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No matter what technology caregivers use to provide the best of care, health outcomes in today’s world are still heavily dependent on the human factor. This may be part of what makes one’s intersection with the health-care industry precarious—but it is also what makes it special.
For the medical director or full-time physician responsible for the majority of patients in a nursing home, showing up to meet the staff on all shifts becomes an important part of the job if consistency and high quality of care are the goal.
The government has made medical directors responsible for the quality of care at nursing homes but these doctors’ roles are often sidetracked in a shuffle of paperwork and communication barriers between nurses and administrators.
Handling the personal care of a loved one is a sacred calling. But new caregivers must be aware of not becoming so overwhelmed with tending to someone else’s needs that they end up neglecting their own.
Patient’s case of neurosarcoidosis proves to be a good example of why doctors working alongside NPs and PAs in both the hospital and the nursing home setting provide the best response to quality-of-care outcomes.
Years ago, as a young doctor, my only interest in medicine was taking care of patients. The volume of knowledge to be mastered was so large that concentrating on anything else seemed unimportant. At the time, I was practicing at a large community hospital that also...
The last few years have seen significant upheaval in not only the US but the world as well, led in part by the worst pandemic in modern history.
At SilverSage, we champion the model of placing a full-time doctor in each nursing home. There are many reasons for this, of course, paramount being the quality of care this affords each patient.
The loss of a spouse can be an incredibly challenging life event. Your senior loved one will be in mourning and possibly not feeling up to settling their partner’s affairs. At the very least, they could use some help (even if they are too proud to ask outright). You could step in and offer your assistance to be compassionate and supporting—say by helping them organize their home, finances, and future.
How much better could life be than to come home every night knowing you had helped out your community, done something worthwhile, and made an honest living?
