Question

How can nursing care facilities enhance the patient's quality of life? Also, discuss the role of case management in LTC delivery.

Answer 1

1.How can nursing care facilities enhance the patient's quality of life? Also, discuss the role of case management in LTC delivery?

Nursing care facilities place a great role in the rehabilitation and recovery of a long term illness patient.Nursing care facilities are designed to give a good quality of life with the existing deformity of the patients.Nursing care facilities provide:

a.A homely treatment atmosphere for the patient and represent them as residents or clients rather than patients.

b. services aim to improve function,dignity and comfort of the residents.

c.Involvment of Family members in participation of patient care,thereby giving patient a feeling of homely atmosphere.

d.Skilled health personals in meeting the need according to the diagnosis of patient.

e.Outings and social interactions for the patients .

f.Rehabilitation services like occupational therapy,physiotherapy etc.

2.Role of case management in LTC delivery.

a.Cordinates the activities in receiving a patient from acute care facilities or from other facilities.

b.Assesment of patients needs on daily basis and addressing to the responsible health care members in the rounds.

c.Assesing the progress of each residents and preparing the discharge plan accordingly.

d.Conduct weekly meeting with multidisciplinary team in getting the updates in the improvement in there on areas for each patient.

e.plan for the cost effective and revenue generation high quality treatment for each residents.

f.conduct meetings with family of residents to update about the conditions and recovery of patients.