WHAT IS THE SOCIO-MEDICAL PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL RESIDENT?

WHAT IS THE SOCIO-MEDICAL PROFILE OF THE TYPICAL RESIDENT?This activity requires you to arrange a visit to a nursing home in your community and interview management, personal care staff, and nursing staff.
This activity requires you to arrange a visit to a nursing home in your community and interview management, personal care staff, and nursing staff. Your objective is to learn as much as you can about the services provided to the residents, problems experienced by the staff in meeting their needs, and the recommendations of management for improvements to the program. The elderly belong to the group of citizens in our society that is at the heart of the debate we are examining. You should have the opportunity to learn first hand about them, their needs, and the aspirations of those charged with their care. (If a nursing home is not available in your area, you may choose another facility as long as either the facility or the section of the facility you visit deals exclusively with the elderly. In the rare case that no facility is available, students may research this issue in ProQuest and on the Internet to prepare a paper that addresses care of the elderly.)
This activity is comprised of three parts. (100 points) (A 5-page response is required for the combination of Parts A, B, and C and must include references in APA format.)

Part A The first phase of this activity is to plan your visit by researching the facility. Learn as much as you can about the services, structure, staff and contact personnel. Prepare a visit profileto include the facility, the people you would like to interview, their roles and responsibilities, and several questions you plan to explore with each category of person you interview. It is important that you plan each interview by writing down the questions you want to ask in advance of the interview. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Part B The second phase of the activity involves making the visit and conducting the interviews. Following your interviews, prepare a statement of findings. This statement should contain a detailed list of the facts you have uncovered. (40 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
To help you in your data collection interview activity please consider the following set of questions to explore with the nursing home managers and staff.Managers
1. How is the facility structured and organized?

2. What is the socio-medical profile of the typical resident?

3. What programs do you provide for the residents?

4. What are the most difficult problems you have experienced in running the facility?

5. What has been done to solve the problems?

6. What improvements would provide the most benefit to the programs and residents?

7. What are the greatest impediments to implementing these improvements?

Personal Care and Nursing Staff

1. What is your typical day like?

2. What program activities are most beneficial to the residents for whom you care?

3. What are the most difficult problems you have in caring for the residents?

4. What changes would most help make your job easier?