Building an Ethical Organization

Abstract

We seek to help to improve the quality of life of elderly and/or disabled people through rehabilitation, round-the-clock medical care, and a tailored approach to care based on each patient’s abilities and disabilities in accordance with doctor recommendations. We will also have a specialized Alzheimer’s unit specifically for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses. This unit will provide a safe environment for those patients afflicted with these diseases to live and act as normally as is possible, while helping in every way to keep their quality of life as good as possible.

We, as a company, believe above all else that our business should be based on exemplary ethical behavior, taking care of our patients, having respect for all parties involved in the care of our patients, facilitating the restored health of our patients, passion for helping others, and allowing our patients to make informed decisions in their own care.

In conclusion, I want a skilled nursing facility that runs like a business, but that functions like a community. I want all of the people involved to feel confident that they can make a difference in someone’s life and are helping to give that patient something they wouldn’t get in other skilled care facilities- compassion, humanitarianism, and the drive to constantly seek out better ways to serve our patients.

Building an Ethical Organization Part I

My organization will be a skilled nursing facility (or nursing home) which will provide 24 hour medical care to elderly and/or disabled people in a caring and nurturing environment. There will also be beds for rehab patients being released from the hospital that need occupational and physical therapy. This facility will also take in respite patients for short stays as needed by their families (used for vacations, business trips, etc.). It will be a for-profit organization in that we will take private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare in order to pay for the costs of the twenty-four hour nursing, rehabilitation, transportation, room and board, meals, and activities.

We seek to help to improve the quality of life of elderly and/or disabled people through rehabilitation, round-the-clock medical care, and a tailored approach to care based on each patient’s abilities and disabilities in accordance with doctor recommendations. We will also have a specialized Alzheimer’s unit specifically for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses. This unit will provide a safe environment for those patients afflicted with these diseases to live and act as normally as is possible, while helping in every way to keep their quality of life as good as possible.

Besides caring for our patients’ physical needs, we also seek to provide quality mental, emotional, and spiritual care. We plan to do this through giving the patients the offer of counseling, both in group sessions and individually, and with religious services both in the facility and transportation and assistance to other religious institutions of the patient’s choosing. These services will not be mandatory, but will be offered to every patient who resides in the facility along with their families for them to use if they so choose.

There will be weekly “pampering sessions” for residents to participate in, as well, in which both men and women can receive manicures, pedicures (in addition to routine foot care, especially for diabetics), hairstyling, and “makeover” opportunities. In addition, we will sponsor semi-annual dances which will also function as fundraisers for our facility.

For those of our patients who suffer from mental disabilities, we will offer Adult Day Care Services along with our local organizations. These services will be offered in a facility that is off-grounds where they can go to learn social and learning skills by interacting with others like themselves and the combined staff of our local organizations. There will be, in addition to support staff, teachers who are specially trained in working with developmentally delayed adults who will be there to teach them a well-planned curriculum. This curriculum will be made with the help of the patients’ doctors, all of the involved staff, and the local board of education.

We also want our patients to feel as if they are getting the best care for their money, which means making these services affordable. If there are problems where a patient is not able to pay, we will do whatever is within our power to help that patient receive funding via payment plans, fundraising, and grants. After the facility is able to turn enough profit to have saved some money aside from funds for maintenance