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Financing Long Term Care, 2002.
This paper discusses that the United States most develop an adequate system for long-term care to meet the long-term care needs of an aging population.
2,735 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 15 sources, APA, AU$ 117.95
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This paper states that concerns about anticipated demographic changes are escalating the financing problem of long-term care for the elderly. The author relates that nursing home care costs can average approximately fifty-five thousand dollars annually per person with many nursing home residents paying the bulk of the rates out of their own pockets. The author believes that a legitimate solution to resolve the problem is to go to a single payer national health insurance program, a single government fund within each state, which pays hospitals, physicians and other health care providers.
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"Some alternative financing options for long-term care financing can emerge from homeownership but the financial industry has to agree that there is a viable reason in pursuing these options. For example, the public in recent years has pursued the home equity conversions but banks have made these instruments remain limited. In the case of fixed-term reverse mortgages, which I discussed earlier, the lending institutions have shown a reluctance to enter into these nontraditional relationships. ?The banking industry may have considered the fact that in the situation of where the elderly live longer than expected, it may force the financial institutions to foreclose or postpone claiming their assets. Banks do not like waiting to be repaid, and foreclosing on elderly widows conjures up the worst image of bankers. Neither option is attractive to the financial community.? "
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Length of Stay at Long-Term Care Facilities, 2006.
A research study on the effects gender has on patients' length of stay at long-term care facilities.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 193.95
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The purpose of this research effort is to determine whether the length of stay has a corresponding relationship to the gender of the patient living in a long term care facility designated for caring for the elderly. Gender has traditionally been an under-reported variable in assisted living research; even while recognized as a factor that influences longevity, gender tends to be identified as a secondary variable in the research effort to identify elements of the long term care or assisted living practices.
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Long-Term Care, 2002.
A review of the research on long-term care and problems in the field of nursing.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper compares five specific articles in order to better demonstrate the most problematic issues in long- term care in respect to nursing.
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Long-Term Care Insurance., 2004.
This paper discusses the product pricing component in long-term care insurance .
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 34.95
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This paper describes the long-term care insurance product. The author explains that the product is a service product provided by Prudential Financial, a subsidiary of Prudential Insurance. The paper focuses on product demand and supply.
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"The selected organization providing a private product, a service in this case, is Prudential Financial, a subsidiary of Prudential Insurance. The product selected is long-term care insurance, a financial service. Long-term care insurance helps cover the cost of a person's care or supervision over the course of an illness disability or aging. The projection is that approximately one-half of adults in the United States will have a need for long term care at some point in their ..."
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Long-Term Care Ethics, 2006.
A discussion regarding the ethics in long-term care.
1,487 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper discusses the hotly debated issue of the ethics involved in long-term care. The paper reports that despite the law that the nursing facility must have sufficient nursing staff to provide nursing and related services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care, abuse is commonplace.
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"Just like daycare services the states are left to regulate the number of nursing aides (working toward their CNA certification a process that takes only 75 hours of class and clinical time much of which they fulfill while working, a short written exam and short clinical exam) or CNAs (who have fulfilled the brief qualifications and been registered with the state as CNAs) who must be present to provide care to the population of the facility. The federal regulations rely on a system of reviewing all patient care plans and determining the number based on this, though the states often regulate further determining a number of patient, depending on level of care, per aide per shift (often with a shift differential where the daytime shifts when people are needing to be more active have more aids working) Yet, the numbers are minimalist and often skilled nursing services will report being understaffed. (Eric Bates, 1999, p. 11)"
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The Impact and Cost of Long Term Care, 2002.
A discussion of the emotional and financial effects that long-term health care can have on a family.
