Benchmarking

Running head: BENCHMARKING 1
Benchmarking
Name
Institution

BENCHMARKING 2
Organization Description
Golden senior health organization is one of the leading health centers in Pretoria offering
long term services and social care to the elderly. The organization was established five years ago
due to the increased rate of chronic diseases that affected the elderly with the help of the African
National Congress (ANC) in South Africa that ensured elderly right were preserved. The
organization is aiming at providing long term services including daily activities that chronically
disabled individuals need and social care to the elderly. The organization is located near
Mediclinic Heart Hospital and this is a chance for the organization to access the elderly which
chronic diseases (Karimi and Brazier, 2016).
Apart from their set objectives that is improving health condition of the elderly, the
organization also offers medical services and care to people with Alzheimer’s diseases and other
type of dementia. The organization is having more patients in the recent years compared to the
previous times that is a maximum of five hundred patients. The government pays for the skilled
nurses offering the services.
The organization is under the management of the Geriatric Care Managers who are educated,
skilled and have worked in hospital entailing the elderly. The manager’s duty is to ensure long
term plans are implemented and offer management services and provide financial statements to
the families of the concerned patient. The organization has professional doctors who help
persons with chronic disease and mental illness. The organization has at least sixty nurses who
work round the clock in providing services to the disabled elderly and medication. (de Souto
Barreto, et.al, 2016).