Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the world’s time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions-income poverty‚ hunger‚ disease‚ lack of adequate shelter‚ and exclusion-while promoting gender equality‚ education‚ and environmental sustainability. They are also basic human rights-the rights of each person on the planet to health‚ education‚ shelter‚ and security. The millennium development goals are: Goal 1: Eradicate
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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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use of long-term care (LTC) services. Two current needs are (1) post-surgery aftercare and (2) for individuals who require medical attention over an extended period that does not warrant a stay in the hospital. Presently the two common uses of LTC are (1) to assist with daily activities and (2) rehabilitation services. LTC is available for a myriad of reasons and is based on the person’s needs and health care requirements and is not limited to a specific age or medical condition. Long-term care services
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Strategic Plan Part I-Organizational Structure Dwight A. Green HCS 589/Health Care Strategic Management August 4‚ 2014 Gina Drake University of Phoenix Abstract Long Term Care also known as Skilled Nursing Facility’s (SNF’s) focuses on residents with chronic diseases and illnesses. Long term care can be provided at home‚ in the community‚ assisted living facilities and/or nursing homes. Nursing homes or SNF’s‚ provide their residents with round the clock nursing care and assistance with their
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Long-term effects of alcohol From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Long-term effects of alcohol Classification and external resources ICD-10 F10.1 Disability-adjusted life year for alcohol use disorders per 100‚000 inhabitants in 2004. no data less than 50 50–150 150–250 250–350 350–450 450–550 550–650 650–750 750–850 850–950 950–1050 more than 1050 Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+)‚ in litres of
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The types of long-term care insurance products available are immediate care insurances‚ enhanced annuities and equity release plans. Immediate Care Insurance is where a “A lump sum is paid in return for guaranteed future payments towards the cost of care‚ for as long as is required” http://www.integritypi.co.uk/our-services/long-term-care/. “If the insured makes a recovery‚ the benefit will continue to be paid‚ however if
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Long Term Effects of Breastfeeding 3 For many years mothers have been told that breastfeeding their children is ideal‚ that it is in the best interest of them as well as their children and will not be regretted. However there is not much insight as to why. Why is breastfeeding so ideal? The main reason for this is the positive effects breastfeeding has in early childhood‚ even into adult life.. Breast milk “contains many complex proteins‚ lipids and carbohydrate” (Andreas‚ N. J.‚ Kampmann
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Assignment 2 The Body’s responses to long term exercise A response to long term exercise is a change that happens to your body over a long period of time due to exercise. It is also known as chronic exercise. Unlike the short-term effects‚ these changes do not happen immediately‚ they take time and effort to achieve. Once these responses take place it will allow an athlete to work at a higher intensity for longer. These changes mainly occur in the heart‚ lungs and muscles. This table shows the changes
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Holistic assessments in nursing provide a unique quality of care to the individual patient. Holism in the provision of care includes assessments obtaining data about the physiological‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ spiritual‚ developmental‚ cultural and environmental aspects. It is imperative that the nurse conducting these assessments adopts methods in the nursing process that reflects the standards outlined in Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council National Competency Standards for the Registered
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Overview Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) was a hedge fund founded by John Meriwether in 19941. Meriwether was the former vice-chairman and head of bond trading at investment bank Salomon Brothers. Meriwether put together a high profile team of traders and academics in an attempt to create a fund that would profit from the combination of the academics’ quantitative models and the traders’ market judgment. Some of the high profile employees brought on were Nobel-prize winning economists Myron
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