...Factors affecting quality of life Factors that affect a person’s quality of life may be physical or emotional. While these factors are important for everyone, it is especially important that care workers ensure that certain factors are present for individuals in their care. These include: • Physical factors: exercise, diet, physical comfort, safety, hygiene, pain relief • Intellectual factors: stimulation, engaging in activities • Emotional factors: privacy, dignity, approval, psychological security, autonomy • Social factors: social contact, social support. Physical life quality factors These include: • Exercise • Diet • Physical comfort • Safety • Hygiene • Pain relief Physical comfort By physical comfort we mean the provision of a suitable environment which meets an individual’s needs, i.e not too hot, not too cold, comfortable beds/chairs, the right amount of stimulation, not too noisy. Ensuring physical comfort may also mean: • providing the care required to maintain comfort, such as allowing peace to sleep • having the correct height furniture • changing a baby’s nappy regularly to prevent nappy rash and so the baby is not uncomfortable • moving a bedridden individual regularly to prevent soreness. Diet All people need food to survive. The amount and types of food they eat can affect their quality of life, particularly if they have...
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...Abstract As life expectancy increases the number of older adults requiring long-term care of some kind increases. These adults have varying needs, but most adults have problems with skin integrity, muscle weakness, and emotional issues in long-term care facilities. Interventions to meet these needs focus on preventing skin break down, improving muscle strength to prevent falls, and settings that promote usefulness and a feeling of not being alone. Current options available to older adults may not meet all of their needs, and creativity is needed in devising interventions to meet these needs. Structuring long-term care settings to encourage activity in older adults and connecting with other generations can help prevent feelings of loneliness and uselessness, and help older adults live meaningful and productive lives in long-term care settings. Long-Term Healthcare Needs of the Elderly As adults age many will require long-term health care. The evolving needs of the older adult population will require creative and new ways to meet their health care needs. This paper will look at the needs older adults have, and options that are currently available to meet these long-term care needs. This paper will also present new options that have been proposed for long-term health care settings, how these options compare with current interventions, and what outcomes can be expected if these new options are implemented. The Problem As life expectancies increase the older adult population...
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...develop severe insulin resistance and transition to U-500 concentrated regular insulin (U-500 insulin) to maintain adequate control of their rising blood glucose levels. The cost and care requirements of patients using U-500 insulin are markedly higher. There are approximately 3000 Veterans receiving care at the Madison Veterans Healthcare Administration Hospital (Madison VHA) outpatient diabetes clinic, and 67 patients are currently using U-500 insulin (Personal communication B. Babler 7/23/14; D. Nyland, 10/29/14)....
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...HEALTH CARE TIPS FOR YOUR SENIOR DOG The Good News: Dogs Are Living Longer! Thanks to advances in veterinary medicine our pets are living longer than ever! Inevitably as our dogs advance in age, they face a variety of conditions that can adversely affect their health during these golden years. As they age, they often suffer a decline in functioning and could suffer deterioration in their memory, their ability to learn, their level of awareness and their senses of sight and hearing. This deterioration can cause disturbances in their sleep-wake cycles, making them restless at night but sleepy during the day. It can make them forget previously learned commands or habits they were once used to, such as house training and coming when called. It...
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...The challenges and strategies for improving the national health as a whole will be to , increase the quality of individual life by making awareness and motivation to acquire knowledge over health .reduce and eliminate the disparities in the people that includes race , gender , ethnicity ,income and disability. The changes and policy strategies are designed to target whole national’s health rather than individuals by modifying physical and organizational strctures.example of such modification includes enhancing opportunities to engage in physical activity by providing onsite facilities for exercises. The educational and informational strategies attempt to build the knowledge to inform the necessity of optimal health practice. Information and learning experiences voluntary adaptations towards conductive behavior of health. This can be done by providing information in internet, posters, pamphlets, health and nutrition software’s and providing information regarding healthy diet and exercise. Behavioral and social strategies will influence the behaviors indirectly by targeting individual’s awareness, self – efficacy, perceived support and interntions.this can include social environment to provide support for the people to maintain weight changes. Such interventions can involve group behavioral counseling. The Vision of healthy people 2020: “A society in which all people live long , Healthy lives “, So the barriers to health service includes lack of availability, Increased cost, lack...
