...in 1985 to 1.4m in 2010 and is set to reach 3.6m, or 5% of the population, by 2035( ONS 2012). This made it necessary for the government to launch the National Service Frame work (NSF) for older people(2001) which contained eight standards relating to older people’s services covering the full range of care older people need. The standards embody fundamental principles ensuring care is based on clinical need, not age, and that services treat older people as individuals, promoting their quality of life, independence, dignity and their right to make choices about their own care. This essay aims to explore how guidelines and policies are implemented in a residential care home in London to promote the well-being of the elderly and also further investigate the specific risk factors concerning the health and well-being of the elderly. Well-being has become an important focus for health and social policy in general, and in relation to older people in particular (Reed et al 2004). Well-being as a phenomenon involves more than happiness and health as it explores all aspects that give meaning to life and a feeling that life is fulfilling and worthwhile. It encompasses aspects of physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual well-being (Reed et al 2004). Just like all human beings well-being affects all aspects of old age but mainly their...
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...Sunnyvale Residential Home Sunnyvale Residential Home is a case study with a dozen or so hazards which could put the elderly people who live there in risk. Firstly, the care home is in an old Victorian house which means the flooring is most likely going to be unsteady; this can lead to people tripping over and banging their head. Also, the building is on 2 floors so elders are forced to walk up stairs and with their poor vision. As Sunnyvale residential home is an old Victorian building the floor is made of concrete so if someone was to fall over the impact is going to be ten times worse than the first floor with carpet. The elderly people are free to walk up and down the stairs with no supervision. This is a problem because if they tripped over, there’s no one to help them back up. The lift in the home continuously out of order and the owners are unwilling to repair it as it will cost a lot of money. The utility room is only checked monthly by staff which is not enough because the washing machine could have broken down and it won’t be replaced. A possible solution is to check it every single day. Previously the care home had a health & safety leader but they retired and the role has not been taken over. This means no one is checking regularly, if at all, all the hazards and possible risks in Sunnyvale residential home. However, there are some things which the elderly care home are doing right. For example, there are 13 members of staff in all which is enough to...
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... CASE 1 NAH is a privately owned unlisted company which runs 20 residential care homes for the elderly. A residential care home for the elderly is a building where a number of older people live and receive care (that is their physical needs are provided for), normally on a full-time basis. The elderly residents may pay the care home fees themsleves or they may be paid by their relatives or by the local government authority. The elderly residents of NAH’s care homes are all capable of making decisions for themsleves. All of NAH’s care homes are located in and around two cities both located in the south of country X. NAH employs around 400 staff in the care homes, some of whom work part-time and a small team of highly experienced administrators. NAH’s care homes all have modern facilities and their staff are highly trained and dedicated. NAH has always been a profitable business, even though its care homes normally have a small amount of spare capacity. NAH has approximately 25% market share in the south of country X. The remainder of the market is shared by a small number of local government funded and operated care homes and some other small private businesses. Due to the rising costs of operating care homes as a result of increased regulation and the general economic environment, a number of small privately owned care homes in the region have recently closed. The owners of some other privately owned care homes are considering closing or selling them. NAH is also aware that this...
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... CASE 1 NAH is a privately owned unlisted company which runs 20 residential care homes for the elderly. A residential care home for the elderly is a building where a number of older people live and receive care (that is their physical needs are provided for), normally on a full-time basis. The elderly residents may pay the care home fees themsleves or they may be paid by their relatives or by the local government authority. The elderly residents of NAH’s care homes are all capable of making decisions for themsleves. All of NAH’s care homes are located in and around two cities both located in the south of country X. NAH employs around 400 staff in the care homes, some of whom work part-time and a small team of highly experienced administrators. NAH’s care homes all have modern facilities and their staff are highly trained and dedicated. NAH has always been a profitable business, even though its care homes normally have a small amount of spare capacity. NAH has approximately 25% market share in the south of country X. The remainder of the market is shared by a small number of local government funded and operated care homes and some other small private businesses. Due to the rising costs of operating care homes as a result of increased regulation and the general economic environment, a number of small privately owned care homes in the region have recently closed. The owners of some other privately owned care homes are considering closing or selling them. NAH is also aware that this...
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...Non-governmental organization nurses • Manpower insufficient ■ Residential aged care homes & Day Care Centre for the Elderly ■ Aging population • Bringing knowledge and skills to residential aged care homes ■ Enhancing the service quality of residential aged care homes Accredited nurses (評審護士) from the Residential Aged Care Accreditation Scheme (香港安老院舍評審計劃) • Finding out the inappropriate practices of residential aged care homes • Raising out the problems actively in conference • Enhancing service quality of residential aged care homes • Designing a sudden and unannounced accreditation Social Welfare Department- Nurse in the welfare sector (2005). Retrieved June 28, 2015 from The Hong Kong Government, Social Welfare Department Web site: http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_ngo/page_nursews/ HKAG_Home (2012). Retrieved June 28, 2015 from Residential Aged Care Accreditation Scheme, Web site: http://www.hkag.org/index_RACAS.html Another nursing role is non-governmental organization nurses, they should actively promote their works to the public, especially the teenagers, who are deciding their future career. Encouraging more people to work for the Non-governmental organizations together with their knowledge and skills, as the manpower is really insufficient due to the aging population in Hong Kong, especially those Residential aged care homes & Day Care Centre for the Elderly. Apart from those NGO nurses, accredited nurses are the other...
