Proper Care Planning in Nursing Homes - New York attorney justin varughese - Parker waichman llp
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Most people would agree that the best way to do something well is
to plan ahead. Well did you know that the nursing homes are
actually required to plan ahead of how they're going to take
care of their residents? My name is Justin Varughese; I'm one of
the nursing home abuse attorneys at Parker Waichman. I just want
to take a couple of minutes and talk with about the care
planning that nursing homes are required to do for its
residents. Now in order to plan well you sort of need to know
where you stand, you've got to sort of assess the situation in
order to plan for the future. And nursing homes have to do
that with its residents. When they're first admitted to
facilities, nursing homes are required to do a full assessment
from head to toe - physical, medical - and determine what
types of things they should be doing to best care for the
nursing home resident. That includes determining the
resident's risk for falling, the resident's risk for developing
different types of skin breakdowns like bed sores and
things like that. Only once they've assessed what they are
dealing with can they put together a care plan. And there
are state and federal regulations that dictate the
fact that nursing homes are supposed to develop a very
detailed care plan for all the different areas of taking care
of a nursing home resident. That includes what the goals would be
to keep them safe, how to keep them healthy, how to keep them
in the best medical condition possible, as well all the
different interventions that they should be putting into
place to help accomplish those things. Finally, one of the most
important things that you should be aware of and participate in
is something called a "care plan meeting." And most facilities
will have a meeting where family members are invited, all the
different disciplines (doctors, physical therapists, nurses,
dieticians), they all meet together for what's called a
care plan meeting to discuss the resident's care and you should
go to those meetings too. Family members should be invited. If
you haven't been invited, ask someone about it. Because you
should be able to attend that meeting regarding your loved
one's care and making suggestions. If you're watching
this video, the likelihood is that you've seen something at a
nursing home that's giving you concern, whether about the way a
loved one is being treated or the plan of care that's been put
in place for them. I want you to pick up the phone and give me a
call, because I handle cases like this every single day and
I'm able to answer your questions. So pick up the phone,
call me. We'll talk; I'll answer your questions, and see if
there's anything I can do for you. My name is Justin
Varughese. Thank you so much for spending a couple minutes with
me.
