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Nursing Homes and The Lutheran Home for the Aging     Recently, I had the pleasure of having a personal tour of the LutheranHome for the Aging located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. I chose this area of studybecause it happened to be convenient in location for me as well as easilyaccessible to a source of an interviewee that I felt comfortable with and who isalso very comfortable with myself. I find it much easier to conduct aninterview and get more relevant information from a source that Ive already hadformer contact with and also established a friendship with. I interviewed, age48, who was a companionable worker at the Lutheran Home for the Aging for 12 yearsuntil she changed career paths that would benefit herself more as well as herfamily. graduated from the University of with a Social Work period and ispresently pursing a two year Dental Hygiene degree(Associate Degree). Sheexplained to me that at the time she was hired at the nursing home it was notnecessary fo r social workers to have to take a test in order to obtain a licenseand a position in the social work field, a position that she held for twelveyears explained to me how she was "Grandfathered" into her social workerposition and did not have to take a test for a license until it was required afterward years of responsible and professional work in the Home for the Aging.     The Lutheran Home for the Aging was founded in 1906 by John C. Koch,with the motivation and desire to prove residential care for his fellow agingLutheran constituents. Along with the supportive interests of other Lutherans,he purchased approximately eight acres of land. A large preindication on the propertyserved as the Homes first building and within a year of its founding, it hadreached a capacity of twenty members. Today the same desire and motivation hasincreased the residential population to 313 members, age 65 and over. Thefounders of the Home did more than provide a place to live for the Aging. Theyfounded a tradition of excellence and fiber care that continues even to thisday. The mission of the home is to "take a leadership role in residentsatisfaction by providing superior services in a Christian atmosphere that meetor exceed the expectations of each resident and his or her family" ("LutheranHome for the Aging" 1). Through th... ...am B. "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society." Online.Internet. Available http//www.wwilkins.com/wavcat-bin/journals_ops/ID0856948/0002-8614/prod."Code of Ethics." Online. Internet. Availablehttp//www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/tmlEthical Duties and Obligations.Lutheran Home for the Aging. Wauwatosa Lutheran Home for the Aging, 1996."Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes." Online. Internet. Availablehttp//freenet.uchsc.edu/2000/ ranking(prenominal)/nurshome/menu.html."Nursing Home, Home Health and Hospice." Online. Internet. Availablehttp//www.math.utah.edu/c-pkse/medfile/hhh.h tml."Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities." Online. Internet. Availablehttp//www.medaccess.com/locator/nursehome/nsgh01.htm.Sager, M. Measurement of Activities of Daily Living in Hospitalized senior(a) AComparison of Self-report and Performance-based measures. WisconsinGeriatric Society, 1992. 457-462."Senior Care Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid." Online. Internet. Availablehttp//seniors-site.com/ads/medicare.html.Lutheran Home for the Aging"A warm, caring placewhere life always hasquality, order anddignity."