Health Policy Issues
Healthcare is a continuous process, which is constantly changing with changing healthcare needs. In our current fast paced working environment, countries are struggling to find innovative as well as collaborative ways to fulfill these unmet healthcare needs. Over the last two decades, one issue that has become a major healthcare concern especially in United States is the rapidly aging population. Furthermore, after expanding the life expectancy age, there is an exponential increase in the number of elderly consumers for medical assistance. Therefore, this aging population requires healthcare assistance to perform their basic daily activities to a more formal care such as a long-term care (LTC).
LTC is a major healthcare concern according to Brown and Finkelstein (2011), as it constitutes as one of the largest healthcare expenditure thus plays a central roles in estimating the potential retirement value for the aged population. After the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) one such federal health policy that was suspended and faced problems was the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.
Importance of Long-Term Care (LTC)
According to Cremer (2014), LTC is defined as the medical assistance or the service provided to …show more content…
To provide a better overview, more than 25 percent of patients suffer through some sort of chronic illness, whether it is mental illness, cognitive impairment, or developmental disabilities (Edwards, Patterson, Vakili, & Scherger, 2012). Lastly, the prevalence rate of dementia is 30 percent in individuals 85 years old and older in age, approximately 54 percent individuals of 80 years in age or older, who do not living in a nursing home have three or more chronic conditions (Mulvey & Collelo,
Healthcare is a continuous process, which is constantly changing with changing healthcare needs. In our current fast paced working environment, countries are struggling to find innovative as well as collaborative ways to fulfill these unmet healthcare needs. Over the last two decades, one issue that has become a major healthcare concern especially in United States is the rapidly aging population. Furthermore, after expanding the life expectancy age, there is an exponential increase in the number of elderly consumers for medical assistance. Therefore, this aging population requires healthcare assistance to perform their basic daily activities to a more formal care such as a long-term care (LTC).
LTC is a major healthcare concern according to Brown and Finkelstein (2011), as it constitutes as one of the largest healthcare expenditure thus plays a central roles in estimating the potential retirement value for the aged population. After the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) one such federal health policy that was suspended and faced problems was the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.
Importance of Long-Term Care (LTC)
According to Cremer (2014), LTC is defined as the medical assistance or the service provided to …show more content…
To provide a better overview, more than 25 percent of patients suffer through some sort of chronic illness, whether it is mental illness, cognitive impairment, or developmental disabilities (Edwards, Patterson, Vakili, & Scherger, 2012). Lastly, the prevalence rate of dementia is 30 percent in individuals 85 years old and older in age, approximately 54 percent individuals of 80 years in age or older, who do not living in a nursing home have three or more chronic conditions (Mulvey & Collelo,