Long Term Care -Hospice Hospice is a process to end-of-life care and a kind of support facility for terminally ill patients. It provides comforting care‚ patient-centered care and related services. Comforting care relieves discomfort without improving the patient’s condition or curing his illness. Hospice is extended in a healthcare facility or at home. Its objective is to provide compassionate‚ emotional‚ and spiritual care for the dying patient. The origin of the word “hospice”
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development of case management in health care. According to Cohen and Cesta (2005) one of the factors that have prompted the development of case management is economics. This is due to the cutbacks that are being experienced in the reimbursement process. In this time period where government cutbacks are being experienced throughout healthcare it was necessary to implement a way to be able to manage the patient’s care in a more cost effective manner yet still deliver an appropriate level of care and obtain
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Simulation Review Janette E. Guevara HCS/405 August 26‚ 2013 Todd Brown Simulation Review I have been brought in as a financial advisor to assist Mr. Gilbert Sanchez‚ CEO at Elijah Heart Hospital (EHC) to find some cost efficient ways to continue to provide quality care but at the same time reduce costs for the organization. EHC is a hospital that specializes in Cardiac surgeries and procedures. They would like to expand and have a promising growth in patients as well as revenue‚ but with
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Terms Comparison Paper HCS/552 February 4‚ 2013 John J. Schibler Terms Comparison Paper Health care economics involves making plenty of choices. Individuals‚ groups‚ businesses‚ and organizations choose how to use resources . Economics and health care are linked‚ because health care professionals apply economics in their everyday professional activities. They are able to do this through resource allocation. Any health care organization has to plan out how they will use their
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Term Definition Paper Suecirin Colon ECO 372 January 4‚ 2013 Professor Mayra M. Malpica Rivera Term Definition Paper The definition of macroeconomics is the study of the behavior of the whole (aggregate) economies or economic systems instead of the behavior of individuals‚ individual firms‚ or markets (which is the domain of Microeconomics). Macroeconomics is concerned primarily with the forecasting of national income‚ through the analysis of major economic factors that show predictable patterns
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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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the Apical Impulse Located at the 5th left intercostal space in the midclavicular line Aortic Valve The left semilunar valve separating the left ventricle and the aorta Erbs Point Traditional auscultatory area in the 3rd left intercostal space First Heart Sound (S1) Caused by the closure of the atriventricular (AV) valves signals the beginning of systole Midclavicular Line Imaginary vertical line bisecting the middle of the clavicle in each hemithorax Palpitation Uncomfortable awareness of rapid
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As what I know about those definitions when I hear grandmother Mary Ellen has decided to get a computer‚ so I would define the following terms and concepts for her making a new ideas. PC is a short terminology of personal computer‚ which include software‚ hardware and operate system. In there‚ hardware is all what we see and what you touch‚ such as keyboard‚ mouse‚ monitor‚ video card‚ hard drive ‚…ect. Operation system controls the computer‚ operates the hardware with driver.
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Sample Definition of Terms DEFINITION OF TERMS Terms here are conceptually and operationally defined for better understanding of the readers. Cable - is used to connect and transfer data between computers and a network. Client - model provides a convenient way to interconnect programs that are distributed efficiently across different locations. Information Technology - It defines an industry that uses computers‚ networking‚ software programming‚ and other equipment and processes
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Allegory: Prose or verse in which the objects‚ events or people are presented symbolically‚ so that the story conveys a meaning other than and deeper than the actual incident or characters described. Often‚ the form is used to teach a moral lesson. Alliteration: An alliteration is a repetition of sounds (consonants) at the beginning of neighbouring words or of stressed syllables within such words‚ e.g. “fingers the small size of small spades.” Purpose: rhythm and stress. Anaphora: The anaphora
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