The Phone Call "The greatest disease in the West today is not Tuberculosis or leprosy; it is being unwanted‚ unloved‚ and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine‚ but the only cure for loneliness‚ despair‚ and hopelessness is love." This quote‚ spoken by Mother Teresa‚ describes why I aspire to be a nurse. The technology and medicine we have in the world today is extremely advanced. However‚ this advanced technology and medicine would be worthless without the compassion and quality
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| Bessie V. Rose Senior Care | | Marketing Plan | | Bessie V. Rose Senior Care | | Marketing Plan | Proposed by broderick pierce August 21‚ 2011 Submitted to Professor Day Proposed by broderick pierce August 21‚ 2011 Submitted to Professor Day Table of Contents Page 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Strategic Focus and Plan 3 Mission Statement 3 Goals 3 Competitive Advantage 4 3. Situation Analysis 4 SWOT Analysis 4 Customer Analysis
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Demographic Paper The aging population are making more doctors visits to offices and hospitals. Hospitals are seeing in increase in older people than they were ten years ago. The aging population have more complications and have to have more tests and more care that results in a longer wait time in hospitals due to the nurse shortgage. The average length of a hospital stay for older people 65 years and older was 5.6 days. Older people average more office visits with doctors but most do not seek
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The book As We Are Now‚ written by May Sarton‚ targets those concerned with the care of elderly individuals in nursing homes. In the book‚ Sarton artistically highlights the plethora of ongoing issues social workers face in their work as they attempt to provide quality care to the elderly population. The book is written as the memoirs of a very thoughtful elderly woman‚ Caroline Spenser‚ as she spent part of her life in a nursing home; and brings to light the lack of quality of care that elderly
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Partner. Philadelphia‚ PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Healthy People in Healthy Communities. 92005). Retrieved December 7‚ 2009 from http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications/HealthyCommunity Wieland‚ D.‚ & Hirth‚ V. (2003). Comprehensive geriatric assessment. Cancer Control‚ 10(6)‚ 454-462 Baron‚ J. (2001). For Middle Generation‚ ’ Life ’s a Picnic‚ Study Finds; Boomers Caring for Kids‚ Parents Say Joy Outweighs Stress Gerbman‚ R. V. (2000). Elder Care Takes America by Storm. HRMagazine
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I have always had a very philanthropic approach to life. Living with my one hundred year old grandfather has allowed me to appreciate the frailties of the human body. When he had prostatitis‚ I went with him to hospital where he was taken to the geriatrics ward. This experience provided me with a valuable insight into care of the elderly at a professional level. From this experience‚ I discovered that a career in medicine could be very rewarding. Being a naturally compassionate person‚ I take great
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Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge
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Instructor’s Toolkit for Red Yoder’s Monologue Red’s introductory monologue can be used in a variety of ways. Here are a few to consider: large class discussion small group discussion during class or clinical reflective journaling assignment web-based assignment: listen to the audio or read the script‚ then discuss and summarize the group’s conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What are Red’s strengths? What are your concerns for this patient? What is the cause of your concern? What information
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AbstractChange can be particularly upsetting and can cause havoc to all involved in any organization. One myth is that change is "bad". Change itself is neither good nor bad‚ only the responses and outcomes of change can be considered good or bad. Change is unavoidable and essential in any industry. Without change organizations would 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
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Facility Planning Part 1 Shirley Doctor HCS/466 Facility Planning Dr. Michael Snell September 8‚ 2013 Franklin C. Fetter Outpatient Clinic Strategic Planning is an essential first step in the development of a result-base accountability system‚” (Schilder‚ 2013‚ p. 1). In strategic planning an organization must know their goals‚ missions‚ and how to reach them. Health care facilities are in huge demand for the elderly and for people who lives in low-income communities. A person who
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