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Book Syllabus on Long Term Care  Institutional alternatives to the long term care of the chronically ill and aged

Download or read book Syllabus on Long Term Care Institutional alternatives to the long term care of the chronically ill and aged written by Theodor J. Litman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions  Proposals for long term care alternatives

Download or read book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions Proposals for long term care alternatives written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Development Education and Training Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Syllabus on Long Term Care

Download or read book Syllabus on Long Term Care written by Theodor J. Litman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions

Download or read book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions written by American University, Washington, D.C. Development Education and Training Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions  Current activities

Download or read book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions Current activities written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Development Education and Training Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Alternatives to Institutional Care of the Elderly

Download or read book Alternatives to Institutional Care of the Elderly written by Robert L. Kane and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions  Proposals for long term care alternatives

Download or read book Long term Institutional Care and Alternative Solutions Proposals for long term care alternatives written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Development Education and Training Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long term Care  an Approach to Serving the Frail Elderly

Download or read book Long term Care an Approach to Serving the Frail Elderly written by Theodore H. Koff and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1982 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Retooling for an Aging America

Download or read book Retooling for an Aging America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.

Book Long Term Care for Older Adults  a Review of Home and Community Based Services Versus Institutional Care

Download or read book Long Term Care for Older Adults a Review of Home and Community Based Services Versus Institutional Care written by U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term care (LTC) refers to a broad range of services designed to provide assistance over prolonged periods to compensate for loss of function due to chronic illness or physical or mental disability. LTC includes hands-on, direct care as well as general supervisory assistance. The type, frequency, and intensity of services vary; some people need assistance for a few hours each week, whereas others need full-time support. LTC differs from acute or episodic medical interventions because it is integrated into an individual's daily life over an extended time. LTC spans three realms: (1) assistance with essential, routine activities such as eating, bathing, dressing, and tasks required to maintain independence, such as preparing meals, managing medications, shopping for groceries, and using transportation; (2) housing; and (3) medical care. Often, LTC is associated with institutional settings such as nursing homes (NHs). However, LTC is also provided in a variety of noninstitutional settings collectively referred to as Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). For this report, we compared LTC for older adults delivered through HCBS with care delivered in NHs. This comparative effectiveness review targets direct comparisons of LTC provided through HCBS and in NHs. Substantial differences in case mixes between older adults served through HCBS and in NHs made indirect comparisons impossible. That is, heterogeneity in case mix precluded our ability to compare the findings of the two bodies of literature that focused either on older adults served by HCBS or on adults in NHs. We examined studies with both crosssectional and longitudinal designs. Cross-sectional studies compared outcomes across settings at a specific time. Longitudinal studies compared change in outcomes over a defined time period ranging from 6 months to 5 years. We examined published and grey literature from the United States and published literature from economically developed countries with well-established health and LTC systems. Key Questions include: KQ 1. What are the benefits and harms of long-term care (LTC) provided through home and community-based services (HCBS) compared with institutions such as nursing homes (NHs) for adults age 60 and older who need LTC? a. To what extent do HCBS and NHs serve similar populations? b. How do the outcomes of the services differ when tested on similar populations? c. What are the harms to older adults as a result of care at HCBS and NHs? KQ 2. What are the costs (at the societal and personal levels) of HCBS and NHs (per recipient and in the aggregate) for adults age 60 and older? Costs may include direct costs of care as well as resource use and family burden. Direct costs of care refer to program and individual spending on LTC services for HCBS recipients and NH residents. Resource use includes program and individual spending on acute care services such as physician and hospital care as well as spending by other subsidy or transfer programs. Family burden includes the opportunity costs of care.

Book Caring for the Chronically Ill

Download or read book Caring for the Chronically Ill written by Janna Louise Dieckmann and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Patient Safety and Quality

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Book Long Term Care Services in the United States  2013 Overview

Download or read book Long Term Care Services in the United States 2013 Overview written by National Center for Health Statistics and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term care services include a broad range of services that meet the needs of frail older people and other adults with functional limitations. Long-Term care services provided by paid, regulated providers are a significant component of personal health care spending in the United States. This report presents descriptive results from the first wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This report provides information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers of long-term care services; and the demographic, health, and functional composition of users of these services. Service users include residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients of home health agencies and hospices, and participants of adult day services centers.

Book Hearings  Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging

Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: