Question

1. Explain how the aging process impacts chronic conditions and comorbidity leading to the need for long term care. 2. Reviewing the four leading causes for the evolution and advances in rehabilitation medicine, what would you suggest will be the major, near future challenges facing health administrators in this field? 3. What have been some of the major reasons that physicians today are far more comfortable supporting and prescribing hospice services than their colleagues from 20 years ago?

Answer 1

Answer: The aging process causes not only shrinking of the skins but it also reduced the productivity of the cell as well as organ functions. Aging process causes poor vision due to weakening of eyesight, diabetes or any disease. Heart becomes unable to pump blood more efficiently. Cells get damaged slowly as well as dehydration occurs. So, these things causes chronic disease. These diseased conditions lead to the need for long term care.

The advances in the rehabilitation medicine has become one of the necessity of the treatment. The major challenges that the health administrators may face is the indulgence of proper methods of treatment as well as acceptance by the patient.

Hospice services provided sets of care and involves better methods of treatment. Hospice services meet the needs of patient specially those are chronically I'll. So, hospice is a better option for these kind of patients.