person-centered care

Pleasantview Care Center would like to take this opportunity to share with you some additional resident-centered services that are now available to our residents. We look forward to providing these personalized services as suggested by the "Ohio Person-Center Care Coalition" and the national "Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes Campaign". The Ohio Person -Center Care Coalition defines person-centered care "as a relationship-based approach to nursing home care that honors and respects the voice of the  resident and those working closest with the resident. It involves a continuous process of listening, trying new things, seeing how they work, and changing things in an effort to individualize care and deinstitutionalize the nursing home environment."Pleasantview Care Center is a "Home With A Heart" that encourages residents to make decisions and participate in their plan of care and daily schedules. Flexible planning allows for choice and spontaneity. Examples of personal decision making and personal choice include choice of mealtimes and food preferences, medication delivery, activities of interest, personal care preferences, including bathing times and time to get up in the morning and go to bed in the evening.Recently added to our menu of services include reducing overhead paging  to be  limited to "emergency paging only" to enhance the ambiance of our home. Also our Ohio State Tested Nursing Assistants are now scheduled on a "Consistant Assignment" schedule meaning that our residents are cared for by the same familiar staff on a regular basis Our residents can now order meals 24 hours a day.Members of our Social Services and Activities Departments visit residents regularly to assist in the adjustment of daily routines and personal care to the resident's wishes. Please contact our social workers for more information about person-centered care and any special needs or wishes of a resident.Person-Centered Care is about finding a dignified and kind way to serve our residents that make the lives of their failies and caregivers more meaningful and enriching the lives of those live in the nursing home. Please continue to communicate with us and share in our challenge to offer person-centered care in its most individualized sense to each of our residents.

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Pleasantview Care Center and Legacy Place Parma are now being shown on Time Warner cable. It is a great way to take a quick tour of our lovely home.To view turn to Channel  497. Select "Health on demand". Select "My local health" then select "Rehab".Select Legacy Health Services and then select Pleasantview Care Center.Call to arrange a tour !

Monday is Memorial Day. We honor all the brave military men and women that have kept us safe. We thank them for their service to our country. They truely are heroes!! Both Pleasantvire Care Center and Legacy Place Parma are veterans preferred providers. and we always have programs to honor their service to our country.

physical exercise

Living healthier and feeling better is not just about eating healthy-It is also about physical activity. Our bodies were designed for activity and everything works better when we are active.Regular physical activity can help older adults stretch, bend, and go up and down the stairs.It also controls body weight by balancing the calories consumed with the caloies burned while physically active. Be physically active for at least 30 minutes above usual activity on most days of the week. However, being physically active for a longer period of time with more intensity may provide even greater health benefits and help control body weight. To prevent weight gain try about 60 minutes of moderate physical activities on most days. Studies have shown that you can break up your physical activity into 10-15 minute sessions throughout the day--it is the daily total that matters.Even older people should be able to do moderate physical activity such as brisk walking. However, if you are an older adult who plans a vigorous program or have a chronic disease or risk factors for chronic disease it is better to consult a healthcare provider who can help you design a safe and effective program.

portion distortion

Our society loves large meals. Fast food resturants offer supper sized meals and resturants routinely serve too much food. Did you know that Americans are the heaviest people in developed countries. The U.S. surgeon general has called obesity a national epidemic. Amazingly 61% of Americans are overweight. Consuming just an extra 100 calories daily for one year, without using them up, can lead to a weight gain of 10 pounds. The number of overweight people in the world-1.1 million-now equals the number of undernourished people.With each decade that we age our bodies require 100 fewer calories per day. Ten calories a day (2 hard candies) of unexpended energy puts on an extra pound a year. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture daily intake recommendations are as follows. Many women and older adults require 1,600 calories (53 grams fat). Children, teen girls, active women and most men require 2,200 calories (73 grams of fat) and teen boys and active men can have 2,800 calories (93 grams of fat).As I said in our society portion size is generally to large. Here is a handy way to measure portion size: 3 ounces of meat equals the size of a deck of cards. One teaspoon of oil equals a quarter in diameter. One cup of raw vegetables equals the size of a lightbulb. One medium fresh fruit equals the size of a golf ball and one bagel or roll should be the size of a 6 ounce can of tuna. Examples of everyday excesses-portions we are usually served-include a jumbo popcorn (30 cups)  unbuttered is 1,650 calories with 93 grams of fat. One serving size should be 3 cups of unbuttered popcorn which has 165 calories with 9 grams of fat. Adding 6 tablespoons of butter adds 610 calories with 69 grams of fat. Other examples include a large 4 ounce plain bagel which has 320 calories and 3 grams of fat. One serving should be a  1.5 plain bagel which has 120 calories with 1 gram of fat. There are many other examples such as cookies, totilla chips, soda,  pizza ect. These are foods we eat frquently and don't even think about the number of calories and grams of fat we are injesting.It is imperitive that we control portion size as well as the type of foods we eat and exercise to control our weight which leads to a healthier weight and lifestyle.