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66% - percent of people 65+ that can't pay for a year of nursing care
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chronic conditions - what will be a huge contributor to the future needs for long term care?
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4 in 10 people - among people turning 65, how many people will need long term care for two or
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more years?
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79 years - the current life projected life expectancy is what? (2010) higher for women
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long term care - involves a variety of individualized, well coordinated services designed to meet
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a persons health or personal care needs during a short or long period of time; it can be temporary
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or permanent; involves both medical and non medical needs; it is "multidimensional"
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purpose of long term care services - assist individuals to live as independently and safely as
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possible when they can no longer perform everyday activities on their own
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essential characteristics of LTC - variety of services Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
individualized services well-coordinated services
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maintenance of residual function extended periods
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of time holistic approach
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use of current technology (DME)
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use of evidence-based practice (back up with science)
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family and friends (unpaid) - who is the biggest provider of long-term care?
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the goal of LTC - to promote maximum possible independence; support, maintain, improve
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LTC users - children, adolescence, young adults, adults < 65, elderly; intellectual & developmental
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disabilities; birth related: autism, brain injury, spina bifida, epilepsy; neurological disorders: MS,
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sports injuries, AIDS/HIV
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37% - percent of people between the ages of 18-64 who need long term care?
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accidents - long term needs for ages 18-64 mainly due to injuries sustained from what?
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14% - percent of nursing home residents that are under 65? young adults are one of the "fastest"
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growing groups using LTC
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community; specifically at home - where do most elderly people prefer to live where it is much Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
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less expensive?
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$20/hour - how much an hour for a caregiver?
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$65/day - how much a day for adult day care?
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$40-50/hour - how much an hour for a private duty nurse (not paid by insurance)
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$80,000 - LTC-instititionalized; in 2011, the annual cost of care for a resident paying either out
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of pocket or with private insurance in a "semi private" room in a nursing home averaged nearly
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how much a year? geographically dependent= east & west coast 2X $
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"primary" determinant of LTC - loss of ability to independently perform certain ALDs and Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
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IADLs
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activities of daily living - ADL- bathing, bathroom, eating, dressing
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instrumental activities of daily living - IADL- preparing meals, taking meds
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total care - well coordinated services characteristic of LTC; requires that any health care need is
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recognized, evaluated, and addressed by appropriate clinical professionals
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medicaid - does medicare or medicaid put more money into institutionalized care?
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medicare - does medicare or medicaid put more money into community based care?
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40%
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(medicare-22%) - what percent of medicaid pays for long term services
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community-based - type of long term care offered; providing services in the home in order to Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
keep the person in the home; what can we offer to older community to keep person in their home
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objectives of community-based LTC - All working together.. Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
1.) to deliver LTC in the most economical and least restrictive setting; (catch infections)
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2.) to supplement informal care giving; (adult day care)
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3.) to provide respite (rest) to family members;
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4.) to delay or prevent institutionalization
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type of community services - senior center; home health care; home delivered meals; equipment,
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devices; homemaker services; senior center; adult day care; adult foster care; case management
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home health care - type of community-based service; requires approval by a physician; medicare
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is the largest single payer; patient must be home bound; planned treatment; sends health care
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professionals to patients home to deliver services approved by a physician
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adult day care - type of community-based service; provide partial respite to family caregivers;
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social; medical/health; specialized; medicaid, private & VA
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adult foster care - type of community-based service; disabilities; medicaid, private; small family
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run home providing room, board, & varying levels of supervision, oversight & personal care to
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non related adults who are unable to care for themselves;
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senior centers - type of community-based service; form of socialization (meals) and recreational;
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offer wellness programs, education & counseling; funded by a variety of services- public service
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home delivered meals (meals on wheels) - type of community-based service; >60 years old;
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improve dietary intake; homemaker services; emergency response system
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case management - type of community-based service; coordination of services: address, identify,
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determine eligibility, make referrals (arrange financing)
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people with minor home repairs and errands; medicaid
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based service; PERS; electronic device enables people to summon help in the event of an
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emergency; computerbased=hooked up with elders phone, putting sensors in home to monitor and
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capture them before they fall
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homes/independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, sub acute care (LTAC),
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specialized care facilities, nursing home care
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retirement home/ independent living - type of institutional facilities; do not deliver medical
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services; goal- independence while providing a supportive environment; emergency call systems;
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private pay
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assisted living facilities - type of institutional facilities; 24-hour supervision; some basic nursing
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assistance-LPNs; medicare/medicaid
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skilled nursing facilities - type of institutional facilities; offers skilled nursing & rehabilitation;
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care provided by RNs and authorized by MDs; paraprofessional approach; admission requires a
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need based on problems with ambulation, nutrition, behavior, etc; only covered when 3 days in
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hospital; medicare/medicaid
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pair of the facility; most nursing homes have opted for this
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continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) - type of institutional facilities; lenoir woods an
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example of this; 450 individuals serves; 200 employees/110 acres; has a nursing home, skilled
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nursing, independent living & assisted living
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nursing home facilities - type of institutional facilities; for the very old and very feeble; for most,
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it will be the last place they ever live; quality varies widely; LPNs; For-Profit; 67% of women;
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67% cognitively impaired; 93% restricted mobility; medicaid
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subacute care facilities - type of institutional facilities; requires intensive medical, nursing & other
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services; follows hospitalization; ventilator support, would care, intravenous therapy, blood
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transfusions; involved multidisciplinary approach; average length of stay is 25 days; medicare and
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medicaid; ex) Landmark hospital
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long term acute care - LTAC- intermediate kind of care
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respite care - other LTC service; objective is to provide relief of assistance to caregivers for limited
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periods to allow them some free time without neglecting the patient; typically medicare pays for
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this; ex) put in hospital for a weekend
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hospice - other LTC service; end-of-life care; can be in own home or institution; 6 months left to
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community services - what services rely heavily on donations, grants, federal, state and Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il! Il!
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sources of funding for LTC services - medicare, medicaid
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title III of the older americans act
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total XX social services block grants
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