Abstract This paper will explore the long term care system in the United States focusing on the elderly. Understanding aging and the effects it shall have on the long term care industry is important for our society, as the numbers of the elderly are increasing. This paper shall also identify problems in the current long term care system that can cause risk to the elderly such as financial burdens and inadequate care. It will address the long term care professions and job opportunities available
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Running head: FACILITY PLANNING PART I Facility Planning Part I Brenda Gary HCS/446 Johnnie West July 1, 2013 Facility Planning Part I Strategic facility planning (SFP) is a method used to create an improved, yet positive form of service delivery from the facility’s management organization to stakeholders (Roper, Kim, & Lee, 2009). In the development of a new long-term care facility for Greenwood, Mississippi, strategic facility planning will be the key to its success. There is a need
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Running Head: Risk Management Assessment Summary Risk Management Assessment Summay HCS/451 Jodie Sapaugh August 6th, 2012 University of Phoenix Quality Management When it comes to quality management in health care it has changed and developed more over the years. Quality management is a continuous development that health care organizations use to distribute merchandise and services that will make sure to
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A Memorandum for Patient Displacement and Relocation Jacqueline Black HCS/320 December 8th, 2014 Tricia Tran On February 20th 2015, Newfoundland assistance Living Center will become the new owners of KinderCare Nursing Home, in their efforts to accommodate and afford the baby boomer generation, a more productive and healthier way of life, Newfoundland Assistance Living Center is creating a self-sustained facility for the 55 year old and older crowd, who only need a minimal amount of care and
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audit review for all flights that had Medicare as the payor. Apparently, there were a large volume of charts being billed out without going through the review process. It appears that a vast majority of the charts slip through the review process because the coders were sending the charts directly to the billing specialists to the billed out and the billing specialists were billing the charts out, without verifying to see if they were reviewed to meet Medicare guidelines for Air Ambulance. Unfortunately
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Professional knowledge and ability SHAWN HINES Gen/200 September 29, 2011 George Rivoli Professional knowledge and ability To have a successful career the individual must be willing to develop how to achieve professional knowledge and abilities. The world is changing constantly right before our eyes. You must stay current, if you want to be successful in your career choice. When you are in trouble, who speaks up for you? Today, every voice wants to be heard. Children have their parents
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Becoming a Nursing Home Administrator As an Accounting Clerk within the nursing home there are many things an employee in the office may not see. There are also many rewarding times which an individual may want to see more of and be able to have a greater participation within the organization. This writer wants the opportunity to become a nursing home administrator. A nursing home administrator can wear any hat within their organization. This may
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Health Care Communication Methods My name is Tsering Wangmo and I work as an administrator at my local nursing home called “Serene Senior Living”. I absolutely love my job and feel truly blessed to work at a place where I feel both gratified as well as fulfilled. It truly feels good going home at the end of my shift knowing that I did something that day that was meaningful. It really gives me so much joy to be working for the wise and peaceful elderly residents, and although I can indeed go on
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SAFETYMAnERS OSHA targets iong-term care with injury-reduction program Enforcing policies and procedures with training will diminish risk BY EDWARD N. BDEHM JR. ata released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last fall prompted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on April 5 to announce a new program that targets the high incidence of injuries to employees in the long-term care industry. The referenced data showed a significant increase in injuries to employees in nursing
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Intro: What are Pressure Ulcers? Cayuga Medical Center’s Initiative Ideally, in modern medicine patients with wounds are bought to treatment facilities and when they leave they are healthier than when they came in. However, one problem threatens to change this. Pressure Ulcers, which form because of skin pressure reducing blood flow to an area of the body, have a habit of forming in patients with a variety of long-term problems as they are cared for in hospitals and nursing homes. The result of
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