Long Term Care in America: An Examination of Resources

Angela Kydd has her expertise in frail older people and people with dementia. She worked as a nurse for ten years before working in academia. She is an associate professor at Edinburgh Napier University and works as a co-founder of a Pan-University Ageing Research Network. Over the years she has designed and delivered degree and masters programmes and modules in gerontology. She has undertaken research in attitudes to health care professionals working with older people, self-care beliefs of women with diabetes and her PhD thesis was on delayed discharge from a policy and patient perspective. She has also undertaken evaluations of clinical areas and projects. Her latest project was on developing the culture and care in a care home setting, which

The human species of the world are growing older, and existing longer. Research shows that the average life expectancy of humans living past the age of 80, since the 1800s to that of 2011, has increased by almost 10% per year, with women leading the way with a growth expectancy growing from that of 6.4% to that of 9.6%, surpassing their male counterpart whose life expectancy show an increase from 5.9% to that of 8.2%. As the human life expectancy increases, there also comes an increase concerns by individuals and government official alike in regards to elder care. This literature looks at what is being carried out by individuals as well as government officials to deal with the cost of living longer. We will examination approaches identified

After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly father-in-law, I gained insight into how he perceives the aging process and the impact on the quality of his life. First, and foremost he viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. He believes that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes and enjoyed the fact that he and his wife are both physically fit and cognitively alert. He felt confident that advances made in health care and the quality of their lives would continue to be empowering. He enjoys the benefits of being a senior citizen including discounted travel, free education, and other incentives marketed towards seniors. He expressed a sense of well-being with respect to the numerous

“The national attitude toward old people has made a 180-degree turn” in recent years (p. 86). This is an indicator that society now recognizes their value. Additionally, society now has ample data to support that with improved technology and pharmaceuticals

Even though long-term organizations are creating new services, many individuals continue to lack the quality of care they deserve and because of that Congress is stepping in. “As Congress and the Obama administration consider broad-based health reform, efforts to restructure long-term care are taking on greater urgency and policy experts have put forward several reform plans aimed at improving access to care“(Gleckman, 2009).

The long-term healthcare system has an infrastructure that is unfriendly and difficulty to navigate. With a growing number of frail older people living in the United States, the pressure to find a more affordable way to care for them will mount. Nearly 12 million people need some form of long-term care (LTC) and half are over age 65 (Wilber, 2014, Class Session 2). As mentioned in the article “Waiting in the Dark with Dad,” a large percentage of American healthcare costs fund medical procedures and medications to keep terminally ill people 65 and older alive (Lopez, 2014, p. 1). Steve Lopez experienced this with his 85-year-old father, Tony, who lived in a nursing home that was a place meant to keep his heart beating, but not actually improve his health and well-being. This is the harsh reality of the long-term care industry that many have faced, including experts in the field such as Dr. Robert Kane, author of It Shouldn’t Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care. Long-term services and supports (LTSS) are supposed to maximize the quality of care and the quality of life for the individual (Kane and West, 2005, p. 169). When that focus is lost, it is the responsibility of healthcare professionals, like myself, to bring that issue back to the forefront of policy making.

Interviewing John gave me a better understanding with our older generation, and the struggles they faced throughout their lives. The purpose of this paper was to gain a better knowledge about our elder’s health, lifestyle, and many challenges they have encountered.

After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly father-in-law, I gained insight into how he perceives the aging process and the impact on the quality of his life. First, and foremost he viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. He believes that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes and enjoyed the fact that he and his wife are both physically fit and cognitively alert. He felt confident that advances made in health care and the quality of their lives would continue to be empowering. He enjoys the benefits of being a senior citizen including discounted travel, free education, and other incentives marketed towards seniors. He expressed a sense of well-being with respect to the numerous

• Over one third of households in Swansea contain at least one older person with 26% of households being occupied solely by older residents – this will undoubtedly have implications for future caring and service provision requirements.

In this essay I want to carefully examine a broad range of issues concerning elderly people in contemporary British society today. In particular I will want to focus on Residential homes and Older People in Community Care services. I will define residential homes and explain how they have become established from the Poor Law workhouses until present day. I will also discuss relevant government legislation with the viewpoints of older people’s pressure groups and the service users who use residential homes. I will try and suggest changes that could be made in social policy that could help advantage retired and elderly people in this the twenty-first century.

Long term health care and end of life care is a reality that is usually inevitable. “Research shows that at least 70 percent of people over 65 will need long term care services at some point in their lifetime” (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2012). There are many decisions that people must make in the event. Don and Mary are a married couple who have to make that decision. Don and Mary served together in the military. After the military they both made careers for themselves. Now they are retired and enjoying life traveling and spending time with family. However, now Mary has developed a disease called Alzheimer’s that has left her with a limited memory and sundowner’s syndrome.

Over time our bodies become wore out, making it harder for us to do things we used to do with ease. Along with reduced ability and quality of life, the elderly also must contend with the stigmas society places on them. Society’s views of the elderly of “being at the end of their life” or “a burden” can impact the things society deems appropriate for the elderly population. In fact, the healthcare system is meant to serve the populations needs, and should be representative of its clients’ values (Walker, 2016, par. 8). When considering this, do you think after the age of sixty-five suddenly people stop caring about life? As if after turning sixty-five, people suddenly decide to sit in a rocking chair and wait to die. Suddenly this person stopes aspiring and dreaming. Or, is it more likely the elderly is just as concerned with life and living that life to the fullest? Then why does the healthcare system that serves this ever-growing population overlook their desire to live the best life they can

a message about what old age pensioners are really like and what there thoughts are about

Hospitals in the United States offer different care than a nursing home facility and admit over 37 million people every year and mainly provide care for those with acute problems and emergencies. Hospitals will see many who have been readmitted from the long term care facilities. A patient under the age of 65 on average will stay 4-5 days in the hospital and 6 days for those 65 and older. Chronic illness is the main cause of hospital admissions. People with heart disease, cancer, respiratory conditions, and broken bones are some of the main chronic conditions related to hospital admissions. Hospitals treat and release their patients as soon as possible due to the lack of rooms to accommodate all of them. The easiest way to differentiate care

An approximate 10,000 or more elderly are expected to retire on a daily basis for the next decade and beyond. These trends would mean a lot not only for the labor force and economic growth but also the major impact for healthcare; considering the dynamics of the demographics and the expenditure on health care services. It is estimated that about 12.6 percent of the U.S. population, account for 1/3 of the nation 's annual healthcare expenditures, while the Per capita expenditures on Americans 65 and older are four times as much as on those under the age of 65(Binstock,1993 ). This means that long term care is more than doubled as more people retire with at least one chronic disease. Managing long-term care (LTC) delivery systems and other entitlement programs is a pressing concern for policy makers as pharmaceutical cost in 2015 alone rose to 10.4% (Healthcare report, 2011). LTC reimbursement, providing service delivery and expanding the healthcare workforce is a tasking duty for the health administration as careful implementation for policy is needed to afford overspending and putting excess strain on the healthcare budget.