Geriatric Case Management in Nursing Homes

The paper “Geriatric Case Management in Nursing Homes” is an excellent example of a literature review on nursing. The demand for geriatric care services is expected to keep rising given the current and projected trends in population aging particularly in developed countries such as the United States. Consequently, several care options for geriatric patients, both in for-profit and nonprofit settings are now available.Geriatric Case Management in Nursing Homes Nursing homes are an example of care settings which can be both government-owned or run by private entities opening them up to the possibility of being either nonprofit and for-profit entities respectively. Each capacity, whether nonprofit or for-profit, offers unique strengths while posing equally unique challenges to the delivery of services. This essay discusses the strengths and weaknesses of geriatric care management in nursing homes in both capacities while offering possible solutions for the identified weaknesses. Geriatric patients are more susceptible to critical health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and infectious diseases and as such, require constant monitoring, attention and quality care. The level and quality of the services these patients receive differs based on the profit orientation of the care setting.