Ethics Article

Ethics Article

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Ethics Article

Long-term facilities face ethical issues are related to health care and issues that are related to facility, which long-term care patients stay. These ethical issues can include resident privacy, facility treatment, and limited resources, which has become a problem due to the increase number of patients being treated within these facilities. Residents or patients need to feel that they are still independent enough to do certain things on their own, but they also need to have a sense of security. Facilities for long term care have changed over the years to make sure that residents are accommodated appropriately.

Privacy is the most important thing when living in a resident home. It has been found that when residents are to share a home, they become very unsatisfied with their living. It is common that residents are misinterpreted because the lack of attention they are given. Throughout the day residents are faced with a lot of decision-making, and they can sometimes be misconstrued because of medications they are taking or confusion. Neglect and abuse are the most common issue that happen within care facilities. Residents can feel deprived of their freedom and control because nursing homes are changing to a scheduled routine every day. This upsets the resident, because they like to have control of what activities they would like to do throughout their day.

When abuses present it’s generally of a physical or verbal nature. There is concern that neglect and abuse might be underreported because residents fear that their care will be detrimentally affected if they voice their opinions. Although the abuse could also go both ways, residents may abuse the staff member due to grief, depression from being in a facility. Most residents or elderly people are considered vulnerable because of age, illness, and finances. Long-term care facilities should be monitored to ensure that residents and staff members are being treated appropriately at all times. Residents should have the opportunity to voice their wishes, and staff should provide that type of relationship with the residents.

In conclusion, long-term facilities face ethical issues related to the care of the resident as well as the staff member. Prevention takes both the residence and the staff member to be able to appropriately identify and report these ethical issues from happening, that’s allowing for everyone to reside and work in a harmonious environment where they know they’re treated fairly.