Essays Tagged: "Home care"

Impact of Long-Term Care and the Elderly.

ng-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home and community-based services and how to monitor the quality of services delivered in these sett ... pbell) Of elderly long-term care recipients, 1.5 million reside in an institution such as a nursing home and the remainders receive care in their homes or communities. Compared with the rest of the po ...

(5 pages) 596 1 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

"Select a Client and analyse the client's occupational performance (function and dysfunction) in theoretical terms" I applied the Model Of Human Occupation.

few weeks when I arrived, but on my first day, the Occupational Therapist decided to take her on a Home Visit, to assess her to see if she could be discharged because she had been on the ward for sev ... was informed that her confidence had decreased significantly, and she was very anxious about going home, which she reported was in case she fell. However, the OT told me that she had often felt that ...

(6 pages) 58 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

An analysis of Procter & Gamble equity, cash flow, and notes.

s in more than 160 countries. The company manages its business in five product segments: Fabric and Home Care, Baby and Family Care, Beauty Care, Health Care and Snacks and Beverages. In March 2003, t ... ways, Pantene, Bounty, Folgers, Pringles, Charmin, Downy, Iams, Crest, Actonel and Olay. Fabric and Home Care products include dish care, household cleaners, laundry, paper product, and specialty fabr ...

(8 pages) 343 0 4.2 Jun/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Company Selection Paper: The Procter & Gamble Company.

s in more than 160 countries. The company manages its business in five product segments: Fabric and Home Care, Baby and Family Care, Beauty Care, Health Care and Snacks and Beverages. In March 2003, t ... ways, Pantene, Bounty, Folgers, Pringles, Charmin, Downy, Iams, Crest, Actonel and Olay. Fabric and Home Care products include dish care, household cleaners, laundry, paper product, and specialty fabr ...

(5 pages) 310 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

What do you think makes a perfect home?

A sweet home needs a good society. A house is made of mud and bricks but home is made of love. In some place ... e people are made for the houses. In a hotel people don't know who's living next to the door but in home people know their neighbours. A welcoming home is a perfect home. A home is made of love, sorro ... w, laughter, excitement, hope, care, atmosphere and feelings of everyone. People are entertained. A home which elmanate feelings of warmth and affections is perfect home. In homes we laugh, in homes w ...

(2 pages) 21 0 2.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Older Americans Act

elderly people aged 60 and older. In order to help maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities, Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) were formed in every states.After I spent some ... the Michigan area. The Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan is based in Lansing, through home care and community-based services, older people are given options that can help maintain their ...

(2 pages) 18 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Discharge planning for a person suffering the effects of drug and/or alcohol abuse.

are discharging patients earlier than ever. Shorter hospital stays have placed increased demands on home nursing services and other community based organisations. The need for a coordinated approach t ... tow (2001: 1439) "When patients receive adequate discharge planning, they usually recover faster at home. Also with less time spent in hospital, their chances of developing a nosocomial infection are ...

(9 pages) 125 5 4.4 May/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Adult Daycare

e limitations with activities of daily living. Mrs. Sheffield and her husband Jeff have provided in-home care to these families allowing the immediate care provider a respite for the day or several ho ... a bachelors degree in heath care administration; his husband Jeff, has been a volunteer in nursing homes over the period of her mother's stay in a residential home.Together, Mr. Jeff and Christy, det ...

(36 pages) 554 1 3.9 Nov/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Becoming A Nurse

Within the past few years there has been a great demand for nurses in nursing homes, hospitals, adn in physician offices. Nursing is a very demanding job, and it takes an extreme ... gram.Finally, you need to start looking for a job. As a LPN, you can look for employment in nursing homes, home health care, and also in doctors' offices. Graduates of the RN program have many more em ... aduates of the RN program have many more employment choices. They can find employment in hospitals, home health agencies, doctors' offices, and also in various clinics. You can search for job openings ...

(2 pages) 72 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Child Development Plan

sfield. In less than thirty years, it has expanded into a multi-million dollar company providing in-home services to our community and the surrounding areas. It was the invision of Optimal Health Serv ... n of Optimal Health Services' owner, Clark Gustafuson, to be the ultimate "one-stop-shop" for home care. The company provides home infusion for adults and pediatrics, hospice, extended care, res ...

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Staphlococcus

My studies dealt with the relationship of early home health nursing intervention, child abuse and positive parenting skills. All of the studies shar ... the purpose of looking at early intervention and attempting to show a positive correlation in early home nursing intervention and positive health related behaviors, positive perinatal outcomes, and so ... e.All of the studies had an independent variable of increasing the face to face contact time in the home by the public health nurse. They all also shared the common hypothesis that child abuse would d ...

(3 pages) 1115 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Issues Affecting The Elderly

hey wanted to in life. Many times they are left alone to care for themselves or put into retirement homes where they are forgotten until they die. Dementia affects the memory, decision-making and lang ... nges in the environment and therefore the elderly with dementia need a consistent lifestyle.Nursing homes are overrun with the elderly and finding caring loving homes for the elderly are getting harde ...

(3 pages) 196 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

ELDERLY Can you imagine being alone in a home for

ELDERLY Can you imagine being alone in a home for elderly? Old people need more interest and help than children need. Old people spend most o ... st of their relatives. Although it is easier for the relative?s of an old person to put him in to a home for elderly, the relatives should either live near them or with them to give better care and ha ... d people are like babies and they always need care. Many things affect the possibility of living at home while getting old, including health, functional abilities and the amount, availability and qual ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Finding a Good Day Care

ur child is still an infant, your first choice for child care may be to bring someone into your own home who can look after him and possibly help with the housework. This person may come to your home ... tions, scanning or placing ads in the paper, and checking with agencies that focus on child care.In-home caregivers are not required to be licensed, so you will have to check references during the pas ...

(3 pages) 28 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Strategic Plan Analysis Paper

nd discuss how this facility's management styles compare and contrast with that of Bayada Nurses, a home care agency that provides home care to the elderly nationwide.Management Styles in Long-Term Ca ... lity management (TQM) and continuous quality improvement (CQI) have developed slowly in the nursing home industry" (Castle, 1999, p. 1, para.2).In long-term care settings the judgment of quality is ma ...

(6 pages) 573 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Organizational Change Plan - Part 1

be left behind and lose their competitive advantages. This paper will discuss the description of a home health care company and the plan to implement a service that they had in place but has not been ... ace but has not been active within the organization.Description of OrganizationCompassionate Hearts Home Health Care was founded in 1988. The company provides many difference services to the aging com ...

(4 pages) 44 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Organizational Change Plan - Part 2

be left behind and lose their competitive advantages. This paper will discuss the description of a home health care company and the plan to implement a service that they had in place but has not been ... ace but has not been active within the organization.Description of OrganizationCompassionate Hearts Home Health Care was founded in 1988 and is a licensed home health care agency. The company's missio ...

(8 pages) 88 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making