Lastly, the amount of personal bankruptcies will be reduced. Many Americans file for bankruptcy because of their medical bills, if the rates go down and more people can afford coverage then it would make sense that the amount of bankruptcies would also go down. Even though the pros all help and seem great the cons to this policy also holds valid points. First, “18 million of the uninsured will be forced to go under Medicaid, while the rest will have to accept another government program. Even so, millions will remain uninsured,” (Pros and cons of Obama care June 29, 2012).
This is why, most home health programs have standard health protocols, plans of care, interventions and routine evaluation measures to assist people suffering from moderate and severe dementia of late onset. But early onset Alzheimer’s disease affects people who are most likely young, employed, physically robust, sexually active and who have different leisure interests than their elder peers. Chaston D. (2010) suggests that: “numerous barriers continue to prevent younger adults with dementia accessing support and services. Their voices are not heard and their needs overlooked, often because nurses and other health professionals fail to recognise that dementia exists in this age group.” So, to make sure young individuals affected by dementia get the home care they need, “Care for memories initiative’s” focus is to create a comprehensive home care program for families whose first degree relative has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Within this program, where the expertise of various professionals will be required, people suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease will be followed up regularly and according to their needs.
Davis as he will be responsible for the entire premium cost for his coverage. When people are unable to afford private healthcare insurance and have chronic health issues, the burden of the cost of the care for those individuals falls on the healthcare facility, the state and federal governments. If a facility receives reimbursement from state Medicaid or from Medicare, that facility cannot refuse to provide healthcare services to a patient with an emergent health condition. Patients who do not have health insurance will often avoid seeing a primary care provider until their care condition has become serious enough to require emergency care. When patients only seek healthcare from an emergency provider their care is more expensive and may be disjointed because emergency providers do not have access to a patient’s complete medical chart.
Symptoms may remain steady and at bay for long time r if sufferers have vascular Dementia they may occur as a serious of deteriorations. People who have Dementia can often have a good quality of life for a number of years. For families and carers, as Dementia worsens they may find it increasingly difficult to look after family members. It is important that they get support from their doctor, other family members or specialist agencies. There is no cure for Dementia, however, for some types there are medicines that can treat the symptoms and prevent them from coming on so quickly.
The Federal Government arbitrarily restricts hospice care to those whose death is six months away, or sooner. Although the timing of death is difficult to predict, hospices are held accountable for accepting patients who outlive their six-month prognosis. Physicians, who refer patients to hospice only reluctantly, are increasingly more wary of government oversight of their prognostic decisions and their pain management practices. As a result, people who qualify for hospice care are too late in being referred or even not at
Meaning that they aren’t on the waiting list due to an illness, but are on it because of a self-inflicted problem. This is unfair on the seriously ill people. What we really need to question is whether or not those people who are choosing to make decision, which negatively affect their health deserve the care and support seriously ill people require. The people we are talking about are the ones who consume a large amount of alcohol each and every night and who buy a packet of twenty cigarettes not to last them seven days but instead only one day. These people are wasting the time, effort and help which doctors put in to make their lives healthier.
With advances in medicine, Boomers can expect to live well into their seventies and eighties. This leaves many Boomers with the fear that they might not be able to remain self-sufficient. According to Joseph F. Coughlin’s article Technology Needs of Aging Boomers, “…introduction of a new generation of appliances, air filtration systems, health monitors, and related devices could make the home a viable alternative to long-term care for many older adults” (p. 57). Coughlin also argues that with aging comes the fear of lacking the ability to communicate which, leads to isolation. In today’s world, Boomers do not need to have this fear that their elders had because the use of email, cell phones, video-conferencing, and other means of electronic communication are frequent among the Boomers.
Individuals that can afford health care will unfortunately have to pay more to cover those that can’t. The 30 plus million Americans that currently have their own insurance plans, are now facing the unnecessary hardship of receiving cancellation notices due to their plans not meeting the “Obama Care” requirements. Which goes against the initial promise stated by President Obama “if you like your current plan, you could keep it”. As stated before, the money to cover health care cost has to come from someone, who? There’s no magic formula to solving the health care predicament facing a good percentage of Americans.
Ways to increase compliance in the elderly. Increasing compliance in the elderly deems a decrease in the amount of hospitalizations and emergent care for these patients. Most elderly patients are diagnosed with multiple medical conditions which require multiple medications (Brandt, Hanna, & Walters, 2013). All these medications cost money as well as a tremendous responsibility to the patient. Money can become a big issue with compliance, but money is not the only reason why elderly are non-compliant with their medications.
"Growing and Aging Community" Please respond to the following: * To accommodate a rapidly growing and aging community, it is necessary to expand capacity for long-term care by constructing a new hospital wing. Rate the primary health concerns for this patient population. Elderly care wings should consist of a Geriatrics unit, a dietician, Orthopedic specialist, and extra CNA’s. Many elderly patients who need long term care often have some of the same issues. Alzheimer's or a related dementia illness can cause the patient to be forgetful and not recognize family members or even worse they won’t remember when they last ate or bathed.