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...Student Resource Passport to Class: Name___ ________ Foundations for Effective Leadership and Management Module 16: Quality Control, Safety, Performance Appraisal and Problem Employees Required Reading: Marquis, B.L. & Huston, C.J. (2015). Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. Chapters 23, 24 & 25 Recommended Reading: Institute of Medicine (1999). To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press | | Student Response | Objectives | Discuss concepts of quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Chapter 23 | Discuss the following:Quality control - refers to activities that are used to evaluate, monitor, or regulate services rendered to consumers.Quality Assurance - Quality assurance models seek to ensure that quality currently exists.Quality Improvement - assume that the process is ongoing and quality can always be improvedDefine the following terminology * Critical Event Analysis – process used to determines discrepancies between care provided and unit standards. * Root Cause Analysis – process used to obtain further information regarding why the standard was not met. * Benchmark - the process of measuring products, practices, and services against best-performing organizations. A tool for identifying desired standards of organizational performance. * Standard -...
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...Title: Health care administration Name: Ruth A Bennett Institution: LA College International Course: A_082211_BM244_HCA211X_ v1.3_1 Tutor: John Jemison Date: October 5, 2011 Health care administration Employees who have an exercise program on site perform better than employees without an on site exercise program. Employees who have an exercise program on site have the ability to last longer on the job as opposed to employees without an on site exercise program. This is mainly attributed to the overall fitness of the employees. For an employee to produce quality results, it is important to maintain fitness in all areas. The employee should be fit physiologically, physically, mentally, and professionally. The brain plays an important role in the overall performance of an employee. For an employee to conduct the different tasks well, the brain should be maintained at high levels of fitness. An exercise program ensures that employees exhibit better performance and stay on longer due to the fact that it provides fitness in more than one vital area. During the normal tasks in the workplace, the body undergoes wearing processes. The vital organs that are involved in the processes and are prone to the wearing include the brain and muscles. The amount of strain in a task is directly related to the wearing it causes to the different organs on the body. It is very significant to have an onsite...
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...health care services? The health status of every individual is relative to environmental and heredity factors. In general, the average individual doesn’t have control over their genetic makeup; however, there behavioral lifestyle is and it influences their overall quality of life. Environmental factors are things that an individual can always alter to improve their health. For example, changes in their diet, physical maintenance, and stress. The decisions from the initial case deal with treatment; further along there is areas of discipline, education, responsibility, and adopted healthy lifestyles. With this in mind, the wrong decision will equally influence health care supply and demand significantly. For example, the increasing rate of diabetes in the country is a result of either decision. Type 1 diabetes is a hereditary form of the virus caused from the digestive system not processing insulin. However, type 2 diabetes is caused by environment influences which cause the pancreas to insufficiently produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes is usually caused by obesity. In fact, I researched this information before for a previous class and its been proven that 95% of all diabetes infected individuals have type 2 diabetes. The overall number of individuals with diabetes make up 30% of the U.S. population. The number of individuals with the disease began to spike in the mid 1990’s and the demographic equally expands from young children to older adults. Financially, the health care system...
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...Purpose of the organization Assistance to the Elderly, Inc., (ATTE) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that enables low-income, vulnerable adults to lead meaningful and dignified lives by providing supportive housing, care services, community education, and advocacy. ATTE provides supportive housing for Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon (RPBL), an assisted living facility with 350 units that serves a predominantly Hispanic, low-income older population. Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon has a long-standing reputation for providing quality services to low-income residents. Residential Plaza's Memory Care Program (RPMCP) provides affordable 24-hour specialized care, based on the Montessori for Aging and Dementia Program, in a homelike environment...
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...Health Care Vs Fitness Nicasio Jones Adventist University Health Care Vs Fitness This paper will discuss how the healthcare industry and the fitness industry both address the individual health needs of a person; however, the cost and method of healing differs between the two industries. In the healthcare industry, an individual is identified as a patient. Upon the first visit of any medical facility. Personal information is collect by the front desk staff. The patient has to complete a health questionnaire that list any prior conditions, current lifestyle habits like drinking or smoking. They also provide all of their medical insurance information. They are even interview by a nurse to hear what symptoms they are feeling. Their vitals are recorded to assets their current condition. And then they receive a physical exam by the physician who will diagnose and prescribe a personal plan of care for that patient. In the Fitness industry, an individual is identified as a member. Upon the first visit to the fitness facility, a new member fills out a health history questionnaire and provides their credit card information. Also as part of the introduction process the member receives several sessions with a fitness trainer that will review their health history and help develop and workout program to help the member reach their goals. The cost of healthcare has increased over the few years. With the increase of obesity and other lifestyle diseases, the cost of care has escalated...
