The techniques for implementing alternative structures and processes of resident care require education similar to what you are studying here. Considering the types of nursing home structures as you assess your work environment will help you understand how care is provided. If you have suggestions, always bring them to the attention of your supervisors. You may be the individual who helps create a high quality of life for all residents in your facility.
Few facilities provide special units or staff training to care for cognitive impairment.
Integrated care refers to cognitively impaired and physically impaired residents receiving the same form of care, in the same environment, and by staff without specialized training for cognitively impaired care. Increasing employee specialized training for care to the cognitively impaired helps to provide care that is more appropriate. But, without environmental changes as well, the social structure of the resident mix remains the same. This type of care provides interventions for cognitively impaired residents within their own environment, and also allows physically impaired residents to receive care in their own environment. If employees do not have the ability to change their working environment, they may leave the nursing home.