Geetika Ghai December 1‚ 2012 HSCI 190 Obama Care The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly known as Obama Care has been a hot controversial topic that aroused back in 2008 when President Obama‚ at that time Senator Obama put onto the plate while running for the presidential seat. While there are many different perspectives related to this topic‚ it is up to each individual to decide whether it is beneficial or detrimental. In this day and age where the cost of living
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encouraged to remain active & develop own-age friends. The first major theory I am going to be evaluating is the activity theory (Havighurst & Colleagues‚ 1963) and how they are used in provisions provided by the health and social care setting of a care home. Most care homes provide many provisions to residents staying there to promote the activity theory. They include activities such as bingo‚ day outings‚ memory games etc. All of these active provisions are good for residents as they keep them
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the fastest-growing residential settings for older adults in the US. They provide diverse settings and care alternatives to adults. The general population prefers to receive care in an assisted living facility rather than a nursing home by a six to one margin. The increasing preference for assisted living facilities is caused by the different social stigma it has compared to other long-term care facilities (Bowblis‚ 2012‚ p. 238). Assisted living residents have a lower level of need and are regulated
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however‚ are designed for persons in need of 24-hour nursing care (Allen‚ 2011) Even though they provide almost the same residential components of other long-term care options‚ which includes housing‚ personal care‚ protection‚ supervision‚ and sometimes therapy‚ the availability of on-site medical staff is the edge they have over the others. Nursing homes have custodial care‚ which a person with Alzheimer’s disease will need. The custodial care which includes assistance with all of the activities of
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Unit 28: Caring for older people P3: Explain ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. M2: Assess ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. D1: Evaluate ways in which the sectors work together to support the independence and wellbeing of older people. Doris has stayed connected with her friend Frieda who lives on her own independently but recently she has had a fall and she has been
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long-term care policies Filial Piety is a virtue regarded by Confucius as a way to ensure a peaceful family and society. Filial piety is loyalty to one’s family and country. Filial piety is the most important moral in Chinese culture. Showing love for the nation and selflessness in protecting and loving one’s family is ideal. When developing and introducing policies to provide for the long-term care needs of the elderly‚ authorities must recognise the following: 1. The need for long-term care will rapidly
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old age homes also provide yoga classes to senior citizens. Old age homes also provide access to telephones and other forms of communication so that residents may keep in touch with their loved ones. Some old age homes have day care centres. These centres only take care of senior citizens during the ggģ ther. There are more than a thousand old age homes in India. Most of them offer free accommodation. Some homes work on a payment basis depending on the type and quality of services offered
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“families‚ not Government agencies‚ provide most services and care for the elderly. For every institutionalized senior citizen‚ there are at least two equally disabled elderly people receiving care at home.(Smyer&Plantz)” It is in the author’s opinion that elderly citizens should be given that choice to decide on where they want to spend the remainder of their years‚ the author also stress that most elderly prefer to remain in the care of someone they trust; such as family‚ close friends‚ neighbors
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them rather than staying at home‚ I strongly agree that the government should introduce laws against parent dumping because old people would like to be close to their family‚ they will not be well-taken care of in the old folks’ home and they can contribute their help in housework and also taking care of their grandchildren to ease the burden of their children. Firstly‚ the government should introduce laws against parent dumping. This is due to the fact that many aged parents would like to stay close
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from the position of a different character‚ my take on it might be quit different. But my purpose here is to try‚ from the standpoint of someone who is disempowered‚ to understand the moral requirements of situations where people have others in their care who are extraordinarily vulnerable to assaults upon their sense of self.” I believe this is Lorraine Code’s thesis‚ everything she covers in her essay can be related back to those three sentences. I agree with just about everything Code says in her
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