Leisure and Health: Comprehensive Report on Nursing Home Programs

This report provides a detailed analysis of leisure and health programs within nursing homes. It begins with an introduction defining leisure and its relationship to health, followed by a historical overview and examination of the current philosophy guiding these programs. The report identifies barriers to effective leisure and health initiatives, highlights the benefits of diversity, and addresses ethical considerations. It includes a sample weekly activity schedule, WHS guidelines, risk assessment, and code of conduct. Furthermore, it explores cultural compliance, strategies for unplanned events, cultural and spiritual needs, and modifications/adaptations to programs, culminating in a discussion of client goals and a comprehensive conclusion. The report references various books and journals to support its findings, providing a thorough examination of the subject matter. The report aims to provide insights into how nursing homes provide well-being and leisure to residents.

LEISURE AND
HEALTH

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
REPORT..........................................................................................................................................3
History....................................................................................................................................3
Current philosophy.................................................................................................................3
Barriers...................................................................................................................................3
Diversity benefits....................................................................................................................4
Ethical consideration..............................................................................................................4
ACTIVITY.......................................................................................................................................4
PORTFOLIO....................................................................................................................................5
WHS guidelines......................................................................................................................5
Risk assessment......................................................................................................................5
Code of conduct......................................................................................................................5
Cultural compliance/guidelines..............................................................................................5
Strategies for unplanned events..............................................................................................5
Cultural needs.........................................................................................................................6
Spiritual needs........................................................................................................................6
Modification/adaptions...........................................................................................................6
Client goals.............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leisure is a state of mind in which it is used to identify the quality of the experience or as a
free time. Overall, when it is associated with health it is used to provide wellbeing and it's
involved extensive activities or no activities. In this report, the nursing homes are usually a kind
of health program which used to provide various leisure and wellbeing to the number of
individuals who are used to stay there. In this report, the history and the legislation, diversity
benefits, and the various ethical standard is used to be discussed to understand the health
program which is associated with the sector of nursing homes are used to be analysed
appropriately with evidence-based data.
REPORT
History
Moreover, when the ingredient of the attribute is usually showing the potentiation with a
peaceful and productive existence then it is usually observed based on nursing homes and
various fundamentals in this nursing Home is defined as a facility for the residential care of those
people who are elder or disabled. However, the nursing homes may also be referred to as skilled
nursing facilities in the long-term care facilities and act as a home and rest care home.
Current philosophy
Nursing Home is a type of intervention which is used to offer various facilities to those
who are not able to refer the better and standard living of pattern due to the various factors which
may be in disability or with the condition of elderly. Moreover, the current philosophy is stated
that it is helpful for those you need and expect to improve their life in the standard way to
complete their life spans. So, as per this, the nursing care is used to make a collaboration with
this all and provide proper wellbeing and leisure in the life.

Barriers
Nursing homes are usually facing some of the major barriers to providing care. In the case
of nothing, some of the common values are financial hardship, geographic location, and also
used to pressing the need and poor health literacy which is based on the language education
culture and ethnic barriers can create as an element to raise the issues and enhance the problems
within the and nursing homes which also create a hindrance in the well-being and leisure
Diversity benefits
Diversity is helpful for nursing homes to promote cultural competencies. The ability of
health care provided to office services which meet the requirement of social-cultural needs for
their patient.
Ethical consideration
There are two measures group which associated with the ethical issues. In this, the first
group can be defined as everyday ethical issues such as autonomy-related problems, informed
consent, use of restrains, offensive behavior, refusing medication, food, and bathing which can
create nursing home ethics (Lonsdale and et. al., 2019).
ACTIVITY
WEEKLY ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSD
AY
FRIDAY SATURDA
Y
10:00 am
Communication
with catholic
11:00 am
Volunteer visit
3:00 pm
Worship
services
9:30 am
Crafts
10 am
Woodworking
11:15 am
Yoga and
exercise
01:30 pm
Cocktail
hours
6:00 pm
9:30 am
Activity
with social
worker
10:30 am
Gardening
2:30 pm
Bingo
3:30 pm
Travel
6:15 pm
10:00 am
Exercise and
yoga
10:30 am
Pet visit
11:15 am
Lunch out
2:00 pm
Reading group
3:00 pm
Communicatio
9:30 am
Baking and
cooking
10:30 am
Club
11:00 am
Services
02:00 pm
karaoke
06:00 pm
Games and
10:15 am
Tea and
coffee time
11:15 am
Yoga and
exercise
01:30 pm
Social
interaction
06:00 pm
Social and
11:00 am -
3:00 pm
Tuck shop
open to use