3,251 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 135.95
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Long-term care can be needed for a variety of reasons from accident injuries, debilitating and long-term illness, or simply due to becoming elderly. This paper explains how there are sometimes when persons cannot care for themselves and must rely on others for their daily needs. Sometimes the care takes place in a facility designed to provide such services. However, sometimes the burden of caring for loved ones falls on family members or even friends. The writer discusses how long term care places a strain on people financially, and how this has been the primary focus of health care policy regarding long term care in the past. The paper also discusses the many emotional issues associated with it as well, not only for the patient, but for the caregiver as well. These issues can cause a variety of difficulties including depression, fatigue, stress and can even lead to the break up of a family. These issues place an even greater burden on the system and society as a whole. It states that these issues must be considered when making new long-term health care policies.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Social Factors Affecting Care Giving
A. Effects of Divorce
B. Effects of Abuse and Neglect
C. Effects of Women in the Workforce
D. Proximity and Other Factors
III. The Long Term Care Shortage
A. Scope of the Problem
B. Factor Involved
C. Future Trends
IV. Formal Long Term Care: The Impact on Society
A. Scope of Problem
B. Minority Issues
C. Financial Impact on Family
D. Social Workers and Home Caregivers
V. The Effects on the Caregiver
A. Physical and Emotional Symptoms
B. Five Major Causes of Stress Among Home Caregivers
C. Wearing Many Hats
VI. Solutions
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"There was a time when long-term care facilities did not exist and the entire burden of caring for the elderly or sick was always placed on the family. There are many who feel that this the way it still is and should be, However, the family structures are changing and this concept has now been shown to be a myth (Montgomery, 1999). This shifting family structure means that an increasing number of elderly persons are relying on long term care facilities to replace the traditional family role. The following will explore some of the issues behind these trends.
Divorce rates have been climbing for many years and the traditional idea of the nuclear is quickly being re-defined. As a result, there are now more elderly people who are divorced. The effects of this trend can be shown in the long-term care that these elders are likely to receive from their children. Divorce can harm family ties and often creates feelings of resentment or rejection in many family members. According to a study conducted by Shone and Pezzin, (1999) divorce makes it less likely that families will help each other financially or in terms of physical care. The key findings of this study were that adult children of divorced children were less likely to receive financial assistance from their parents. In addition, stepparents were less likely to receive care from their children than biological parents were. The study found that remarriage reduced the likelihood that an elderly person would receive care even further (Shone and Pezzin, 1999)."
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Long-Term Care, 2005.
A discussion of the issue of long-term health care.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper discusses long-term care and its affect on the health care industry today and in the future. It explains that long-term care is becoming much more prevalent in American society because people are living longer. It points out that as the Baby Boom generation ages, there will be even more elderly and infirm that will need this special type of health care.
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"Long-term care is changing the way America looks at health care. Because new ways of caring for the elderly are clearly necessary, there is more interest in this topic, and more research is being done on how to correct the problems associated with long-term care. Experts have found some alternatives to long-term care, which include in-home services, assisted living, and/or some form of assistance from family members or friends. Studies indicate that these in-home interventions, if started early enough, can reduce the need for long-term care. One study notes, "personal care services can prevent inappropriate institutionalization and that these services need to be a component of policies for future elder care because the majority of personal care services now provided for individuals are performed by female family members" (Palley & Hollen, 2000, p. 181). Other alternatives include group homes and adult day care, which are both becoming more popular, too."
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Financing Long-Term Care, 2002.
Examines ways in which the United States is dealing with the cost of caring for an increasingly aging population.
2,738 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 117.95
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Developing an adequate system for long-term care in the United States poses a serious problem. Chronic disability in the elderly comes from many sources: Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, heart disease, and stroke, to name but a few. The paper shows that concerns about anticipated demographic changes escalate the financing problem. Today?s Medicare and Medicaid solutions are not adequately equipped to face the future challenges of America's long-term care system. The paper shows that, as the Baby-boomer generation comes of age, the social and financial impacts on the United States' struggling economy could be devastating. The paper includes tables.
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"We as a nation should step back and see the big picture regarding the current and future long-term care needs of our nation. At approximately eighteen percent of our Gross Domestic Product, the amount of capital that is delegated to health care is enormous. A very legitimate solution or way to go to resolve the escalating problem is to go to a single payer national health insurance program. It would basically resolve virtually all of the major problems facing our health care system today. The single payer insurance is commonly defined as ?a single government fund within each state, which pays hospitals, physicians and other health care providers.? This system would completely replace the current multi-payer system of private insurance companies and health plans and would provide full insurance coverage for the other millions of uninsured Americans."
