Teaching at an assisted living facility.
The increase in assisted living facilities (ALFs) of various types has provided a new option for the delivery of clinical services to the elderly. For all these facilities, whether large or small, profit or nonprofit, primarily residential (the "social model") or with significant nursing care (the "new" model), their sole mission is to provide an appropriate level of residential and clinical services to their residents. However, given the rise in the number and variety of these facilities, there may be other uses to which they can be put. Specifically, these facilities may make excellent sites for the education and training of health care personnel. Acute care hospitals and nursing homes primarily deliver clinical services, but both are common sites for the training of a variety of health care personnel, both professional and nonprofessional. This article examines the teaching programs at one ALF and explores some possibilities for the future.
Pruchnicki
Alec
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Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA. apruchnicki@svcmcny.org
Janeski
James
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Mitchell
Elsie
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Fetten
Elizabeth
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D004501:Education, Medical; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work; D013663:Teaching; D000078329:Workforce