Memory Care Home Analysis

In the future, I would approach this situation a little differently. I believe that after experiencing this event I now have the confidence and experience to maintain a patient’s dignity as best as I can during and after death. As I have now experienced a death and have participated in the performance of last offices, If I was to see a dead individual again I would not be as scared as I was this time and would be able to take charge of the last offices instead of shying away and leaving someone else to take the patient through the steps by communicating with the dead body.

This was one area that I had great fear in prior to this class in regard to working in ministry. I have not experienced a lot of sickness or death amongst my loved ones. I have been very fortunate that I have not had to experience tremendous loss in my life, as many of my peers have. I have quite a bit of peers that have already lost one or both of their parents; I have had peers who have lost their children, and other very close relatives. The lack of experience of death of people that I personally know has built a fear in me that will be a major challenge in ministry. Death is something that I have been fearful of encountering in ministry. I understand that death is a part of life, but the fear has acquired over time as a age and see so many deaths around me. How can I help someone to grieve in a healthy way when I have not experienced the type of pain that they are feeling? Also, how can I be fully present and walk with that person in an experience that I had not

Individuals enter nursing with a wide array of experiences in how they grieve the loss of someone or something. These experiences follow them into their career and express themselves in the way they grieve for the loss of a patient. Evidence shows that this has historically been inadequate and unhealthy. To prevent the negative impact that ineffective grieving has upon the individual the approach to the grieving process must change. In doing so nurses will become more emotionally and physically stable while going through these difficult times, ultimately helping the healthcare institution to thrive.

Making decisions for our loved ones as they get older are not always so easy. A decision that seems to always be the most difficult comes when searching for assisted living for your loved one. After all, you want to make sure that you find the best place for them. When searching we look at the standard requirements such as, is the facility clean, great management staff and within your price range. Along with the standards you want to make sure that you get a good feeling for what each assisted living community is actually like, what they advertise about.

Today I read about Jessie and Evan driving up to their grandmother's house which had recently been partially burned in a fire. their grandmother was put in the hospital and when they arrived Jessie's mom went to get her. Jesse's grandmother was having trouble remembering who Evan was. While all of this was going on Jesse had climbed to the top of the hill where the Bell that her great-great-grandfather had made was and when she got there she noticed the Bell was missing. The fire had put a big hole in the kitchen so Evan and Jessie's mom called a repairman name Pete. Evan helped Pete fix the wall and the floor. I believe that in the upcoming pages it will be figured out that the children's grandmother has Alzheimer's.

For my senior project I am volunteering at Sunset Estates, a memory care facility in Ontario, Oregon, and planning an Adopt a Grandparent day for the residents there. Through this project I’m hoping to gain experience in caring for Alzheimer's and Dementia patients while exploring the idea of becoming a nurse in memory care. There are no big goals in this project other than to make a residents day a little brighter by volunteering my time and organizing a fun day for them.

Nursing Home PLC, since it is evident that the top-line and bottom-line have been adversely affected. The report draws attention to the existing status of Castle Nursing Home. The strategy to grow and re-organize has resulted in the need to streamline its operations, so as to retain its focus, quality of services and reputation among the public. Further investigation into the organizations financial statements, proves the company is going through a rough patch but has chances of improvement. This report also provides clear insights as to what strategies the organization can use, to help improve the

The elders of St Luke's supervisory care home; a subsidized complex for those with mild cognitive impairment, are empowered to design their own community norms, rules, and activities. Such self-determination is often discouraged for elders with medically determined cognitive limitations, prompting this writer to request to observe how the group succeeds in self-government. In response, the home’s CEO, Beverly Heasley, provided an interview, and also allowed this writer to join this writer’s client in her first community lunch meeting.

To comply with New York state department of health’s regulations (DOH), we are required to accomplish a pre-admission assessment that is preformed buy a representative of our facility. This section will outline the admission process here at Pine Harbour.

Senior living communities involve a various level of care and offer different services among the assisted living, independent living, Alzheimer’s and memory care, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRCs), active adult, nursing and long-term care, and respite care services.

I am very glad for being part of this short course that has a high content of education. It has been a huge experience for me, as this was the first time I have visited a home care facility, and the first time I am inside a multi-sensory room. I learned many things within some hours, and it was very helpful to read chapter 18 before the lecture to have an idea of some key concepts that the professor explains later in class. For example, sensory stimulation is the activation of one or more senses of the patient by providing several items or experiences. Also, sensory integration is another term very important, in which the objective is to enhance the brain’s capacity to perceive, remember, and motor plan. Finally, sensory diet is another term

When I first walked I was able to notice the big piles of paperwork he had in yellow folders. However, I bravely asked what techniques or tools did he use to keep himself organized. His response was an answer I imagined he would say. “As you probably already saw, it is definitely a challenge to stay organized” (Visola). The convalescent home has 175 beds! It is a very big facility with constant things needed to be completed. He explained how the most challenging part of his job now is to be able to communicate with different ethnicities; he has had trouble with the language diversity, which hadn’t happened five years ago. Evergreen used to be an all-white-race community up until five years ago when other races join the convalescent home. The

Every day people get older. As people age they begin to struggle to take care of themselves. One reason people end up in nursing homes or assisted living is because houses aren't designed to be elderly friendly. Nobody wants to leave the comfort of their house for assisted living or nursing homes. Going into nursing homes or assisted living takes away the ability to feel like they are still home. Nursing homes and assisted living limits what the person can have in their rooms, which leaves the person feeling as though they won’t ever be in the comfort of their own home again. Not only do the people not feel at home but they aren’t as safe as they would be at home. Today people are mean and mistreat other people, especially those who can’t take care of themselves. To solve the issue of aging in place, designers need to find a way to meet the person’s present needs and think ahead to

Death is a universal part of life. Everyone will eventually experience it. Nurses play an integral role with their patients when it comes to dealing with bereavement, grief, and mourning. Nurses provide bereavement care by listening to patients, helping them express their emotions, and involving them in the entire process. Nurses frequently tend to the emotional needs of their patients, but not their own, which can result in nurse burn-out. Nurses are expected to be resilient when it comes to death, but when they sweep their emotions under the rug to get on with the day and are not given the resources needed to grieve successfully, how can they achieve this?

No one ever wants to think about the death of a patient, family member or friend. Reality is that it needs to be done. Spending the day with palliative care team has been one of the most knowable day so far. This is a true learning experience that every student nurse should have. The things learned during this short time can never be taught in a class room setting.