Over a century the long-term care system has gone through five cycles of changes that are woven together. Professors David Smith and Zhanlian Feng describe the changes that have occurred and the challenges long-term care faces in hopes to educate policymakers to learn from the past and not remake the negative effects. Extended over approximately 20 years a piece‚ these five cycles start in 1910 to present day (Smith & Feng‚ 2010‚ p. 28). Access to quality of long-term care has become strained
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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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explains how week one reading changes my concept of long term care. The essay will provide two examples of current events related to long-term care and how it has changed. The paper will focus on examples of current events related to long-term care‚ and how might these examples increase awareness. This paper will explain what are three long-term care populations evident in my local community and if I was aware of these evident. Long term care is a health and social service there to provides services
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with quality of care. The primary role of hospital are to treat patient with acute medical conditions. Vertical and horizontal integration are key factors in the success of hospitals today. To accommodate patients‚ hospital have broadened their scope of services for inpatients and outpatients. Despite hospital being at the forefront of healthcare innovation they are heavily constrained financially because most of the funding comes from Medicare (Williams & Torrens‚ 2008). Long-term facility designed
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Long-term care is a growing concept that is constantly evolving to adapt to our diverse communities. Due to the aging of the baby boomers group‚ there will be a rapid increase of individuals in need of long-term care in the years to come (Dana & Olson‚ 2007). Therefore‚ it is essential to expedite the process of improvement in the long-term care field to better accommodate these rising demands. In order to ensure a long-term care facility is adequately prepared for the future‚ there are many different
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well diverse and educated nurses. They may perform an array of duties that a hospital will have 5 or 6 nurses performing. Most of the patients need extensive care with chronic conditions. Nurses perform several duties in the LTC facility such as‚ Liaison between patient and doctor‚ family and any additional care such as rehab or psychiatric care. Although nurses with company longevity and stable family homes are easily retained many others are not. To successfully retain LTC facility nurses‚ organizations
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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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This training guide has been prepared as a reference guide only‚ covering the material that was discussed within todays training session and should only be used in conjunction with what was discussed. It has been established that a private client has the following protection needs: 1.health‚ incapacity or accident; 2.income‚ mortgage and other debt; 4.death; 5.asset protection; 6.business protection. We have in turn looked at each of these needs and discussed which protection products would assist
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If one should ever visit a long-term care facility‚ one may come across numerous employees; whether it be the administrators‚ the nurses and their nursing assistants‚ the social workers‚ etc‚ it is easy to note that all employees play a vital role in ensuring that the nursing home may run as effectively as possible while maintaining the health and security of the residents. Of the numerous staff within a long-term care facility‚ the medical director may be the most important in regard to the diagnosis
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1964. The U.S. Bureau of the census (1995) estimated that in Maryland‚ the 65 and older population would represent 11 percent of the total population in the year 2000. While life expectancy continues to grow‚ the need for long-term nursing care grows too. Long-term nursing care related services required by the elderly are costly. This is particularly a problem in the Montgomery County‚ Maryland‚ which has many low-income individuals who are not able to finance their healthcare needs using their own
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