Understanding Continuum of Care Services Long-term care provides a certain level of medical care that requires the experience of a skilled physician to diagnose and treat multiple chronic conditions that are generally associated with elderly patients. Long-term care provides a variety of services to individuals who suffer from chronic illness or terminal condition‚ including people who live with a disability and are not adequately capable of taking care of themselves over the course of an extended
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Health Care Spending Paper Health Care Spending Health care spending in America is at an all-time high. The baby boomer generation is reaching retirement age and its dependence on health care is greater than ever before. This burgeoning demand for health care services has put a huge strain on the infrastructure of the health care system that was originally designed to accommodate far less Americans than it currently supports. Many financial experts predict a drastic increase in health
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its health care system for decades now. Looking at the history of previous policies‚ all issues have stemmed from one major common factor‚ the cost of health care. With cost at an all-time high‚ the quality of and access to health care are relatively affected. Therefore‚ the reshaping of the health care system can only be effective by improving the affordability and quality of coverage for those who are currently insured‚ and improving the access to and the overall quality of care that individuals
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Continuum of Care Outline Topic: Home Health Care I. Introduction II. Stakeholders A. The “description of the roles of various stakeholders in the health care industry who are involved in the continuum of care” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Who the patients are. 2. Who the employees are. 3. Who the payers are. 4. Who the providers are. B. “How the component contributes to or detracts from the overall management of health care resources” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Is this a positive
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cultural differences affect patients’ attitudes about medical care. Diverse beliefs and attitudes about health and medicines‚ may affect treatment. Also it affects the patient’s ability to understand and cope with an illness‚ and the consequences of medical treatment. Cultural beliefs influence patient roles and expectations. Expectations such as how much information about illness and treatment is desired‚ how death and dying will be managed‚ and processes for decision making. Some strategies for Cross-Cultural
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Theory of Cultural Care Predicted in the late 1950’s‚ Madeleine Leininger saw that not only nursing‚ but health care in general would be global‚ not just local (Perry & Potter‚ 2017). Leininger quickly recognized the importance of caring in the profession of nursing. Throughout her observations while working as a nurse‚ Leininger identified an absence of cultural and care knowledge. She saw this as the lacking element to a nurse’s understanding of many aspects related to patient care. Leininger’s theory
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The foster care social service system is designed to ameliorate adverse family and environmental conditions that may interfere with typical child development. Currently‚ the system provides both interim and longstanding out- of- home placement of children whose biological parents have been deemed unable to provide adequate care. The number of children being placed in the foster care system is increasing annually and unfortunately‚ most of these children have been the victims of repeated abuse and
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THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Impact of the Affordable Care Act The patient protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) is expected to have a major impact on the financing of healthcare‚ principally by expanding insurance coverage to approximately 32 million of the current 50.7 million uninsured by 2014. If the goal is reached‚ 95% of all Americans will have health insurance (Kovner& Knickman‚ 2011). The Affordable Care Act will expand coverage in two key ways: expanding Medicaid eligibility and
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Care Programme Approach (CPA) Background The Care Programme Approach (CPA) has been called the cornerstone of the Government’s mental health policy. It was introduced in 1991 and is intended to be the basis for the care of people with mental health needs outside hospital. It applies to all people with serious mental health problems who are accepted as clients of specialist mental health services. In many cases‚ the CPA comes into play while someone is a psychiatric hospital in-patient (not
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practice has evolved more in this last decade. However‚ mental health treatment has limited studies on evidence-based practices and guidelines compared to other specialty areas in the healthcare setting. As a mental health nurse practitioner‚ holistic care is a key component utilized daily to provide clients with mental illness effective‚ health-promoting treatment. This purpose of this paper is to analyze a qualitative study conducted where participants‚ in a recovery stage of mental illness‚ were interviewed
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