Long-Term Care Phyllis Peace Virginia College Future of Long Term Care Introduction An increasing proportion of elders in the population are projected for the next few decades. An increase of 76% is expected by 2030. Because the incidence of chronic illness and disability is correlated with advancing age‚ the demand for long-term care will correspondingly increase. Older persons will also be more ethnically and racially diverse. These circumstances cause concerns about the adequacy of long-term
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Continuum of Care- Long-term Care Long-term care has and is continuing to become an important part of the continuum of care. Years ago Long-term care (LTC) was considered only to be for the elderly‚ but as time passes it is for anybody and everybody who needs it. Barton (2006) stated‚ “Regardless of the length of time (i.e.‚ from weeks to years)‚ long-term care is an array of services provided in a range of settings to individuals who have lost some capacity for independence due to injury‚ chronic
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Terms and Conditions of Employment Under the Employment Rights Act 1996‚ all employees regardless of the hours they work should receive a written statement from their employer within two months of starting work. This statement known as the terms and conditions of employment contains key particulars of the job and the rights and duties of the employee and employer in terms of the following (* must be included in one principle document): Job Description & Specification These are general and
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Disease (COPD) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or also known as Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema is a disease that happens in the lungs of people who smoke. It blocks the airflow to the lungs with black tar / black carbon. Some symptoms are excessive coughing and continuously out of breath. To ease the symptoms you could you use inhalers‚ steroids‚ antibiotics or just more oxygen. This disease will slowly kill you because it affects your respiratory system therefore making it a long and
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Prerequisites: None Web-CT Address: Georgia Southern WebCT Portal Catalog Description: This course examines the structure and functioning of the health care delivery system. Health care organizations including hospitals‚ long-term care‚ ambulatory care‚ managed care‚ private and public insurance‚ public health‚ integrated delivery systems‚ and other health care providers will be reviewed. The course also examines principles of strategic management applied to health care organizations
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What is long term care? Long-term care refers to a collection of services that are intended to meet the medical and non-medical needs of disabled or chronically ill patients. These services include social‚ medical/nursing‚ and community services. They often require assisting the patient or patients in performing day-to-day tasks like dressing‚ bathing and eating. Long-term care can be provided for anybody and can be performed in a nursing home‚ in the individual’s residence or in assisted living
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community be well-informed regarding development economically for possibility of long-term care and that the legislative policy creators offer motivation for this type of preparation. The private sector tax offer alternatives such as 401(k)’s and IRA’s are an sign of motivation to bank funds aside when able to‚ but other alternatives have to be developed if a person wants to be ready for the future demands on long-term care. This incredible boost will have needed to combine both public and private
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Long-Term Care Jacquetta Kelley HCS/310 September 12‚ 2010 Shannon Packard Long-term care is one of the options an individual has when it comes to care and treatment needed when one becomes older‚ disabled or develops a chronic illness. With the possibility of needing to receive such services in the future there are certain things one must ask them self‚ such as: What is this delivery systems role in providing services? What type of contribution‚ or lack of contribution‚ does it make
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Question # 5 Your neighbor with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has developed heart failure. Based on his underlying disease‚ what type of heart failure does he likely have and how did he develop it? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make breathing difficult. The two main factors that cause COPD are emphysema and chronic bronchitis. “In emphysema‚ the walls between many of the air sacs are damaged. As a result
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A Comparative Study of Long-term and Short-term Memory between Athletes and Non-Athletes ABSTRACT Physical exercise has demonstrated to considerably affect stimuli in the brain to increase an individual’s memory. Athletes will have better long-term and short-term memory compared to those who are not athletes. The intent of this study was to evaluate and compare the long-term and short-term memory of athlete and non-athlete. Twenty participants were tested‚
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