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Long-Term Care, 2007.
This paper explores long-term health care financial reforms.
3,909 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 17 sources, APA, AU$ 153.95
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The paper looks at three methods of funding long-term healthcare, none of which are effective for those of middle and lower financial status. The paper researches what reform measures are required to achieve higher quality, cost efficiency and consumer satisfaction. The paper therefore examines the viable alternatives to long-term care financing by examining self-pay, private insurance and the Medicaid system. The paper provides a literature search and recommends alternative sources of funding.
Outline:
Executive summary
Introduction
Research question
Methodology
Results/Discussion
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"The financial ability to provide for long-term care (LTC) services comes from one of three sources: private pay, long-term care private insurance or from public programs such as Medicaid ("Insider's guide," 2001). LTC is a topic few aging adults want to think about, however, statistics state by 2030 70 million people will be 65 years of age or older, more than double the number of senior citizens in 1999 (Moses, 2002a). Other statistics state that if an individual lives to 65 years of age or older, a 48 percent probability exists the individual will be placed in a nursing home with a coexisting 71.8% risk for the need to utilize home health care (Health Insurance Association of America, 1997 as cited by "Insider's guide," 2001)."
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The Future of Long-Term Care Systems, 2001.
An examination of the problems that future medical care systems will face and possible solutions.
1,765 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 13 sources, AU$ 81.95
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This paper looks at the effect that Baby Boomer's will have on nursing homes and the future of long-term care. The author investigates the current inefficiencies and inadequacies of medical care services and the problems of adaptation that it may face in the future.
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"Long-term care has been on the government?s back-burner since its institutionalization. The Medicare and Medicaid systems have only proven to be inadequate coverage while at the same time costs of services have been increasing. The long-term care system is also very inefficient and cannot effectively coordinate services (Evashwick 2001). The biggest problem with long-term care is the public?s unwillingness to take an active role and change the system. There will be major changes take place when the next generation enters the long-term care system. Kobner (2001) had stated it correctly when saying that tomorrow?s elderly population is going to be our ?new? seniors. Hopefully all of these problems will be reversed when the ?new? seniors become 65 years-old. These ?new? seniors are also known as the baby boomers. The baby boomers are charging with a tremendous force toward the long-term care system. Healthcare and the aging population are changing dramatically in the United States and long-term care is going to be required to keep up (Mollica 1998)."
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Long-Term Care for Elderly, 1999.
Examines social, economic, medical, political & ethical aspects of the shift in funding from tax-supported plan (Medicaid) to managed care companies.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 18 sources, AU$ 103.95
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"DELIVERING LONG-TERM CARE FOR THE ELDERLY THROUGH MANAGED CARE
Introduction
Trends in the health care delivery system in the United States are toward a shift in funding of the delivery of long-term Care (LTC) for the elderly from a heavy dependence on tax-supported programs, principally Medicaid, to managed care companies. This trend has become a controversial issue. The issue is considered in this research.
Discussion of the Issue
LTC for the elderly financing in the United States has changed and will change further. These changes will affect the operations of LTC facilities. Funding for long-term care has shifted from an almost total reliance on out-of-pocket spending by fixed-income elderly, to a dependence on tax-supported.."
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Long Term Nursing Care, 2005.
This paper examines the subject of long term health care facilities and the related nursing care required.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 38.95
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The following discussion evaluates various issues related to long term care within today's society. It is necessary to consider that there are a number of important indicators of performance and population that must be addressed relative to the offerings provided by long term care facilities. Society must recognize the importance of the aging population in reference to these facilities.
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"Long term care facilities often comprise many different conflicts of interest and in the provision of care for patients that is provided by professional nurses. A wide body of research exists regarding these issues, which provides a valuable contribution to this important aspect of the healthcare system in today's society. With the increased life expectancy of the population and the ever-growing baby boomer generation, it is necessary to understand the issues facing the long term care industry due to increased interest in these facilities. An article by Beattle describes the provision of personalized care within long term care facilities, which is compromised by reduced staffing levels and increased population numbers over time."
