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Resident
Oversight | Directors of Health Services
Nursing Assessment | Acute Illness |
Residents Health
Maintaining Physical Conditioning
| Nursing Staff
Silverado Senior Living is unique among
assisted living companies in the extent of involvement and resident
oversight that licensed nurses have for each of our residents.
 Each of our Assisted Living communities have registered nurses (RN’s) as
our Directors of Health Services. These
RN’s are full-time on-site leadership positions to assure quality of
care for every resident. In addition to the RN position, there are
licensed nurses (LVN’s or LPN’s) full-time on every shift at every
Silverado community.
Every resident receives a
nursing assessment and care plan upon time of move-in to our
community. If a resident has a history of chronic illnesses, such as
diabetes, Parkinsons disease, heart failure, arthritis or other chronic
conditions, a plan is put in place, after consultation with the primary
physician, to manage these medical conditions. In addition, each
resident is assessed for the risk of falling and a proactive plan is
established to minimize fall and injury risks to residents. All
medications are reviewed monthly by our Directors of Health Services and
medications are reduced as appropriate to reduce the potential threat of
adverse effects or interactions to medications.
 If a resident experiences an acute illness,
such as a urinary or respiratory tract infection, nurses are on-site 24
hours a day to assess the resident and communicate timely with their
physician. It is infrequent that a resident has to be transferred out to
a hospital for medical evaluation since our nurses are usually able to
evaluate symptoms promptly and obtain medical treatment with the first
sign of illness.
Some of the areas of the residents’ health
that are routinely monitored include: weight, vital signs (blood
pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature), pain symptoms and
functional and activity level. Families and physicians are communicated
with promptly if there are any significant changes in these areas of
residents’ health.
 Silverado believes that an active program of
maintaining physical
conditioning of all residents leads to better quality of life. Our
nursing, caregiving and activity staff are all trained to maintain or
increase the residents’ functional level. Residents are encouraged and
assisted to walk and participate in physical activities such as dancing,
golfing, swimming. Maintenance of the residents’ physical abilities
helps preserve their sense of independence, as well as their muscle and
bone strength and sense of balance. This helps contribute to Silverado’s
low injury and fall rate of our residents.
Silverado’s nursing staff is there to
evaluate, treat and comfort all of our residents. Our nurses excel in
management of dementia and other chronic diseases of the elderly. In
addition, our nursing and social work staff is available to support the
families through the difficult passage of their loved one’s dementia.
Families and physicians can have peace of mind that Silverado has
licensed nurses on-site 24 hours a day to care for their loved ones.
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