Examining the Health Care Needs of a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease

| WEAKENSSES: * financial support and available funding * reputation of services as such mistreating patients * lack of access to technology in these areas * management or staff availability * lower income areas * undifferentiated service lines

If the patient's presenting problem required hospitalization, the patient would receive a minimum of two separate bills, one from their physician for medical consultation during the hospital stay and one from the hospital for the use of hospital services. If the presenting problem required additional diagnostic procedures or multiple therapeutic interventions, the patient would receive a bill from each consulting physician as well as charges for all ancillary services used, such as pathology laboratory, radiology, etc. Each time the patient sees a different physician or other provider, he or she has to re-tell the story of the presenting problem. From the provider standpoint, he or she has to follow-up on each additional

What are the Effects of current health care tends on long term care and this facility

8. Establishes community support and involvement. "Any hospital that develops a free clinic in conjunction with local businesses, governmental units and, in some cases, religious organizations, realizes significant new community support and involvement," he

This hospital is a 65-bed rural hospital but it is the job of every hospital to give the best patient care possible. With a

Interacting with these patient taught me about the challenges they face establishing reliable care. They are often assigned to one of the few clinics in town who will accept such challenging patients for such low reimbursement. Getting to the clinic may require arranging transportation that can deliver the patient to and from an office visit or referral. Often the clinics these patients are assigned to are overcrowded and may not be able to see the patient for weeks or even

I whisper to myself as I approach the patient. I need to notice every detail. I must not miss a single word or a single movement. Each detail is a clue and each clue is imperative to solve the case and find the diagnosis. I am Sherlock Holmes and this is my mystery to solve. I take a deep breath.

Primary prevention -- using methods to prevent a disease before it begins -- requires an understanding of the disease’s cause. Most cases of PD are idiopathic; these result from an interaction between genetic factors and the environment (Heath, 2011). Five to ten percent of PD cases are due to inherited genetic mutations (Gillies et al., 2014; Heath, 2011). The largest risk factor for developing PD is increased age (Stacy et al., 2009). PD has a

Throughout Unit 6 we reviewed the continuum of care in long-term care facilities and its many aspects. The continuum of care, also referred to as the delivery system of health care, is best defined as a full range of long-term care services increasing in level of acuity and complexity from one end to the other (PowerPoint). This delivery system is comprised of three substantial components. These components are the informal system, community based care, and the institutional system.

The continuum of institutional long-term care is for patients whose needs are not adequately met in a more community-based setting. It is for individuals who need more dependency. There are two ends of the continuum of institutional long-term care spectrum. On the one end there are the individuals that may only need basic personal or custodial care (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 399). An example of personal and custodial care can include help with walking, bladder training, or just helping with bathing. On the other end there are the individuals that may need more round the clock care with nursing or specialized services along with the basic needs (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 399).

Within the world today there are different types of health care facilities to serve the different types of individuals and health care conditions. Temple Living Center East is a long-term care facility that serves the individuals who requires prevention, healing, and rehabilitative nursing care services for non-acute, long-term environment for the elderly. Temple Living Center East will be working on updating the secure unit for the individuals who require special care because of the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. There will be several tasks that should be completed before the

The benefits of having a free clinic will help out the individual who has low income or one who is not working. It will relieve the stress off of them knowing they can be seen by a doctor and not worrying about paying some type of payment. Patients can benefit from this clinic receiving the care from a place who is the loving and caring clinic. The second benefit will be is it absolutely free. Another benefit is the physicians can benefit knowing they helping out another human being with doing what they loved to do. It can help reduce hospital costs of unnecessary visits that can be for a simple cough or checkups.

Understanding the classification of healthcare services in terms of acute and long term care enable us to plan for services, to describe institutions, and to allocate funding and reimbursement. In the United States, healthcare services provided by health care providers (such as doctors and hospitals) are paid for by the following including, private insurance, Government insurance programs, people themselves (personal, out-of-pocket funds). Additionally, the government directly provides some health care in government hospitals and clinics staffed by government employees. Examples are the Veteran’s Health Administration and the Indian Health Service.

Availability of all types of information for the patients which includes best available information and counter misconception.

Provide quicker and better service: Local health free health clinic businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the population at need, and provide quicker health services with less waiting time than the hospitals. 24 hours services provided. Free transportation for the needed.