Elderly care

transition of care has led to failures and challenges during the discharge process of elderly patients. Transition of care can fail at many different levels between the preparation for discharge to when the patient has returned home. It is important to note that transition of care is a complex process that requires several key components for a successful transition. Failure of transition of care does not occur just at one point in the care, but generally at multiple points of the care. Multiple…

as a national health insurance to assist the elderly in receiving medical care and services as they age regardless of health status and income. There were several reasons that led to the creation of the program as stated by Patel & Rushefsky (2016): most elderly were retirees and not eligible for health insurance coverage through an employer, they could not afford individual insurance coverage, and the elderly are more at risk of needing medical care due to illness and disease. Medicare was…

death with dignity. Cahill points in her book that many people who choose the right to death with dignity, are elderly, abandoned by their families and who feel that they are becoming only a burden to their loved ones. A major part that plays a role in choosing voluntary death is a financial strain and the inability to afford proper care. Many of the people who chose to die are elderly suffering with various diseases associated with advanced age, and the terminally ill. The first, often live…

for unplanned hospitalizations. With a variety of trends that account for the increasing cases of the elderly population at risk for hospital readmission, the authors discuss an in-depth evaluation on why this occurs. Readmission, refers to a return to the hospital after discharge from a recent stay where rates are reported at 30, 60, and 90-day intervals after discharge. Even though the elderly, aged 65 years or older, according to a study conducted in community hospitals and the veterans…

Animal-Assisted Activity on the elderly. 1.2 Situation Faced with an ageing population in Singapore with a projected increase in the proportion of elderly from 8.8% to 18.7% for 2009 to 2030 (Ministry of Social and Family Development, 2009), emphasis has been placed on improving aged care. This involves not just responding to health-related issues of the seniors, but to their social and emotional needs as well (Gan, 2012). Hence, our project seeks to find and develop new methods of aged care.…

MEMORIAL HERMANN OR METHODIST FOR HEALTH CARE? 2 Memorial Hermann or Methodist for Health Care? With so many hospitals to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which one is the best choice. Many companies have websites to promote their business and make their product appealing to potential consumers. Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and Methodist Hospital System are two large hospital systems in the Houston, Texas area. Both hospital systems use their online…

Introduction Affordable Care Act, a Promising Road to Affordability of Care for the Elderly The concept of universal care has been in the history of USA for a few decades, since the times of President Theodore Roosevelt, who was the first president to propose this type of health care system then in 1960's a similar concept with the idea of health protection for the two most vulnerable sectors of the population as the poor and the elderly would be covered under the establishment of Medicare…

Aged population i.e. population of elderly has been increasing around the world and so is the prevalence of many chronic illnesses including heart disease. As compared to the young people, the heart disease in elderly is difficult to manage due to various reasons and to care elderly patients with cardiac conditions has various significant changes from the care of younger patients with the same diagnoses (Jackson & Wenger, 2011). As a person become older, his or her body cells and organs also…

The senior citizen population is increasing, elderly people are the fastest growing segment of the population. In the next forty years, the senior citizen population is going to be twice as large as it is now. Since there will be a major increase in the senior citizen population, human services will profoundly increase. As the elderly age, they become completely dependent on outside assistance, this results in nursing homes. Nursing homes are extremely important and beneficial to the older…

Early in the history of the United States the family was largely responsible for the care of the elderly. This is still important today, however, due to the longevity of life now and the unavailability of people these days to accomplish this, our government established some guidelines to accomplish this task. Older Americans Act of 1965 The Older Americans act of 1965 (OAA) was formed in 1965 to assist the elderly. There are numerous services provided by the OAA under the supervision of the…