Southampton Residential Facility

Assignment Details

Southampton Residential Facility is one of the most extensive facilities in the Midwestern United States; it has over 800 residents. These residents have diverse conditions, including chronic diseases, memory loss, hearing defects, mobility issues, and being bedridden. About a third of them have advanced directives, and the rest have medical power of attorney or no directives at all. Some of the residents have not seen their loved ones for a long time. The facility has been facing communication issues with residents, which often lead to violations and legal liabilities.

Vital information must be relayed to these residents for decisions-making purposes. The facility has been unilaterally making decisions for some of its residents. Recently, the facility has been plagued with lawsuits that must be addressed immediately.

Consider the following questions:

What is the importance of sharing information with residents?

To whom do you share patient information with and why?

What types of information are shared?

What are the legal issues involved in sharing patient information?

What are the barriers to effectively communicating with seniors, especially those with hearing and other challenges?

What are some of the ways to communicate information with seniors?

What ethical issues are involved in sharing information with seniors?

What are some of the barriers to communicating with seniors, and how can these barriers be removed?

What is the role of HIPAA in communicating health information to family members and providers?

How should healthcare organizations secure patient medical records?

Who owns patient medical records?

What protocols should be in place for storing and sharing patient information?

Deliverable Requirements

Prepare a communication strategy on the effective approaches to resolve the problems that the facility has been facing. Your strategy must have a minimum of 5 pages in length and must address all of the areas listed above. Cite at least 5 sources in APA format.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.

Length: There should be at least 5 pages.

Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third person.

Body: This begins on the page following the Title page and Abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-point Times New Roman or 12-point Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.

Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format and use appropriate spacing, hanging indents, italics, and uppercase and lowercase for the type of resource used. Remember that the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.