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Assignment Details Long-term care administration is undergoing many changes in the types of facilities available, care options, and increasing governmental regulations. Understanding your existing knowledge of long-term care approaches is essential to building on the concepts in this course. Answer the following questions using concepts from this unit's readings: • What is your current understanding of what long-term care means in the United States? • What innovative approaches are being implemented in long-term care today?

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In Ist image I discribe about long term care means in united states

In 2nd, 3rd and 4th images in discribe the innovstive approaches implemented in Long - Term care today.

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* Long Term Care means in United States * Long Term care refers to a Broad sets of paid and unpaid services your persons who need assistance Because of chronic illness ou physical ou mental disability * Long Term care can be provided At ® HDME o in community ® In assisted Living facilities ® In Nursing Homes. * Current long-term care consists of personal assistance with activities of daily living CADLs) ADLs aue voutine tasks of life, considered to inelude eating, Bathing, dressing, getting into and out of bed ou chair. Long term care also include skilled and therapeutic core to theat and manage chronic conditions. Long term caue Helps in managing chronic conditions and improving daily life activities.

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* In United states, Long Term care enhances the level of activities of daily living. It also helps in the improvement of Basie skills and level of therapeutic skills due to long term care in united states. → Innovative approaches :- Innovative approaches are being Implemented in Long - Teem caue Today are explained as follows :- O Alzheimer's Dementia cauen * Developments in dementia care are driven By increasing Publie awareness. Enhancing dementia come in all Health settings , 80 that proper treatment should be given to every suffered Individual © Telemedicine 7 Telemedicine Meduces travel costs related to transporting mestdents to and from medical appointments But it increases resident access to doctors and specialists

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* Restraint - flee systems :- * Use of Restraints in Long - Teum caue Has Been Reduced over the years * Newest research shows a possible ueduction in Falls -a primany meason for restraints as a result of combination of vitamin D Therapy and Exercise ♡ wound care ] * With advancements in sprays, gels and other substitutes are developed in low cost program for wound eare. © Pain Management 1 * Imovation in terms of combining Behaviowral and medicine management intervations in pain management. * Encourage physical activity which is Best treatment for Musculo-skeletal and Joint pain. * Otheu inovative ideas comes in pain management such as heat or ice prior to activity or pain assessment in routine call Infection Control 1 * Pecivate mooms in LTC are great imovations to prevent ou veduces the Beracuestione Infection Risk. © Inge

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© Medication Management 1 * Pupper medicine management required in LTC which Has minimum side effects on people. ® Palliative care 1 * Having High Quality Hospice and palliative care in LTE settings brings set of skills to treat ou manage pain © Assistive Technologies 7 * Assistive technologies en han ces the level of long Term care and makes it easieu.

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