Describe a typical long-term care facility
What do Long term care facilities do
What is provide skilled nursing care 24 hours a day?
Some general guidelines
What is Nursing assistants should understand for whom they care is more important than understanding the population?
A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
What is policy?
Personal care
The group with the longest average stay
What is developmentally disabled?
A method, or way, of doing something
What is procedure?
daily personal care tasks
What is activities of daily living?
residents staying six months or longer
What is require 24-hour care?
Common policies at long-term care facilities
All residents information must remain confidential
Other common services
What are physical, wound care, care of different types of tubes, and nutrition therapy?
should care for the whole resident
What is have very little outside support?
All facilities have manuals
What is outlining their policies and procedures?
When specialized care is offered at long-term care facilities
What is employees must have special training?
The lack of ability to care for oneself and the lack of a support system that leads someone to enter a facility
What is mostly the main reason for admission?
Nursing assistants should
What is only perform tasks listed on the care plan?