Managing Care Challenges in a Group Home Setting: Is Staffing Adequate for Unplanned Incidents? Ron Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, GS-C, WCC and Deb Bakerjian, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN | April 24, 2024

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-care-challenges-group-home-setting-staffing-adequate-unplanned-incidents An elderly patient, over 80 years of age, with a history of autism-spectrum disorder and requiring assistance with all activities of daily living and all transfers, lives in a group care home with several other disabled individuals who also require maximum assistance. She has been prescribed a daily dose of polyethylene glycol 3350 to prevent constipation, but she often has leakage of incontinent feces through pull-up diapers.