U.S. has a large aging population that continues to increase the demand for long-term care services from in-home care to facility residential care. Also several milestones have helped to bring attention to mental health conditions and interventions, for example, the implementation of SAMHSA.gov. What are the opportunities and challenges long- term care and mental health services create for health care administrators now and beyond. What knowledge and skills do the health care administrators and nursing home administrators need to have in order to meet the challenges of these two service types?
Long term care and mental health care services need assistant
with their activities of daily living. Mental illness is common
among older adults. rural providers organization has challenges
with lack of resources and capacity to fulfill the mental health
services for long term care people. there are barriers to funding
under ACA to improve access to mental health services to the long
term care population. lack of workforce from health care
professionals to work in long term care and due to poor funded
rural mental health delivery limited its service for long term care
populations. financing and administration of Medicaid and Medicare
programs public sectors felt in more strains. Organizational
structure for health care administrators coordinates together to
broaden the care for elder people. Health care administrators face
a problem with compensation and coverage and medication crisis
among the elderly population.
Health care administrators and nursing home administrators should
focus on quality health care services. quality leadership with
standards, strategic policy decision making power, implementing
management procedure support the long term care and mental health
care facility needs... Their main responsibility to provide quality
care for residents includes medical and personal care, supervision
of staff in all the departments. their competence and leadership
skills, adaptability, ethical skills, communication create
meaningful health care facilities for older populations. they
should have knowledge of physical and mental effects of the aging
process to implement care and treat residents with a standard of
living.
U.S. has a large aging population that continues to increase the demand for long-term care services...
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