Nursing homes are places where the elderly are provided with residential care since they cannot be left at home alone as they cannot take care of themselves due to certain problems. When the elderly cannot support themselves in terms of bathing, eating, and dressing their families normally consider taking them to a nursing home where they can get full support at all times. Nursing homes offer stimulating activities that help in reducing depression in elderly people and keeping their spirits and body alive.
The nursing homes are expected to provide full support to the elderly people so that they can have a good life there, but there are those taking care of them may feel the need to take advantage of them. Thus, to make sure the elderly people are safe there are guidelines put in place for the nursing home to function while giving good care plan to them.
The basic rights of the residents should be followed in every nursing home. The basic rights in a nursing home ensure that every elderly person receives what they require for their healthy living both mentally and physically. The basic rights enable the resident to have the rights to their needs, therefore, enabling them to live a comfortable life while they receive the care they require.
The nursing home should provide health and safety needs. Every elderly in the nursing home should receive adequate health and safety needs from the staff, therefore the nursing home must have enough staff to perform the task. The nursing staff is given the responsibility to ensure the elderly people are clean, adequately dressed and taking the right nutrition, having enough drinks to prevent dehydration, thus enable them to remain in good health.
The nursing staff keeps a close eye to the patients to ensure they help them with the medical devices to avoid accidents and injuries. Also, the nursing home is always inspected to enhance the safety and cleanliness of the patients.
The nursing home should have a plan for need’s assessment for the elderly citizens. The staff in the nursing home are supposed to assess the needs of every patient once they are admitted in the facility so as to create a personalized health care plan. The staff are then required to develop a care plan which include all the needs of the patient such as, the medication they need, how mobile they are, whether they can look after themselves and risks they can be exposed to.
Developing a care plan involves a process of creating a record for the elderly residents and outline their care plans that enable the nursing staff to be aware of the resources to be used on each and the time they have to allocate for the needs.