Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

Worker’s compensation is one of the tasks I work with on a routine basis. Accidents unfortunately happen, and employees can get injured. I rarely stumble across a claim that seems bogus. However, there are on occasion such situations that call in to question whether a employee truly did get injured on the job.

There is a lot of trust involved with caring for another human being, especially in the home health care field. Employees are sent out to client’s homes and are expected to provide quality service. I believe home health companies need even greater screening of staff because of the lack of daily supervision. In a nursing home, there are many “eyes” watching over employees including the director of nursing and the nursing home administrator.

This week I was given a web address for the Florida Worker’s Compensation Claims. On this website, you can type in the name of a person (even the way it sounds) and it will give any previous compensation history of a person living in Florida. You may ask why is this important? As I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of trust between management and staff to provide quality care to residents and/or clients. The more you know about a person’s work history the better.Check out this website.

Found an interesting article discussing how caregiver stress can lead to hospitalization or even death. Check it out this link.

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I found an interesting website that predicts a website user’s age, gender, and other demographic information, based on their online behavior, such as what queries they search online and what sites they visit.

All you have to do is type in a topic or web address, and this tool gives information pertaining to what demographic is interested in the topic. For example, if you typed in my URL, Nursing Home Talk you would find that 71% (as of today) of the readers are female compared to males. So, if you are curious to know what age group, for example, is interested in home health in your area, this may be a tool to check out.

Here is the link:

Demographic Prediction Tool

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Recently, I read an article, entitled “10 Things Your Assisted Living Facility Won’t Tell you” listed on the Fox Business website that discusses the disadvantages of assisted living. For some of you that may be currently looking into assisted living facilities, I thought I would post this article.

Here is the URL:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/financial-planning/family-estates/
article/10-things-assistedliving-facility-wont-tell_167068_30.html

Although I think the article has a lot of relevant information, and could be useful to many people, it is key to remember that the article completely focuses on pointing out all the negative aspects of assisted living. I also want to say that I don’t necessarily agree with all the information.

For example, one of the “10 things to remember” is that assisted living facilities stop spending when the beds are full. While, I cannot speak for all facilities, this statement is largely overstated. I do know of several places where this is the case, but I know of more facilities where this is completely untrue.

Largely, I think several other factors should be considered such as:

- Does it provide a high level of quality of care to the residents?
- What type of reputation does the facility have in the community?
- How well did the facility do in recent inspections?

These are all things to think about…

Overall, I thought the article was worth reading and good “food for thought”. Just remember, the article was written in the negative (to point out problems). While it does give you 10 things to remember, what it doesn’t remind you of is the thousands of things that assisted living facilities do right everyday.