Mr. Trosack is of advanced age and has recently sustained a significant fracture and has undergone major surgery. His one son works 60 hours a week and does not visit often. Upon visiting his home which is on the second floor of a house, several safety issues are of concern. The apartment is small and cluttered, and there are many scatter rugs and no safety features in the bathroom. Ambulating safely in the home with a walker is a major concern.
This is summary of two articles describing neglect of residents at a residential home in Northampton. One is from Daily Mail (6.10.2010)” ‘Severe neglect’ of staff blamed for appalling deaths of five elderly care home residents in just two weeks” and the other one is from The Guardian(6.10.2010) “Elderly care home residents died after suffering ‘severe neglect’ “ . Both articles describe preventable deaths of residents in a private nursing home, Parkside House between July 22 and August 6, 2009. The home was originally set up to provide for people over 65 suffering from dementia or long-standing mental illness. But the management decided to admit residents with higher level of dependency and additional needs and ‘simply could not cope’.
Physical therapy is the treatment of disease injury or deformation by treatments such as massages, heat treatments, ice, and physical exercise. This can be used to avoid surgery and drugs but it’s not always a complete alternative. Some patients go through surgery and then go to physical therapy to completely heal and relearn how to walk post-surgery. Physical therapy is a huge part of any recovery process because it helps you from developing further issues like authorities and other long term illnesses. When you go to places that offer physical therapy you can feel yourself regaining strength and healing with each visit.
Alan was admitted with just 3 bed sores, they quickly multiplied to 18 which were covered with dirty and inadequate dressings, Alan’s condition deteriorated so rapidly that he died just 6 days after being readmitted to hospital on February 24th as a result of infected multiple pressure sores A GP and tissue viability nurse who then examined Mr Simper on February 18 found that he was covered in the 18 pressure sores and dirty dressings, one of his sores could not be measured as he was in so much pain. On readmission to Luton and Dunstable hospital the next day, nurses discovered that Alan was grossly unkempt and covered in old faeces, one nurse commented that this was the “worst case of neglect she had ever seen”. Bedfordshire and Luton Coroner David Morris ruled that Alan Simper “died for want of care by those charged with it”. Mr Morris also said “a clash between the Home Manager and staff had led to multiple inexcusable failures in the care of Mr Simper, There was a
As a result, the patient units were understaffed and health care personnel on day shift were required to remain on their assigned unit until they were relieved from duty. During the course of this occurrence several patients sustained minor injuries from falls out of bed and one patient was given the incorrect medication, resulting in death. The nurse on duty left the hospital to buy dinner at the corner Wendy’s Restaurant. After one year, the families of these patients sued the hospital on behalf of their deceased relatives, and you are one of the parties mentioned in the suit. The hospital refused liability, stating that: the patients who sustained a fall were awake, oriented and experienced no limitation in mobility; the patient who was given the incorrect medication died not from staff negligence, but from an unidentified allergic reaction to a food substance and had no history of allergies.
That's when I realized I wanted to become a physical therapists. While I was in rehab, I started to learn more about the body and became more interested in it. The recovering process was no joke! The pain I had to deal with was incomparable to any other pain I had before. The doctor gave me pain killers to deal with the pain and I used some it but mostly my faith in God helped me get through this situation.
Another reason is so you can share information, this is vital in my work setting because, for example, if a service user begins a new course of antibiotics then the member of staff dealing with this must pass the information on to all other staff to make sure they continue the course of medication. Finally communication is important to allow you to reassure others; if a service user with dementia is becoming distressed due to confusion of where they are for instance, then gentle reassurance is needed to help the situation and make them feel at ease. Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of the learner’s work Effective communication is a two-way process - sending the right message that is also being correctly received and understood by the other person/s. It is
With the complete EMR system, NCH uses the medication administration bar-code-system to administer medications to patients. This reduces medication errors by making sure the patients receive the right medication. There are other changes made to ensure safe delivery of care, such as time out where before each procedure the surgical team will stop to make sure it is the right patient, the right procedure, and the right site for surgery. Other ways also practiced are preventing hospital acquired pneumonia, hospital acquired infection, hospital acquired urinary tract infections and decubitus
By controlling the pain we enable Mrs. Thomas to have the opportunity to get up and go out and do things that she enjoys for as long as she is able, instead of being cooped up in her bedroom with the time she has left wasting away. I would recommend bringing in physical therapy and occupational therapy at this time. They would both examine the client and her environment and create individualized plans of care for the client. Physical therapy would create an exercise program to help restore and maintain Mrs. Thomas’s maximum functional abilities throughout the cancer process. They may suggest and move things in the house to optimize her functional ability and to conserve the most energy.
Informing caregivers about your diet may not seem crucial, but knowledge about how your foods and meals will be adjusted to help you achieve blood sugar levels within target range is. Knowing what will happen with your diet and significant changes that will be made before discharge ensures you are able to adjust to the plan of care. During your hospital stay it is easy to acquire nosocomial infections; the fourth step in this process is trying to avoid getting an infection. Speaking up as your caregiver provides treatment ensures he/she completes proper hand hygiene. This is