PEOPLE IN CARE HOMES

People in Care Homes

People in Care Homes

Introduction

Once again the care of older people in our care homes and hospitals has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks with stories of neglect, indifference and even older people dying of thirst. The efforts to make dignity central to the care given are ongoing and yet many older people and their families continue to experience horrific treatment.

Care Homes are an integral part of the local community, a place where relationships established between the people for whom the care home is a home, the staff and careers and families. The majority of people residing in care homes aged 85 plus. Many enter the care home as people with multiple-complex needs, including cognitive impairment. These people have an extraordinary life experience and have experience a variety of losses along their own journey. The care home will be the place where they choose to spend the remainder of their lives. End of life care and the whole concept of living and dying well is a key component of residing in a care home (Folbre, 2001).

Older People Are Cared For In Nursing Homes

Nursing shortage

On the one hand, there are reasons to argue against an accommodation for older people in nursing homes. This is because due to the shortage of nurses in nursing homes, many older people are in a ruinous state. It could be taken, as they do not get the appropriate care they deserve because of their co-payments actually. Alternatively, will they, despite their high level of care, as well as maintained at a lower level of care. In the nursing shortage, especially the nursing home residents suffer with stage three. A typical example is the storage of these patients. A seriously ill man who was placed on top with intact skin in the nursing home is, after several months with penetrating wounds and sent on to the hospital because he has not been relocated regularly in bed. Because of poor circulation and the selective pressure at the points where the skin and bones rub together, he is now injured and suffering from bedsores. This is an extreme example, in some institutions but not common.

Elder Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Care Homes

According to the Federal Reform Act of Aged Care Homes 1987, all residents in care homes for the elderly should receive quality care and ...