While not all Skilled Nursing Care is long-term, much of it is. At what point does our society embrace the need to expand and improve health care versus eventually rationing care, intentionally or not?
Your answer should be at least 250 words long.
Extended nursing care depends on several factors like -
Duration of the care like temporary / permanent
State of the disease condition - Acute / chronic
Type of the disease - Diseases like Alzheimer's needs bed side care
Insurance coverage etc.,
Due to globalisation now a days everybody is completely occupied with professional life which makes them not to take care of their own family for longer periods. So government as well as insurance companies should think of the situation and should take necessary needful steps. Even government should think of making some provisions and amendments that can support extended nursing care
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