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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background and believes with common understanding. It is also a process of development that evolve over an extended period. It is essential both for individual and organizations at different levels of awareness and skills with the cultural competency continuum. Cultural competency have four various cognitive components according to Diversity Training University International (DTUI) (a) Awareness‚ (b) Attitude‚ (c) Knowledge‚ (d) Skills Culture is the learned of life style behavior and range of
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Writing Developmental Continuum This assessment is meant to help teachers identify the phase of writing development. By observing the child a teacher can see just which phase they are in based on indicators stated in the guide. It is not uncommon for children to display characteristics of more than one phase. There are five phases which are “Role Play ‚ Experimental‚ Early‚ Conventional and Proficient. Role Play is the beginning‚ where children essentially make marks on paper‚ trying their best
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Managed health care plans are often described as continuum models. Continuum models are used to describe gradual transition with sudden changes such as managed health care plans. These plans are involved in models consisting of cost and quality. There are four main healthcare plans that emphasize on continuum of managed care including service plans‚ POS‚ HMO‚ PPO and CDHP plans. Each of these health plans are consisted of different features‚ structures and guidelines that make them unique and effective
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Continuum of Care Paper Maryann Bocak June 21‚ 2010 Dr. Denise W. Hines Continuum of Care The component of the U. S. health care delivery system continuum discussed in this paper will be mental health care. Mental health is how we think‚ feel‚ and act as we cope with life. It helps determine how we handle stress‚ relate to others and make choices. Like physical health‚ mental health is important to every stage of life‚ from childhood through adulthood. Mental illnesses are common and
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is wellness? What are the dimensions of wellness? How is wellness conceptualized as a continuum? Wellness is the process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health and heightened life satisfaction. The dimensions of wellness are physical‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ spirituals interpersonal or social‚ and environmental. Wellness is conceptualized as a continuum; one end of the continuum represents extreme illness and premature death‚
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We as people are all faced with the same issue of getting older or possibly becoming sick to the point that we are not able to do our normal activities on a daily basis. Getting older means that the retirement stage is on the horizon and it also means that our health may start to decrease. Even though anyone can get sick at any age‚ elderly people are more likely to become sick just because failure of the immune system. If a person breaks a bone‚ they may have to have some type of rehabilitation
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Continuum of Health Promotion Significant changes are required in health care‚ and the profession of nursing in particular‚ to meet the mandates required by the 2010 passage of healthcare reform laws. Such new options for illness prevention and wellness through health promotion will provide greater opportunities for nurses to work outside the traditional hospital settings. Nurses are best equipped to provide safe‚ quality‚ patient-centered care in an affordable and accessible manner. Appropriate
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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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Infant Activities 1.) Theme: All About Learning Domain: Communication Standard: 1 Benchmark: 1.2 Developmental Continuum: Imitates sounds and words Description of Activity: Carry or guide children around the room‚ or outside‚ and point to objects and label them(dog‚ cat‚ chair‚ crayon‚ crib‚ blanket‚ etc.)‚ giving them the chance to “repeat” the word. Materials Needed: None Introduction of Activity: Pick up children or guide them around and proceed with activity Space/Location: Anywhere
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