What is the "CONTINUUM OF CARE " for elders?
The continuum of care ensures that services are provided in an integrated manner to reduce duplication of effort and save costs It is defined as access to care provided by families and communities, by outpatient and outreach services, and by clinical services throughout the lifecycle, including adolescence, pregnancy, childbirth, the postnatal period, and childhood. Saving lives depends on high coverage and quality of integrated service-delivery packages throughout the continuum, with functional linkages between levels of care in the health system and between service-delivery packages, so that the care provided at each time and place contributes to the effectiveness of all the linked packages.
Minority elders receive poorer quality care that result in what types of disparities?
what is meant by the continuum of institutional long term care. discuss the clinical services delivered by residential/personal care facilities, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
Describe in your own words what continuum of care means to you. Why is it important to consider? What implications does it have for staff, providers, patients, or families?
Why is continuum of care so important in the older population?
PDSA Cycle-over elders not capable e of affording longterm care and not qualifying for medicare or medicaid.
How effective has the US been in meeting the goals of the continuum of care? Discuss the changes in the US HIV Treatment Guidelines and define the “clinically quiescent stages” and along with your thoughts of their impact the ability to meet the goals of the continuum of care?
Describe in your own words what continuum of care means to you. Why is it important to consider? What implications does it have for staff, providers, patients, or families? Your post should have a minimum of 150 words.
Explain the continuum of care across acute, ambulatory, mental health, long term care, rehab, and home health facilities.
How the homecare fits into the long-term care continuum including clients served.?
Continuum of Care - Describe in at least two paragraphs of 3-5 sentences each, the external control of long term care by Medicare and Medicaid.