Question No. 1 Answer: Affordable care act which is also called as Obama care act is a very hot topic for discussion regarding its benefits and drawbacks. Both advantages and disadvantages of affordable care act are visible to every person. Based on the disadvantages of affordable care act‚ it should be repealed. The repealing of affordable care act will bring many advantages. There are many reasons of repealing of affordable care act such as it has cause a huge increase in spending for healthcare
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diverse businesses and communities. There are numerous different facilities worldwide solely constructed for providing care to the elderly. The percentage of older Americans residing in assisted living facilities has declined in recent years. However rapid aging of the population‚ especially the growth of the population 85 years and older‚ means that demand for nursing home care is steadily increasing. There are multiple factors that are needed for a successful assisted living facility. Nevertheless
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Long-Term Care Facility Study Team B HCS/437 January 19‚ 2014 Rick Johnson Long-Term Care Facility Study La Costa Glen Carlsbad La Costa Glen is a retirement community that is also a continuing life community. Seniors can join the community as active adults and live independently knowing that if and when the time comes where they may need further assistance of even skilled nursing care they can remain in the same community. It is comforting to know that you can remain with friends close by‚ able
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for minorities and poor. Prevention is possible‚ but it requires a lot of effort and management and a health lifestyle‚ which can be expensive and not easily attainable. Income is a major factor into whether someone will have access to proper health care and health services. Without
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Person-centred care also known as‚ person centredness‚ patient-centred care or client-centred care is simply a process of caring a person in a holistic way maintaining his dignity and values. Person-centred care involves a broad concept. It does not have a fixed definition. It acts as a protective covering of a person and acknowledging him as a unique individual with his unique needs‚ beliefs and choices. Person centredness is a specialized care that is concerned to patients’ right to independence
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“Health care financing is an overriding issue; others include overcoming disparities in access to care‚ improving health literacy‚ meeting the needs of a burgeoning population of older Americans and of the increasing numbers of people living with chronic conditions‚ improving patient safety‚ overcoming workforce shortages‚ and ensuring the appropriate use of technology”(Johnson et al.‚ 2008). In order to achieve the best outcomes‚ patients and families need to be involved in their health care decision
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Meeting Essential Care Needs Mrs Gale is a 70 year old widow and retired unskilled worker. The patient lives alone and relies on her son to provide basic care‚ medication and meals. Mrs Gale has a history of weight fluctuation owing to lifestyle but is currently at risk of malnutrition due to Parkinson’s disease. Mrs Gale shows signs of early dementia and suffers from poor mobility and pain caused by arthritis. Mrs Gale also has mild depression triggered by loss and has become socially isolated
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accreditation standards. Aged care accreditation includes an accreditation process and monitoring of ongoing performance against standards [12]. The accreditation process starts with self-assessment‚ followed by a desk audit‚ a site audit‚ and the decision whether or not to accredit the home and the publication of the accreditation report‚ together with the agency’s decision about whether the RAC home meets each of 44 accreditation outcomes. Therefore‚ the process of aged care accreditation can be viewed
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patient-centered care even in the presence of cultural conflict (Campinha-Bacote‚ 2011). As a future nurse educator‚ my role will encompass assisting students to provide patients culturally competent care “... even when the patient’s health beliefs‚ practices‚ and values are in direct conflict ...” with that of the student or medical team to achieve positive patient outcomes (para. 1). Two concepts discovered are that patient-centered care and cultural competency aim to provide patients high-quality care‚ but
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Hope is a long term healthcare facility that is currently accommodates 100 residents. Our mission is to provide high quality long term care; therefore it’s important to deal with the issues that won’t allow us to achieve our mission. As a human resource manager I would like to elaborate a few critical problems we are facing. It has been a while that hiring and retaining qualified staff remained an ongoing challenge. Our annual turnover rate is 40 percent. In addition we are dealing with aging workforce
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