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Older people are associated with increased risk for hospitalisations due to illness or trauma (Seymore & Cannon, 2010). The nature and burden of the illness that the older person faces is related to the quality of health care services they may receive when admitted to a hospital or other clinical setting (Dossa & Capitman, 2010). In terminal cases, the patient may choose to engage Hospice services, either in the clinical setting or at home. The human rights of such patients are ethically fundamental in their quality of care through palliative care services (Brenna, Carr, & Cousins, 2007).
The care received in the clinical health care setting for elderly patients may be substandard due to staffing and regulation issues (Maas, Specht, Buckwalter, Gittler, & Bechen, 2008). There is a need to identify the failings in quality of care and promote the human rights of elderly patients in healthcare settings (Gittler, 2008). Terminal patients often choose to die at home due to fear of dying in a clinical setting devoid of anyone that cares about them (Joubert & Posenelli, 2009). The case of Mr. Jones demonstrates the elements for a future proposal to identify best practices in upholding the human rights of the elderly requiring health care services: autonomy, chronic disease, pain, fear, potential lack of care by family and health care staff, lack of resources by the patient, and human rights of the patient.
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Barry, P., & Planalp, S. (2008). Ethical issues for hospice volunteer. The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 458-462.
Brenna, F., Carr, D., & Cousins, M. (2007). Pain management: a fundamental human right. Anesthesia...
(2010). Community-based disability prevention programs for elders: predictors of program completion. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 235-50.
Gittler, J. (2008). Governmental efforts to improve quality of care for nursing home residents and to protect them from mistreatment: a survey of federal and state laws. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 264-284.
Joubert, L., & Posenelli, S. (2009). Responding to a "window of opportunity": the detection and management of aged abuse in an acute and subacute health care setting. Social Work in Health Care, 702-714.
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Maas, M., Specht, J., Buckwalter, K., Gittler, J., & Bechen, K. (2008). Nursing home staffing and training recommendations for promoting older adults' quality of care and life: Part 1. Deficits in the quality of care due to understaffing and undertraining. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 123-133.
Matsuoka, H., Otsuka, M., Koyama, A., Hatabe, S., Funai, S., & Tanaka, A. (2010). [The role of psychosomatic medicine doctors in palliative care medicine -- two case reports]. Cancer and Chemotherapy, 359-362.
Monod, S., & Sautebin, A. (2009). Aging and becoming vulnerable. Revue Medicale Suisse, 2353-2360.
Seymore, C., & Cannon, S. (2010). Student-facilitated health promotion intervention for chronic disease self-management in at-risk elders reflections from the field. Journal of Allied Health, 120-128.
Voelker, R. (2010). Ethnic shifts raise issues in elder care. Journal of the…
References
Barry, P., & Planalp, S. (2008). Ethical issues for hospice volunteer. The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 458-462.
Brenna, F., Carr, D., & Cousins, M. (2007). Pain management: a fundamental human right. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 205-221.
Dossa, A., & Capitman, J. (2010). Community-based disability prevention programs for elders: predictors of program completion. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 235-50.
Gittler, J. (2008). Governmental efforts to improve quality of care for nursing home residents and to protect them from mistreatment: a survey of federal and state laws. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 264-284.
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