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Long-Term Health Care Industry, 2004.
This paper discusses long-term health care industry, including mental health, social support, and residential services provided to temporarily or chronically impaired persons over an extended period.
2,805 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 120.95
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This paper explains that the long-term health care industry has been affected by trends towards independence through assisted living and away from institutionalization of individuals with chronic health problems. Because more diseases are now treatable, there has been a significant reduction in the number of persons who require long-term care. The author points out that many older individuals are not prepared to face the costs of long-term care because they think it is already fully covered by Medicare. The paper relates that there is a division in the general health care setting between public and private funding; private funding comes from companies and involves a setting that takes market forces into a greater consideration, while public funding comes from the government and has a more regulatory effect on the general health care setting.
Table of Contents
History of the Provider
Current Role of the Provider in the Healthcare System
Current Provider Characteristics
Important Issues Facing the Provider
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"In terms of current provider characteristics, there are, as mentioned above, many different types of long-term care. Some examples in the current setting are adult day-care centers and nursing homes, but, also as abovementioned, long-term care is not just for the elderly, but is for all individuals with chronic conditions that mean constant care is necessary. Therefore, the general characteristics of long-term care differ in accordance to what is needed by the individual patient. Also, individuals have many options in allowing for long-term care expenses, but these options are narrowed according to the sophistication of the insurance coverage carried by the individual. Although many insurance companies are now providing better long-term allowances than ever, the premiums and deductibles on these policies are often prohibitive to certain individuals who have limited means."
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Long-Term Day Care and Children, 2004.
A look at the effects of long-term day care setting on children.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper examines the issue of how day care settings affect a child?s development has been studied by many child experts and psychologists. It looks at how diverse factors, such as the amount of time a child stays at day care, the behavioral tendencies of a child, the child?s bonding with his parents, and the social and environment adaptation capability of a child, are being used as measures in examining whether or not day care causes negative effects to children. Research and studies on the effects of long-term day care still need to consider factors, such as the hereditary genes and the natural behavior of a child. Such factors, if applied, may provide more reliable results in determining whether negative behaviors of a child are actually caused by his long-term attendance in day care.
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"The emotional and psychological aspects of children are the critical issues in the effects of daycare, especially on those who attended long-term daycare at an age earlier than 5. Researches have shown that these factors in a child?s development are weakened by lack of attachment and bonding from a primary environment that must consists of parents and family. The article Daycare describes two studies conducted by Janice Wallerstien (1995) and Karl Zinmeister (1998). Both studies indicate that even daycares with high quality of service are unable to provide the necessary attachment needed by a child in his childhood."
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Young Adults Caring for Parents, 2005.
A discussion on the aging "Baby Boomer" generation, and their need for long-term care by their children.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 76.95
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The paper examines how, at the present time, the North American, baby boomer, population is aging. The writer argues that medical technology has aggravated the problem of changed demographics through an extended life span, which is characterized by low quality of life. The paper discusses how the likelihood of young adults becoming caregivers for their chronically ill parents is increasing.
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Home Health Care For Elderly, 1989.
Examines alternative to institutional care, focusing on long-term care for chronically ill patients. Discusses health needs & costs, population affected, laws and government involvement.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 19 sources, AU$ 138.95
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"This research examines the concept of home health care (HHC) services delivery for the elderly. HHC is examined as an alternative to institutional delivery of health care services. The focus in this examination is on the delivery of long.term care (LTC) to chronically ill individuals.
HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND COSTS OF THE ELDERLY
The average life span in the United States increased from an expected 70 years in 1960 to 79 years in the late 1980s. The expected life span for women is greater than that for men. Additionally, the expected life span applied to individuals born in the year for which the statistic is determined..not for those individuals already in their elderly years. A similar life expectancy increase, however, developed with respect to all age (...)"
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