HSA 4941 - Blog #7

This week i worked directly with the administrator of the facility. It was great, i had always wanted to work with him and finally i got the chance.

My assignment this week was a continuation of what i had done for the past two weeks, when i was at the facility. I had to gathered all the results that i got from the residents interview and their family members interview and input them into the computer. I also had to update the amount of residents that was in the facility, and inactivate those that left the facility.

This was a great learning experience, because i got the chance to see how to use the software and input information into it.

HSA 4941 - Blog #6

This week was a great learning experience and also I got some hands on experience.

I worked with the Social Service Director, and my task was to interview six of the residents and their families.

The questions aimed to give the administrator a better idea of how his residents are finding their stay at the facility. Some of the questions that were asked during the interview that I found interesting were: “Have a staff ever hit you?” and “Do you participate in activities that the facility offers?” What I gathered from my interview was that some of the residents preferred to stay in their room than going to the activities room. Most of them, said that they were just comfortable in their room. I guess the activities director have to come up with an idea of how to motivate the residents, so that they can partake during the activities session. I must say that from the sample of residents, most of them found that the facility was kept clean and the staff respects their wishes

HSA 4941 - Blog #5

This week was a great learning experience for me. I got the opportunity to work with the Social Services Director for the facility.


He had to interview three residents that were admitted to the facility, to assess their psychological state. So we went to each of the patient’s room to interview them. He asked them some basic questions, such as; their routine at home, their profession, whether they take naps in the day, how many years of education they have, religion preferences, appetite, if they wear dentures, and about advance directives. Also, he asked them for the current president’s name, the month and year we were in. One resident got the year we were in question wrong, which is not a surprise. Things like this do happen.


After completion of the interview, the Social Services Director left his business card and a customer service comment card for questions and comments.


I must say that some of the residents that were interviewed became impressed that I was interning at the facility, and quickly made friends with me.