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...2010 to include these accompanying symptoms in addition to widespread pain (Wolfe). FM is associated with significant personal and socioeconomic costs, including limitations in work ability and high health care utilization (Palstam, Wolfe, Berger, White). The prevalence of FM among the general population in the United States is estimated to be between 1.1% and 6.4% (Vincent). FM is more common in both civilian and veteran women than men (Marques, Higgins). The prevalence of FM among veterans of Operation...
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...following your health care provider's instructions about a healthy lifestyle may help improve your symptoms. This includes choosing the right exercise plan. Doing daily physical activity is important after a diagnosis of heart failure. You may have some activity restrictions, so talk to your health care provider before doing any exercises. What are the benefits of exercise? Exercise may: Make your heart muscles stronger. Lower your blood pressure. Lower your cholesterol. Help you lose weight....
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...Running head: LAW AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Assignment #1 Jennifer Smith HSA 515 Dr. Mezu October 27, 2013 Justify your position about the importance of the physician-patient and hospital-patient relationships. The doctor–patient relationship has been and remains a keystone of care: the medium in which data are gathered, diagnoses and plans are made, compliance is accomplished, and healing, patient activation, and support are provided. To managed care organizations, its importance rests also on market savvy: satisfaction with the doctor–patient relationship is a critical factor in people's decisions to join and stay with a specific organization. A patient must have confidence in the competence of their physician and must feel that they can confide in him or her. For most physicians, the establishment of good rapport with a patient is important (Lipkin 2012). Some medical specialties, such as psychiatry and family medicine, emphasize the physician-patient relationship more than others, such as pathology or radiology. The quality of the patient-physician relationship is important to both parties. The better the relationship in terms of mutual respect, knowledge, trust, shared values and perspectives about disease and life, and time available, the better will be the amount and quality of information about the patient's disease transferred in both directions, enhancing accuracy of diagnosis and increasing the patient's knowledge about the disease...
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...Activity for Health There are significant health benefits for older adults who participate in regular exercises several times a week for about 30 minutes each. The findings have found that increasing to at least 2 new community-based programs of physical exercise has many health related benefits such as lowering stress, depression and lowering older adults body mass index. The study concentrated only on community or provider based programs. The study did have significate justification and well measureable results of the class participates. In my opinion the findings of the study did prove that community-based programs do work to improve older adults with disabilities especially with risk factors. I do agree that there needs to be more funding from local and national agengcies and more community-based programs. Social workers can advocate for funding to start a program or link their clients to the approiate communinty-based programs that already exists such as the YMCA. But, they would have to coordinate transportation issues to such programs. Social workers are excellent advocates and coordinators which can help and meet their clients physical fitness goals. They could also facilitate with medical providers to monitor their clients health concerns while meeting these goals. Physical activity for older adults is essential. Mantaining a good effective exercise program is the key. This article from the Center for Disease Control has wonderful guidelines for older...
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... CVDs are defined as all diseases of the circulatory system, including those of congenital origin, (AHA, 2010). Due to their high prevalence, CVDs impose a high social and financial burden on individuals, families and healthcare systems around the world. Surgical procedures like coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), balloon angioplasty, and valve repair and replacement are integral to the treatment of CVD, (WHO, 2013). Although these surgical procedures often improve survival rates, decrease symptoms and increase an individual’s functional ability (ACC/AHA 2004), surgery is not curative and individuals with chronic CVD remain at increased risk for coronary events(Foody et al. 2003, Hawks et al 2006). In addition to acute -operative care, these individuals must develop the knowledge and skills for self-management (Capewell S, 2008 & Vachenauer R. 2008). It is therefore important to encourage or enlist these patients in a health promotion programme post-surgery. The main aspects I would focus on include a behavioural change and an educational programme. Patient education programme The first aspect to be discussed with these patients will be based on: The concepts of atherosclerosis and its risk factors The reason for this is to help the patient understand why they have underwent the surgery. This will enable them to understand the disease process, which will provide a foundation for the rest of their choices. At this point I would also encourage the patient’s...
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