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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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...Langdale view a residential care home, I came across many potential hazards. A hazard is anything that can cause harm to an individual. Hazards affect all the people working in that care setting including, staff, visitors and individuals, there are a lot of hazards which can be found in and around every health and social care setting. Hazards: Hazards in the physical environment The physical environment is the surroundings around you, a potential hazard that can occur from the physical environment within a health and social care environment such as a residential care home, can be poor ventilation because it is important that the air in a room is breathable an does not cause any breathing problems or spread infections. This is a health hazard because it can cause a person to become ill due to airborne infections. To reduce this risk, the ventilation should be checked regularly and windows should be opened from time to time. Lighting in rooms of a residential care home is very important as poor lightning is a hazard especially for the elderly as some may have poor vision and if there is no emergency lightning there is a risk that an elderly resident will trip over something because they cannot see properly whereas if the lighting in the room is too bright, it can cause sight problems such as weak eyesight or watery eyes when in bright light. Hazards from equipment Hazards from equipment can include anything in the residential home that can make an elderly person trip over...
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...is vital as a friend or family member to ensure they get all the affection and support they require regardless of what your choice to home management will be. Some of the common examples of service care provision includes the following: Residential Care Homes. It cost not as much as nursing homes with nursing for the reason that; with private residential care homes, friends and family stay in a healthy environment that accommodates for their own personal care and everyday...
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...Nursing homes in 10 nations: a comparison between countries and settings M I E L W . RIBBE, GUNNAR LJUNGGREN1, KNIGHT STEEL2, EVA TOPINKOVA3, CATHERINE HAWES4, NAOKI IKEGAMI5, JEAN-CLAUDE HENRARD6, PALMI V. JONNSON7 Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine and Social Medicine, Medical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands 'Stockholm, Sweden, 2Hackensack, NJ, USA, 3Prague, Czech Republic, ^Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 5 Tokyo, Japan, 6Paris, France and Reykjavik, Iceland Abstract Aim: to illustrate demographic differences and recent trends in the provision and structure of long-term care systems in the 10 countries participating in the Resident Assessment Instrument studies (Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA). Method: data were assembled from government documents, statistical yearbooks and articles from journals; supplemental data on long-term care and nursing homes were solicited from colleagues. Results: All 10 countries are developed nations with high life-expectancies. Sweden has the oldest and Iceland the youngest population in this study, with Japan showing the highest ageing rates over the next three decades. Between 2 and 5% of elderly people reside in nursing homes. Interestingly, Iceland, as the youngest country' in this study, has the highest rate of institutionalization (living in residential or nursing homes), while...
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...The United States has faced many challenges as it entered into the 21st century. First is ensuring that individuals receive the medical care and support they need throughout their life with dignity and quality. With the aging of “baby boomers,” the number of individuals 65 and those with disabilities will increase from 12.4 percent in 2000 to about 20.4 percent by 2040. This will represent a need for increasing nursing facilities, assisted living, other residential care, and home care services. This represents an expected increase from 15 million in 2000 to 27 million in 2040. This will affect more than just the different facilities; it affects the number of medical professionals needed to staff the facilities. The need for registered nurses, licensed practitioner’s, nurse aides, home health, personal care workers, and physicians will also increase from 1.9 million in 2000 to about 45 percent in the year 2040. We will see another rise in growth for direct care workers in long-term care by 2030 when the baby boomers reach the age of 85. The expected growth equates to about an additional 3.8 to 4.6 million. One of the problems the country will face is that the increased need of workers will not increase at the same rate as they are needed. Currently unpaid informal caregivers, such as, family members, neighbors; and friends provide the majority of care. This is expected to increase from about 20 million in 2000 to 37 million by the year 2030. This is an estimated increase...
