Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from November 1984

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from November 1984

The hidden ingredients in food costs; the food service director and the food service distributor. (column)
November 1, 1984... The food service industry is a "people" business and we must never lose that perspective, because the principle affects each of us in our daily business lives. Hence, there are many hidden ingredients in the cost of food that we rarely if ever...

The patient is dying: who calls the shots (treatment). (column)
November 1, 1984... The patient's right to dignity is never more critical than when he/she is dying. Death is an immediate event; dying, on the other hand, is frequently a multifaceted affair over a period of time. Often, we have not control over our dying. If...

The need for consultant pharmacist services in long-term care. (column)
November 1, 1984... Introduction The need for consultant pharmacist services in long-term care has become much more evident in the past decade. Problems of illicit nursing-home practices, poor health-care professional performance, and failure to detect...

Hearings of National Academy of Sciences-Institute of Medicine.
November 1, 1984... Philadelphia Hearings of NAS/IOM Patients' populism surely enjoyed one of its finest days SEptember 11 in Philadelphia, at the first of five "public meetings" schedules around the country by the Committee on Nursing Academy of Sciences...

Oklahoma nursing homes litigation. (information disclosure)
November 1, 1984... Beware of bureaucrats bearing promises, because they may not have the power to keep them. That's one possible moral to be drawn from recent Oklahoma litigation, but only one. The play began when the Tulsa Tribune showed up at the...

The lifelines of Donald Lendzian: a paraplegic attaining elusive goals.
November 1, 1984... First you hear the dramatic strains of "Stardust" being played on a piano. The music, live and vibrant, floods the lobby of Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing Facility, Warrensville Heights, Oh. In the patients' recreation room where the music...

New age concept provides for old age: Beth Sholom Home.
November 1, 1984... Beth Sholom Home in Virginia Beach, Va., creates an environment that is much more than a place to exist; it's a place to feel alive and participate. The goal of providing the most humane health care in a setting that approximates a natural...

"Should I be certified for Medicare?"
November 1, 1984... The question in the title of this article is asked of me frequently in my consulting work--usually from a facility that's already licensed "skilled" but is not certified for Medicare. Then, sometimes, the question is posed when I visit an...

Long-term-care policies beginning to take shape.
November 1, 1984... Although Congress seems unable to reach any consensus of an overall health-care policy, an outline fo reform of federal long-term care policies is emerging in new federal law, in government demonstration projects, and in legislation now pending...

Activity, health and fitness in old age.
November 1, 1984... Misconceptions held by those in the caring profession about the activity patterns of the eldery may prevent those in their care from maintaining their independence. Activity, Health and Fitness in Old Age, which reports on a District Health...

Improving the social environment in nursing homes: some suggestions based on residents' perceptions.
November 1, 1984... In recent years, highly critical analyses of nursing homes, including "Unloving Care: The Nursing Home Tragedy," "Tender Loving Greed," and "Tool Old, Too Sick, Too Bad", have appered. Partly in response to that generally negative approach,...

The health care survival curve: competition and cooperation in the marketplace.
November 1, 1984... In this book, Irwin Miller addresses the issue of health-care survival in America as a question of politics and economics. Fortunately, although he does describe the national scope of rising costs and increasing pressure from insurers and the...

Adaptive fitness course for nursing homes, institutions, and homes for the aged.
November 1, 1984... Over the years, I have conducted movement sessions for nursing homes in Suffolk County, New York. It always has been my desire to attempt, continually, to motivate better movement programs for the nursing home resident. The program...