Day One at Nursing Home For Rehabilitation

Written by Tammy Gonzales


Finally your patient is atrepparttar skilled unit of nursing home. The admission paper work into a skilled nursing home for rehabilitation can take near up to an hour to complete. The responsible party whether it is yourepparttar 110363 patient, your spouse an adult child, someone will have to sign all ofrepparttar 110364 paper work.

The day thatrepparttar 110365 resident is received atrepparttar 110366 nursing home skilled rehabilitation unitrepparttar 110367 resident orrepparttar 110368 responsible party will be offered a list of physicians to select one that will follow them during their stay. When a physician is selectedrepparttar 110369 nurse will contact him/her to receiverepparttar 110370 resident. The nurse will receive report fromrepparttar 110371 hospital nurse to verifyrepparttar 110372 discharge orders fromrepparttar 110373 hospital physician andrepparttar 110374 condition ofrepparttar 110375 resident.

The first day (all time before midnight) atrepparttar 110376 nursing home is calledrepparttar 110377 day of rest (day 1 of skilled care). No therapies or therapy evaluations will be offered on this day so thatrepparttar 110378 resident can become adjusted to routines and staff.

The Admissions Coordinator will meet withrepparttar 110379 resident orrepparttar 110380 resident’s representative (responsible party or Power of Attorney) to dorepparttar 110381 Admissions Agreement and collect financial and health related information and to disseminate information on their nursing home’s policy’s and procedures. Nursing homes must meet federal, state and local regulations therefore they will have several acknowledgement forms that require signatures of receipt. These forms vary from state to state and nursing home to nursing home.

Most all nursing homes have an Admission Agreement and it must be signed within 24 hours of admission. Most ofrepparttar 110382 agreements are comprehensive and are written to accept residents with varying levels of care and payer sources. The agreement explains whatrepparttar 110383 nursing homes responsibilities and limitations are and whatrepparttar 110384 resident/responsible party’s responsibly and limitations are.

Most common and routine sections ofrepparttar 110385 agreement for a skilled rehabilitation stay are:

5 Things You Must Do If You Want To Create a First Aid Kit For Your Family

Written by Robin Shortt


1. Accidents and medical emergencies inrepparttar home happen frequently. Maybe more frequently than we realize.

Statistics show a fatal injury occurs every 18 minutes in homes across America and every 4 seconds a disabling injury could occur. Accidents occur from falls, fire, burns, choking and poisoning.

2. Every home should have at least one first Aid Kit that is well stocked and readily available.

First Aid Kits are used most often for minor injuries such as cuts, sunburns or bites. Having a well stocked First Aid Kit available can save someone's life in a serious accident.

3. A First Aid Kit won't be any good to you if you don't know how to use it.

Make sure you have a guide in your kit from a reliable source. It should haverepparttar 110362 latest medical advice and be easy to understand, particularly under stress.

4. There are 5 categories that are imperative in your First Aid Kit

5. Instruments

Pointed tweezers for removing splinters
Disposable latex or non latex gloves
Small rounded-tipped scissors for cutting tape, clothes or bandages
Breathing Barrier for performing CPR
Thermometer-either digital or mercury
Ice Bag
Eye Patches
Oral medicine syringe
Bandages that are good quality. A variety of all sizes to dress a variety of wounds
One dozen individually wrapped sterile gauze pads 2" X 2"
Six non-stick gauze bandages
Six individually wrapped sterile gauze pads 4" X 4"
One roll 2" gauze bandage
One roll 5" gauze bandage
Elastic bandages
Triangular Bandages
Adhesive Tape



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