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...respect to the care for the elderly. Traditionally elder care has been the responsibility of family members and was provided within the extended family home. Increasingly in modern societies, elder care is now being provided by state or charitable institutions. The reasons for this change include decreasing family size, the greater life expectancy of elderly people, the geographical dispersion of families, and the tendency for women to be educated and work outside the home. Although these changes have affected European and North American countries first, it is now increasingly affecting Asian countries also.[1] According to Family Caregiver Alliance, the majority of family caregivers are women: “Many studies have looked at the role of women and family caregiving. Although not all have addressed gender issues and caregiving specifically, the results are still generalizable [sic] to women because they are the majority of informal care providers in this country. Consider: • Estimates of the percentage of family or informal caregivers who are women range from 59% to 75%. • The average caregiver is age 46, female, married and working outside the home earning an annual income of $35,000. • Although men also provide assistance, female caregivers may spend as much as 50% more time providing care than male caregivers.”” [2] In most western countries, elder care facilities are residential family care homes, freestanding assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and Continuing care retirement...
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...Community Observations Boundaries The boundaries of the community are mainly physical. The physical boundaries include highway B and highway 124. The economic boundaries in this community are very distinct. The area west of highway 124 includes newer larger single family homes. The area east of highway 124 includes older smaller single family homes. The commercial area lies through the middle of the town along highway B. Located in the central portion of the town are handicap accessible low income apartment housing with 16 units. The higher income neighborhoods have adequate sidewalks and the older low income area of town have inadequate or no sidewalks. A small trailer park neighborhood exists on the north side of the town. Sidewalks connecting neighborhoods to commercial areas and to other neighborhoods are inadequate. Housing and Zoning The age of the housing ranges from early 1900’s to recent construction. The more newly constructed homes include attached garages and the older homes have detached. The handicap accessible apartments have no garages. Signs of Decay The residential neighborhoods are all in good to excellent conditions. There are no obvious signs of dilapidation or decay. The residential neighborhoods appear to be static economically. The commercial buildings along the main street are early 1900’s brick construction and are in good condition overall. The two convenience...
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...understand the different legal requirements that involve working in a residential home. Below are listed some of the different legislations, policies and procedures that are within the legislations and how these are to a residential home setting and how they promote the safety of all service users, staff and visitors. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 The Health and Safety at Work at 1974 is a law that places a duty of care on all employers ‘to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work’ (healthyworkinglives, n.d.) The Health and Safety at work act was introduced in order to protect the service users, staff and visitors. This legislation covers issues such as, fire evacuation, lone working, security of premises, cleaning, body waste and primarily the safety of the staff, service users and visitors. Fire Evacuation This policy would be essential to uphold in a Health and Social care setting. Staff members in a Health and Social Care setting should ensure that all the service users are able to know where the safe fire exits are, employers would need to make sure that all employees are competent knowing where the fire evacuation meeting point are so that the staff can pass this on to the service users. A fire drill should be completed from time to time in order to simulate a real fire experience. In a residential home, Staff are also to make sure that fire escapes are clearly marked...
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...Running head: ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING HOME page # 1 Which is Best, Assisted Living Facility OR Nursing Home for Your Loved Ones? FreidaWeatherspoon Moody November 27, 2012 Columbia Southern University Professor Monica Saniz MBA 5652 Research Methods Introduction The improved life expectancy has given rise to a sizeable elderly population in all the developed societies of the world (Joseph, 2001).Today’s fast moving technological age has made time a scarce commodity, resulting in less care and time being devoted to the elderly members of the family. This has in turn created a host of problems for these senior members who includes but are not limited to loneliness, anxiety, depression and the resultant loss of self-confidence. Many families with aged parents or other relatives may at some point of time find themselves considering long term care solutions for their aging relatives such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The Assisted Living Federation of America defines Assisted Living as “ a combination of housing, personalized supportive services, and healthcare designed to meet the individual needs of persons who require help with the activities of daily living but who do not require the skilled medical care provided by a nursing home” (James, 2004). The daily activities for which people need help include eating, bathing, dressing, getting to and using bathroom, getting out of bed or chair and the activities which require...
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...105–118. Family Involvement in Residential Long-Term Care: A Synthesis and Critical Review* Joseph E. Gaugler The University of Kentucky Abstract The objective of this review is to critically synthesize the existing literature on family involvement in residential long-term care. Studies that examined family involvement in various long-term care venues were identified through extensive searches of the literature. Future research and practice must consider the complexity of family structure, adopt longitudinal designs, provide direct empirical links between family involvement and resident outcomes, and offer rigorous evaluation of interventions in order to refine the literature. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Keywords Family Involvement; Nursing Homes; Assisted Living Facilities; Family Care Homes; Family Caregiving; Informal Care NIH-PA Author Manuscript Over the past several decades, various research studies have demonstrated that family members remain involved in the lives of their loved ones following placement in residential long-term care facilities (e.g., Bowers, 1988; Maas et al., 2000; Rowles & High, 1996; Smith & Bengston, 1979; York & Calsyn, 1977; Zarit & Whitlatch, 1992, to name a few). These collective findings have helped debunk the myth that families abandon their relatives in nursing homes or similar settings to die in isolation (Rowles, Concotelli, & High, 1996). Although the roles of families in residential long-term care have continued...
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