The Continuum of Long-Term Care Lukita Wilson November 28‚ 2010 David Olsen Long-Term Care A variety of services that provides medical and non-medical needs toward individuals who are suffering from chronic illness‚ disability or old age is known as long-term care. Long- term care meets the needs of individuals who are no longer able to do many activities‚ which include bathing‚ dressing‚ cooking‚ and using the bathroom. This year‚ about nine million men and women over the age of
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Long-term care is a growing concept that is constantly evolving to adapt to our diverse communities. Due to the aging of the baby boomers group‚ there will be a rapid increase of individuals in need of long-term care in the years to come (Dana & Olson‚ 2007). Therefore‚ it is essential to expedite the process of improvement in the long-term care field to better accommodate these rising demands. In order to ensure a long-term care facility is adequately prepared for the future‚ there are many different
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University of Phoenix Material Health Care Information Systems Terms Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words‚ describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References
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1964. The U.S. Bureau of the census (1995) estimated that in Maryland‚ the 65 and older population would represent 11 percent of the total population in the year 2000. While life expectancy continues to grow‚ the need for long-term nursing care grows too. Long-term nursing care related services required by the elderly are costly. This is particularly a problem in the Montgomery County‚ Maryland‚ which has many low-income individuals who are not able to finance their healthcare needs using their own
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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 continuum
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Social Policy To gain a better understanding of Social Policy we need to look at its definition: Social Policy is the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms‚ it looks at the idea of social welfare‚ and its relationship to politics and society. The principal areas relate to Policy and administrative practice in social services‚ including health administration‚ social security‚ education‚ employment services‚ community care and housing management; Social
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and utilized‚ population ageing entails an increase in the need for Long-Term Care (LTC). LTC is defined as a set of activities and relations at the intersection of state‚ market and family that aims to meet the health and social needs of older persons. There are two main (often parallel) systems of LTC: 1) informal care providers‚ such as unpaid family members and paid home care workers employed by the family and 2) formal care providers‚ such as nursing aides and support workers employed by regulated
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week one reading changes my concept of long term care. The essay will provide two examples of current events related to long-term care and how it has changed. The paper will focus on examples of current events related to long-term care‚ and how might these examples increase awareness. This paper will explain what are three long-term care populations evident in my local community and if I was aware of these evident. Long term care is a health and social service there to provides services such as
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London Churchill College Topics: Psychology for Health & Social Care Practice (Unit 15) BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Health & Social Care QCF Level 4 [A study of Psychology in Health & Social Care] By: Shah Shamima Begum To: Suzanne Lutchmun ID: LCC-20123434 Group A 1.1 Compare different psychological theories of lifespan dependent Answer to the question no 1.1 Developmental theories provide a set of guiding principles and concepts that describe and explain
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If one should ever visit a long-term care facility‚ one may come across numerous employees; whether it be the administrators‚ the nurses and their nursing assistants‚ the social workers‚ etc‚ it is easy to note that all employees play a vital role in ensuring that the nursing home may run as effectively as possible while maintaining the health and security of the residents. Of the numerous staff within a long-term care facility‚ the medical director may be the most important in regard to the diagnosis
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