The DeMay Living Center team in Wayne County was just recognized in the Wayne Post for their years of service. The DeMay Living Center is a skilled nursing center in Newark, NY that offers around-the-clock nursing care for long term patients, transitional patients, rehabilitation, ventilator dependent patients, and Alzheimer's patients. The article highlighted the impressive time commitment of the staff, citing that the 96 individuals recognized had spent a collective 1,300 years caring for patients
and residents at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital and DeMay Living
Center. I find this to be incredibly impressive and indicative of the strength of the team caring for patients at this center.
While the DeMay Living Center healthcare team is primarily comprised of nurses, I find many parallels between this system and the healthcare teams that are on the rise, which combine various types of medical professionals. This center integrates various types of service under one roof, which I envision as the future of all healthcare. With physicians, nurses, NPs, PAs, and other health professionals working together in a team aiming to better the patients' lives, I can only imaging a multitude of care types will be combined in single facilities, something that is already happening.
http://www.waynepost.com/feature/x1665844549/Hospital-DeMay-team-members-recognized-for-years-of-service
http://www.rochestergeneral.org/centers-and-services/senior-services/demay-living-center/about-us/
While the DeMay Living Center healthcare team is primarily comprised of nurses, I find many parallels between this system and the healthcare teams that are on the rise, which combine various types of medical professionals. This center integrates various types of service under one roof, which I envision as the future of all healthcare. With physicians, nurses, NPs, PAs, and other health professionals working together in a team aiming to better the patients' lives, I can only imaging a multitude of care types will be combined in single facilities, something that is already happening.
http://www.waynepost.com/feature/x1665844549/Hospital-DeMay-team-members-recognized-for-years-of-service
http://www.rochestergeneral.org/centers-and-services/senior-services/demay-living-center/about-us/
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI too think it is quite impressive regarding the time commitment of the staff at the DeMay Living Center. I can imagine that round the clock care for long term patients, transitional patients, Alzheimer's patients etc...is a lot of work, and it is nice to see the 1,300 collective years of the health care providers. It seems as though a team approach is the most effective way to manage such patients, in a way that is both beneficial to the patients/family members and also the staff.
I love when I hear something good about long term care facilities. With my grandfather in a nursing home now for over 7 years I often worry about the care he receives. It is so common to hear about abuse and poor quality of care in these nursing centers that it is wonderful when something good is reported. When it is a good facility you will find that the health care team that works there is a group of really amazing people who are very dedicated to their patients.
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