that this is the best calling for me. I am sure that this faculty is the best for me given my desire and love for the profession. In addition to my experience in a medical clinic, ...

CLC Assignment: Home Visit with Sallie Mae Fisher CLC Assignment: Home Visit with Sallie Mae Fisher

Part A: Home Visit Essay

Introduction Sallie Mae Fisher, 82 had been discharged after three day hospitalization to treat increases dyspnea, weight gain and angina. She has a history of congestive health failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation and hypertension. She is windowed and lives alone with limited family support since her daughter has a full time job and personal family problems. A home visit is conducted after her discharge to evaluate her status. In this essay, the identified problems are prioritized and rational interventions discussed to ensure that Ms. ...

Business Plan for Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Company

Business Business Plan for Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Company I. Executive Summary The dog grooming company was created by a group of friends who are dog owners themselves, and want to set up their own grooming company that can attend to the grooming needs of their pets and at the same time earn profit out of it by offering grooming services to the neighborhood. The business partners decided to name of the company “Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Service” that is located in Richmond Virginia. At present, there are no other pet mobile grooming ...

Patent Transition to Homecare

Patient Transition to Homecare In this qualitative study, Hvakvik and Dale gathered, recorded, and analyzed the perception of nurses who care for older persons undergoing the transition from being completely independent to receiving homecare. As a greater percentage of the global population ages, more and more people are faced with chronic and complex illnesses, so this is an issue that is ripe for examination by the nursing profession. Although this study was undertaken in Norway, the challenges and solutions discussed are quite familiar to the aging Western European and North American population and therefore are more broadly applicable. Two ...

Abstract

- Objective The objective of this study is to analyze UCLA Medical Center Health System in Los Angeles: Its goals, plans and dashboards that incorporate people, service, operations, quality/safety, finances and strategic development. - Executive Summary UCLA Medical Center is the largest provider of outpatient care services in Los Angeles, serving a diverse patient population of over 5,000 which reflects the socioeconomic, racial and ethnic diversity Los Angeles (Tulchinsky, 2009, p. 145). It is a health organization that seeks to improve the health and healthcare of individuals, families and communities in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles ...

Abstract

Home Health Nursing has been a dedicated profession since the introduction of visiting health nursing profession in 1916. The practice has been widely appreciated; particularly in treating those patients who suffer with some chronic ailment and prefer their medical aid to be taken at their homes. Home health nurses visit their homes and meet their needs, as required and desired by them to soothe themselves. The profession is now supported with proper guidance teams which include physicians, social workers and technicians, and thus there is a good scope of home health nursing in the coming future too.

Meeting the Needs of Chronically Ill by Home Health Nurses

Nursing has been a dedicated ...

Old age has several changes in terms of social, psychological, emotional and physical aspects. This occurs due to complicated conditions associated with depreciating health. Specialized care should be provided within the home environment or in retirement homes. The choice on whether to take care of the senior citizens’ needs at home or in a retirement home depends on the advantages and disadvantages associated with various care plans. Home-based programs provide better care for the elderly in comparison to the retirement home. According to the Joint Commission (2011), home is the best setting for healthcare service provision to senior citizens. ...

Communication: Aminta Parra

In organizations and corporations, especially those involving various departments and that have different personnel running and attending to different areas, communication is one of the most essential aspects to put into consideration, and effective communication is achieved in cases whereby all the departments understand the roles that they need to play in specific areas, as well as the implication that acting or failure to act on specific circulated information may have, both on the unit departments, as well as the entire organization or corporation, at large (McKay, 2009).

What is the problem?

In the case of Nurse Aminta Parra, for example, communication is ...

Abstract

Collaborative efforts to solving problems in multidisciplinary approach is a process that is accompanied with multiple problems that need to be critically reviewed so that a conclusive decision that is long lasting can be arrived at. In the case of Riverbed city home care planning for the cancer patient, several conflicting issues were arrived at that involves both the involved multidisciplinary professionals as well as the family members. In this case, the involved parties in the home care plan have to discuss the presented issues and look for several alternative solutions for each question where a single lasting solution for each of ...

Executive Summary

Estimating the performance of a company using ratio analysis is essential in determining the company’s profitability for internal and external users of financial statement. In this regard, the paper focused on establishing the level of performance for Morrison Supermarkets Company, and compared with Mark & Spencer, a similar company in the industry. Therefore, liquidity, profitability, activity, and capital structure ratios of the company were evaluated. Morrison’s sales have increased from 12969 million Euros in 2008, to 15410 million Euros in 2010 then to 16479 in 2011. The company was able to have reasonable sales volume even in the ...

Touch from Above Home Care is a recently established company built on an exciting ideal – to help serve a growing community’s ongoing needs. We aim to provide the best possible quality home aide care, companionship, and day-to-day services for the elderly, disabled (adults and children), people with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, caretakers, and women who have just given birth. This service allows individuals to remain living at home and to avoid unnecessary or premature moves to rehab facilities, nursing homes, or other out-of home placements, although we will also provide services to those who are living in such facilities. ...

