including prevention, housing support, treatment, employment and job training. Veterans Affairs programs and services aim to help homeless Veterans live as self-sufficiently and independently as possible. Veterans Affairs offer outreach, clinical assessment and referral to medical treatment, employment assistance, and supported permanent housing. One-third of adult homeless men and nearly one-quarter of all homeless adults have served in the armed forces. While there is no true measure of the number
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home, more commonly referred to as skilled nursing and rehab centers. Nursing care is typically provided for people who need long-term care or rehabilitation after surgery or are recovering from a more severe medical condition like a stroke. These communities provide all of the personal care and services of an assisted living with the addition of 24-hour nursing care. Regent Care Center Facts Funded 35 yrs ago A modern facility with 180 beds Joint commission accredited facility A for profit-non-sectarian
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Family Health Assessment A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns.
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Culturally Competent Care at Fresenius Dialysis Centers It is imperative as health care providers that we not only care for a verity of people with different health conditions, but also from different backgrounds. We are given the task of caring for the physical and mental wellbeing of patients. Acknowledging and working with culture differences can help a patient feel safe and it shows the compassion of the health care team. According to "National Center For Cultural Competence" (n.d.), “cultural
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Data Analysis-Why? A. To study and examine data collected 1 Synthesis of data B. Identify community strengths C. Identify community health needs D. Determine need for further data collection: 1. find if research has been done. 2. Data gaps: determine need for further data collection. Make sure you can support data gaps with information from assessment. E. Look for trends/patterns; how often do you see a recurrent theme? F. Discovery of causative relationships: the R/T portion. I. Basic
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When analyzing the community health assessment several risks and weakness are identified. There are a few risks and weakness with the current state of Oncology Services. With physicians practices already at capacity there is no room to handle the current and future demand for these services. With an aging population new cancer cases are expected to increase by 34 % in five years. Higher smoking rates also contribute to new cancer diagnosis. Another risk is the equipment to diagnose and treat
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Chapter 04: Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which term best describes a group of people who share a set of values, beliefs, practices, social relationships, law, politics, economics, and norms of behavior? a.|Race| b.|Culture| c.|Ethnicity| d.|Social group| ANS: B Culture is a pattern of assumptions, beliefs, and practices that unconsciously frames or guides the outlook and decisions of a group of people. A culture is composed
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QUALIFICATION HANDBOOK Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (3978-51/52/53/54/55/56) December 2011 Version 3.1 (February 2012) Qualification at a glance Subject area City & Guilds number Age group approved Entry requirements Assessment Fast track Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) 3978 19+ There are no entry requirements Portfolio of Evidence
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DUNBAR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 4232 PARKSIDE AVENUE PHILADLEPHIA, PA 19105 PHONE (215) 878-2198/FAX (215) 860-5103 THERAPEUTIC STAFF SUPPORT PROGRESS NOTE Date:1-15-10 TIME:4:00 to 9:00 CHILD: Quiara Riley DOB: July 20/1993 THERAPEUTIC STAFF SUPPORT: Ghada Mahjoub Treatment Plan Goal Goals for this session: client will comply w/ adult directives Goal #1client will accept adult direction w/0 posing opposition
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Holistic care - Long Term Conditions Assignment. Throughout this paper I will analyse the epidemiological data of my area of clinical practice; Slough. I will create a health profile with briefly analyses different areas of variation within the community including deprivation, housing and the structure of the population focussing on the different nationalities that reside within Slough. Following this I will briefly discuss the various long-term conditions that are prevalent within this area
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