Long-Term Care vs. Home Care
Long Term Care Facility vs. Home Health Care Nursing
By: Ronald L. Bowling
English 125
J. Shackleford
11/02/2012
Abstract:
The decision of whether or not to place an aging parent into a long-term care facility, or to try and to keep them in their own home or yours is one that many American families are facing each day. Factors in dealing with this decision are too numerous to count but we will address a few of them in the following paper, like the financial aspects, psychosocial, and meeting the overall needs of our ever aging parents.
Long-term care facilities are a traditional approach to caring for the elderly or chronically ill members of society. These facilities are set up in a couple of different ways to provide specialized care depending on a person’s need. The first point of our discussion is assisted living facilities. These are apartment type communities that specialize in assisting seniors who may have a problem accomplishing there normal activities of daily living. The assisted living facilities provide a non-skilled staff to assist with these needs. The next type of long care facility is a skilled cared facility. These types of organizations are set up to provide long-term medical care to individuals who one cannot care for their own selves, and two require specialized medical care such as daily medicine administration or procedural care. Healthcare facilities such as these assist with, wound and dressing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and diagnostic testing on regular basis to insure your loved ones safety and over all wellbeing. Finally home health care by far the most affordable, physiologically beneficial, and socially beneficial form of care for our aging parents will be the third portion of our discussion. Home health care also referred to as domiciliary or social care is defined as medical or skilled care nursing provided in the patients home. It is important to note that home care is not
By: Ronald L. Bowling
English 125
J. Shackleford
11/02/2012
Abstract:
The decision of whether or not to place an aging parent into a long-term care facility, or to try and to keep them in their own home or yours is one that many American families are facing each day. Factors in dealing with this decision are too numerous to count but we will address a few of them in the following paper, like the financial aspects, psychosocial, and meeting the overall needs of our ever aging parents.
Long-term care facilities are a traditional approach to caring for the elderly or chronically ill members of society. These facilities are set up in a couple of different ways to provide specialized care depending on a person’s need. The first point of our discussion is assisted living facilities. These are apartment type communities that specialize in assisting seniors who may have a problem accomplishing there normal activities of daily living. The assisted living facilities provide a non-skilled staff to assist with these needs. The next type of long care facility is a skilled cared facility. These types of organizations are set up to provide long-term medical care to individuals who one cannot care for their own selves, and two require specialized medical care such as daily medicine administration or procedural care. Healthcare facilities such as these assist with, wound and dressing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and diagnostic testing on regular basis to insure your loved ones safety and over all wellbeing. Finally home health care by far the most affordable, physiologically beneficial, and socially beneficial form of care for our aging parents will be the third portion of our discussion. Home health care also referred to as domiciliary or social care is defined as medical or skilled care nursing provided in the patients home. It is important to note that home care is not
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