Home health care services are not just for elderly patients. In some cases, a family may seek professional assistance for a child that is living with a chronic condition or recovering from an operation. To further support these families and ensure that top quality care is available for all, ACCESS Nursing Services is expanding its pediatric care division in New York, NY, with the hiring of additional physical therapists. ACCESS Sensory Kids (ASK) is a special therapy division devoted to providing therapeutic and clinical services for children. In partnership with “WeeZee – The Science of Play”, ASK offers a clinical program that integrates physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Through its work, ACCESS Sensory Kids has
In order to reduce Millie from frequent re-hospitalizations staff need to develop a plan. Millies discharge plan could include home healthcare, through proper collaboration, assessment, education, planning, interventions and evaluation. Home healthcare could provide Millie with companionship, meals, setup her medications, house cleaning, home safety evaluation, nurse assessments, tele-health, and help set her home up with medical adaptive equipment. Staff along with Millie’s daughter should be proactive in advocating for such needs (Hunt,
The ABC/Cody Gifford House is an early intervention center, which aims to meet the needs of toddlers and infants with severe developmental needs. Their philosophy includes working with children who live in poverty and providing as much services as possible to these children with severe needs. The children not only range in ages from one to three, but also in disabilities. There were young children with severe language impairments, autism, and disabilities so rare that there were only forty known cases in the world. The school’s mission was to reach each child at an individual level by providing one-on-one services and small classroom sizes.
Along with many other topics of special education, the topic of inclusion has been surrounded by uncertainty and controversy for as long as the concept has been around.
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Nursing interventions should encourage family members to participate as well as be the ones who care about their child most. Special attention is needed to pay for children who attend day-care facilities and follow-up care is necessary. Word count: 1674.
Mollie is the patient in our case study. Mollie lives with her daughter and son in law, both in their 70’s. A home health aide assists Mollie five days a week for three hours each day. At age 94, Mollie is an older adult, considered to be part of a vulnerable population, at risk for hearing, visual and mobility deficits. This at risk population can experience changes in cognitive or physical status making the activities of daily living difficult to perform (Meiner, 2011). As people like Mollie age, gradually becoming less able to function independently, their grown children, potential caregivers, may be preoccupied with the demands of their own lives and not prepared to care for an older
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The publication from the institute of medicine has garnered much interest since its publication in 2010 focusing on the future of nursing and the implementation of this with in the nursing community. The nursing profession has over 3 million members and is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce. Working on the front lines of patient care, nurses can play a vital role in helping realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 IOM (Institute of Medicine). One of the recommendations is that of a nurse residency program for new nurses or nurses transitioning into new clinical practice areas. The area I work in is home health and this is a growth area the need for a residency program cannot be over stated home health is not the
Nursing assistants work in many types of settings including nursing homes, hospice, mental health centers, assisted living residences, home care agencies, hospitals, rehabilitation and restorative care facilities (Sorrentuino & Remmert, 2012). There are many types of Long-term care centers. For this paper, I will focus on the long-term care centers often referred to as nursing homes. These LTCs are "licensed facilities that provide extended care for individuals who do not require the acute care provided in a hospital but who need more care than can be given at home" (U.S Department of Health And Human...
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Kim Doe is almost three years old. She has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that is oftentimes found in early childhood. It affects muscle coordination by voluntary movements, exaggerated reflexes, and tight or stiff muscles. Cerebral palsy also affects one’s body movements (“What is Cerebral Palsy,” 2015). Mrs. Doe would like to get Kim special education. After reading the case study, I would provide recommendations for using play to attain the developmental goals that were expressed in the study.
This is a counselling method used to help youngsters communicate their inner experiences through using toys and play. Nondirective play therapy is a non-pathologizing technique founded on the belief that youngsters have the internal drive to attain wellness (Petruk, 2009). Play therapy is grounded on the theory that play is a youngster’s language, the toys considered the words a youngster uses to express or show their inner experiences and how they experience and perceive the world. Within a play session, and throughout the course of sessions, themes develop in the youngster’s play, giving the therapist insight into the child’s feelings, thoughts, experiences, and interpretations of their world (Petruk,
A nurse’s main goal with the family is to educate and make them part of the child’s care plan and team throughout the patient’s care. The reasoning behind this is because, “It only makes sense that given the central role of family in a child’s life, the family must also play a central role in a child’s health and wellness care” (Harvey & Ahmann, 2016). The family of the patient is vital to their care since they have more experience and knowledge with the patient. In the article, Lower Extremity Orthoses in Children with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy: Implications for Nurses, Parents, and Caregivers, the author Kathleen Cervasio states, “their (the patients) parents, and their caregivers provide valuable knowledge and skills to support the physical and psychosocial needs of the child,” (Cervasio, 2011). Evidence based practice throughout the past few years have proven that this family involvement approach has resulted in the best outcome for pediatric patients. It is the goal of the nurse to open this doorway so that their patient will have the safest environment while attaining optimal