External Market Analysis

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care is influenced by a number of external factors, including political, economical, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) changes in the external environment.

Government

There is growing political pressure and focus on heath care authorities across provinces. Ontario government’s health care cost currently stands at 42% of the total program spending and this is projected to rise to 50% if health care costs continue to grow faster than other areas of government spending. Ontario has a decentralized health system following the establishment of the Local Health Networks (LHINs) and their legislative authority (World Health ...

Currently, nursing theories find wide application in nursing practice as they give the boundaries for professional conduct (George, 2011). Apart from highlighting the importance of patient-nurse relationships that emerge during caring, conceptual nursing frameworks give a comprehensive view that guides the nursing practice. Nursing theories also guide the reasoning process in professional nursing practice. Martha Roger’s, a leader in nursing, came up with one conceptual nursing paradigm called the science of unitary human beings. The theory addresses the focus of nursing and knowledge needed to develop the science of nursing. According to Roger’s, nursing is the study of human, ...

Executive Summary

China is recognized as the fastest growing countries in trade. There are various products that are sold in China and the market has been declared favorable to many due to its high demand brought about by the high population. Lipton tea is a product of Unilever Company which was recently launched in China and its market has been tremendously increasing for the past few years. Unilever caters in three types which include personal care, food brands and home care brands. Personal care brands include Lotions, creams and soaps, Food Brands include Lipton and Blue band while home care brands include ...

Unilever’s Quest by Shedding Brands

Product Portfolio Management

Unilever is a multinational consumer goods giant that produces and distributes personal care products such as shampoos and beauty soaps, home care products such as washing powder, foods, and beverages such as tea and ice cream. The company has over 400 brands all over the world. Some of the best known are Lipton tea, Blue Band, Flora, Heart brand, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Omo, Dove, Axe/Lynx and Rexona.

Unilever product portfolio is designed to meet every need in the household at the highest level of satisfaction possible. From the time an individual wakes up to the time they ...

Psychology:

Aging and adulthood are two aspects of our life that we cannot avoid. As human beings we undergo physiological and psychological changes in our body and mind throughout our life circle. This change is often multidimensional and has been scientifically known to either progress or decline depending on many social as well as psychosomatic factors. Stuart Hamilton (2006) differentiates aging as influenced by immediate as well as factors that can be traced back to our childhood. From a psychological point of view there is evidence to the fact that the inevitable aging process can be made subsequently easier by the ...

Arguably, across cultures and through the ages, non-parental assistance with child care has tremendously become a norm. In the entire globe, children live typically with, as well as cared for principally by their parents. But, children also receive care from paid care-providers, neighbors, friends and extended family. Due to globalization and industrialization, there is increased dependence on paid childcare; mothers have become job-oriented. For the last decades, research has been undertaken to establish on the influence of non-parental childcare on Childs cognitive capacity, psychological, social, as well as health development. There are three various types of non-parental childcare that most ...

Health Reforms: Home Care Reforms in Canada

The Canadian health care system has undergone several reforms in the last decade. In 2001 the Prime Minister instituted “The commission on the future of healthcare in Canada,” commonly known as the Romanow Commission. The Romanow report recommended improvements in primary care, home care, catastrophic drug coverage, Aboriginal health among others. Expansion of home-based care services such as palliative care, post-acute patient management and mental healthcare featured prominently among the proposed home care reforms. Accords by ministers have also backed home care services and increased funding to this sector. This paper presents the Home Care reforms at the national ...

The role of the Australian government in child protection

The Australia Institute of Health and Welfare Report, Child protection Australia, 2008-2009 reported that 34,000 children were moved from their parents and placed in out-of-home care (Narushima, 2010). The number was an increase of 9% from the previous year. The report also noted that compared to non-indigenous children, indigenous aboriginal children were 7 times more likely to be abused, and even more likely to be placed in out-of-home care (Narushima, 2010). Moreover, the report noted that while boys were likely to suffer physical abuse, girls were likely to suffer sexual abuse.

In response to these developments, the Australian ...

Long Term Managed Care

Over time, health management plans have evolved to encompass new services that were initially considered a home affair. With the work environment and tight schedules making it hard for care provision at home for people with chronic diseases or conditions, the long-term managed care has emerged. This issue is further elaborated in the essay below.

According to the New York State Department of Health (NYDH) (2011), managed long term care is a health service designed for people who need a long-term care services. These services offer flexibility to the people and further provide choice since the individuals can choose ...

MANAGED LONG-TERM CARE

The Need Importance for Long Term Managed Care

Having a frail or chronically-ill elder at home requires doing utmost care and attention – physically, socially, and medically. A significant number of people and families, however, are not ready for such weighty obligations and if some persons will be willing to do such familial responsibilities, they are just too busy and preoccupied by work and other priorities. Today’s generation, with the advancement of modern technologies, is characterized with people who are grossly engaged with a great range of technologically-related jobs and activities. With these factors comes the importance for managed long-term care ...