Trivia Singing n and
interaction
puzzles entertainme
nt
PORTFOLIO
WHS guidelines
In this, the WHS procedures are used to outline based on the requirement to comply with
the external and internal requirements. In this, the organizations used to make their policies and
published to distributed to the worker ensuring that everyone understands the role in the
following as according to the accepted what procedures. In this, the employers are responsible
not only for the safety of the employees but also that take the responsibilities of people in the
workplace in the aged care facility. It is very necessary to take the monitoring of residence
visitors medical professionals and contractors who are spending time on the work sites.
Figure 1 1

Risk assessment
Risk assessment and the nursing cares for the care names should cover the 5 steps. In this,
identify physical determine, examine and evaluate the risk with the proper implementation of the
safety measures record the results, and take the regular review (Ellender and et. al., 2020).
Figure 2

Figure 3
Code of conduct
The code of conduct in the nursing care homes usually provides quality of life and quality
of care and protects the rights of the patients. In this, they used to follow laws and rules and be
ethical fair, and honest, and majorly focus on avoiding conflict of interest and make decisions
which is beneficial for the patient.
Figure 4

Cultural compliance/guidelines
In nursing care homes, it is very essential to provide care that acknowledges understanding
and collaborates with the patient cultural values beliefs, and practices. This help to interact and
communicate between the health care professionals the patient and their families (Cheng and et.
al., 2017).
Strategies for unplanned events
In this, the strategies for unplanned events in the nursing homes usually take some of the
back-ups if any issues regarding the health concerns. In this case, the nursing homes are usually
associated with the doctor and healthcare professionals to provide quick emergency services and
so on. It is used to be nursing homes to create instant strategies for unplanned events.
Cultural needs
Cultural needs are defined as cultural sensitivity in nursing homes. In this, the prior
acknowledgment of cultural competence is used to be taken by improving the communication
and language barrier. in this, the individuals are directly engaging in cross-cultural interaction
with the patient to participate and eradicate inequality is and discrimination.
Spiritual needs
The spiritual needs and the nursing homes are usually related with the various categories
such as spiritual practices, relationship with God, hope meaning and purpose, interpersonal
connections, and professional staff in interactions.

Figure 5
Modification/adaptions
In this, connecting care homes are usually used to develop physical ability by creating the
exercise and the yoga programs also enhance the mental capacity and ability by formulating
some of the games and puzzles also used to provide proper diet to the individuals in the nursing
homes and also fulfill some of the complex needs which may be associated with the medication
and others (Bivoltsis and et. al., 2019).
Client goals
In this, the client goal is used to identify and set the measures with the proper evaluation and
the nursing homes. Several practices are used involve in nursing homes that are relatively in
hands and promote the skills of the individual by creating independence features between them
among the nursing homes. It is very reliable to create wellbeing and this is the systemic approach
from the worker and order individual.

Figure 6
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is well analyses that the nursing homes are usually helpful to
provide the well-being and leisure and the number of people who are taking admission there.
Moreover, it is a type of intervention that used to be followed to improve the quality of life and
maintain the systemic pattern of lifespan.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Cheng and et. al., 2017. Serious leisure among older gardeners in Australia. Leisure
Studies, 36(4), pp.505-518.
Ellender and et. al., 2020. Paying for social value: Impacts not opening hours. Australasian
Leisure Management, (141), pp.52-54.
Lonsdale and et. al., 2019. An internet-supported school physical activity intervention in low
socioeconomic status communities: results from the Activity and Motivation in
Physical Education (AMPED) cluster randomised controlled trial. British journal of
sports medicine, 53(6), pp.341-347.
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