Long Term Care For The Elderly And Disabled
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Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2001-02-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309132746 |
Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.
Author | : United States. Congressional Budget Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Long-term care of the sick |
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Author | : Jill C. Feasley |
Publisher | : National Academies |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Community health services |
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Author | : John V. Lambert |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9781594540349 |
Illinois is the fifth largest state in the country with 12.4 million people in 2000; the population increased by almost 9% or about one million people in the past decade. About 12% of the state's population is age 65 and older -- 1.5 million people in 2000. By 2025 the Illinois elderly population is expected to increase by over 50% and will be 16.6% of the state's total population. Illinois is one of the few states in the country that provides older persons and younger adults, who meet the eligibility criteria, with state entitlements to home and community-based long-term care services. Both entitlements resulted from court cases that were brought to eliminate waiting lists for services. The state funds the Community Care Program for older adults and the Home Services Program for persons with physical disabilities with a combination of state general revenue funds and Medicaid Section 1915 (c) waiver funds. The Community Care Program uses contracted agencies for the provision of homemaker, adult day care services, and case management services. In contrast, the Home Services Program's relies primarily on personal assistants, whom consumers supervise, to provide services. According to state officials, in 2002 the state had about 3,000 people with developmental disabilities in state-operated development centers (SODCs), 6,500 people in private intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFs/MR) and 8,800 people in Section 1915 (c) Medicaid home and community-based services waivers for the developmentally disabled.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008-08-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309131952 |
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.
Author | : Jo Harris-Wehling |
Publisher | : National Academies |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Long-term care facilities |
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Author | : Robyn Stone |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780877667704 |
This book is a primer for all those who have wished they could synthesize decades of deep knowledge in this field into a thorough, understandable, and practical foundation. Robyn Stone makes it easy for the thousands of new experts we will need in practice, research, and policy to envision a new reality--for older people, their families, and all those who strive to support them.
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Health services accessibility |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2016-11-08 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309448093 |
Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Author | : National Association of Social Workers. Committee on Aging |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Long-term care of the sick |
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