Continuum of Long-Term Health Care Lisa Lewis HCS/310 August 9‚ 2010 John Dean The Continuum of Long-Term Health Care Health care is a fascinating industry. So many types of care are included within the industry. Health care can be very broad or very specific. Health care is also comprised of different types of health care. One specific sector is long-term health care. Long-term care plays a huge role in the health care continuum. This paper will define long-term care and a
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Assignment 2 The Body’s responses to long term exercise A response to long term exercise is a change that happens to your body over a long period of time due to exercise. It is also known as chronic exercise. Unlike the short-term effects‚ these changes do not happen immediately‚ they take time and effort to achieve. Once these responses take place it will allow an athlete to work at a higher intensity for longer. These changes mainly occur in the heart‚ lungs and muscles. This table shows the changes
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Long-Term Care Options for the Elderly I selected the topic of long-term care options for my research paper‚ because of the importance of allowing the elderly to remain in their residence as long as possible in their final years and what options they have if they choose not to live in their own home. I will look at programs and services that provide long-term care for the elderly. My grandmother‚ 89 years old‚ has recently decided to move into an assisted living facility after living by herself
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include the larger number of people living longer up to or over the age of 80. During the golden years‚ individuals will require different types of long-term care services to live out the rest of their life comfortably. Depending upon a consumer’s medical condition or needs‚ several options of long-term care or nursing facilities may be needed. Long-term services can be broken down into several categories. Some services for the elderly are nursing facilities‚ subacute
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seeking a long-term substitute teacher. Maybe they do not have enough teachers‚ and they need someone to fill-in until they can hire a permanent teacher. Maybe an extended illness has caused a teacher to take off several weeks. Perhaps‚ the permanent teacher is on maternity leave. No matter the reason for the school’s need for a long-term substitute teacher‚ the idea of being a long-term sub can be intimidating for some people. Fortunately‚ there are at least four benefits of being a long-term substitute
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victim‚ as well as the bully victim long after. Throughout high school‚ victims of bullying faced many psychiatric problems‚ but unfortunately for them‚ the mental effects of bullying did not end as their high school days did. In the first study of its kind‚ led by Laura Bogart‚ researchers found that “At any age‚ bullying was linked with worse mental and physical health‚ more depressive symptoms and lower sense of self worth” (“Bullying Affects Children’s Long-Term Health”‚ Study Shows 1) The likeliness
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Future of Long-Term Healthcare The United States has faced many challenges as it entered into the 21st century. First is ensuring that individuals receive the medical care and support they need throughout their life with dignity and quality. With the aging of “baby boomers‚” the number of individuals 65 and those with disabilities will increase from 12.4 percent in 2000 to about 20.4 percent by 2040. This will represent a need for increasing nursing facilities‚ assisted living‚ other residential
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My long-term goals are is to finish college‚ to buy my family a house‚ and to build my saving and CDs accounts in order to send my children to college without stressing my family’s lifestyle. my main goal is to finish my college classes and work in my area of study . Another goal is to buy my family a house therefore saving money and owning my own home. My last goal is to build my saving and CDs accounts in order to save for my children’s college and saving accounts. My long-term goals are is to
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the long-term assignments over short-term assignments. Long-term assignments are easier on the student‚ students tend to learn a lot more‚ and it teaches the students soft skills. First of all‚ students have a lot of stress put on them from school work. Some teachers require homework to be done the next day‚ but what some teachers do not understand is that the student has other classes that may be a little bit more important‚ and require them to be more focused on that classes homework.
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Long Term Goal #1: Career As the future comes closer‚ you start to realize all the opportunities and requirements for specific careers. After years of consideration‚ I decided to pursue an occupation in the science/medical field and become a physiotherapist. Practicing medicine is a long term goal of mine since in the medical field‚ you are providing a service for a patient. But unlike other services such as one in a retail store‚ medicine is vital to a person’s health and in addition‚ it is something
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