Essays on Living Facilities

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The research will seek to compare the comprehensiveness of treatments that older adults receive for mental health problems diagnosed in the assisted living setting with treatments for similar conditions received by those who were diagnosed prior to moving into assisted living. The comparison will show whether mental health care within assisted living facilities is better than care received in other settings. #1 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):

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Nurses have been responsible for providing primary health care in the modern health care system as well as all through history. Advance practice registered nurses can be certified in different roles. One of the important roles is that of a Geronotological Nursing Practitioner (GNP). Geriatric nurses have become a significant part of modern medicine as they are the primary care givers to elderly patients and it is recognized as a very critical advance practice nursing specialty. GNP’s are entrusted to manage a very critical part of patient care, and they have to be vigilant at all times to ...

Impact of the Controlled Substances Act on Assisted Living Facilities

Impact of the Controlled Substances Act on Assisted Living Facilities In 2009, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) started auditing some long-term care facilities to establish the extent of compliance with the Controlled Substance Act regulations for prescribing and dispensing controlled drugs to residents (Elon et al., 2011). Ohio was first in this program, followed by Virginia, Wisconsin and Michigan. It has been found that the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, oversees more than 3,000 assisted living facilities that offer skilled nursing care to about 250,000 disabled ...

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Long-term care is rendered to people with varying levels of functional deficit. Depending on the type of the disability and the status of the wellbeing of the long-term care user, the needs vary. Some long-term care users need minimal assistance while others need maximum assistance. Long-term care is meant to help people with functional deficits to live a comfortable life as much as possible. There are various levels of long-term care options that people should select according to their needs. They include among others; nursing home, home care, home health care, assisted living facility, and community-based care settings. Each ...