A. Trends Healthcare is in a period of dramatic change with trends causing an impact on the cost, access, and quality of the national healthcare in this country. Healthcare costs prevailed through the past three decades and made employers take control over costs. Hospital competition increased with insurance, which caused hospitals to take action wherever they could to reduce costs. The spending grew at an exponential rate nationally, while in recent years the growth in corporate costs slowed to a standstill (AFSCME, 2015).
However the timing quality and degree of the ageing process are highly variable and very different for each individual. General assumptions and stereotypes about aging are harmful to individual senior adults and do not benefit society. What is ageism and how is it perpetuated, what is the general link between the gender ageism and the language and ageism are issues that are still not well introduced in the society. Today more often the ageism is broadly defined as any prejudice or discrimination against or in favour of an age group .It is manifested in many negative ageisms: infirm, unprotected, senile, dirty, cranky, childish. Institutionally companies, health care system, and welfare funds only confirm to a larger extent how has the ageism entered in the modern society.
The social creation of dependency is about how the elderly depend on the government. This is for things such as pensions and age restricted retirement policies. The effects of these policies are that they single out older people and isolate them in some ways. Because of this elderly people are left feeling worthless and have a low self-esteem as they stand out to be helpless and vulnerable. Because the elderly have a stereotypical image that they are useless they become a focus point as they have negative attitudes towards things and become more dependent on friends, family and social care services.
Although the likelihood of needing long-term care rises with age, almost as many people who need such care are under age sixty-five as are above it—5.6 million persons under age sixty-five (including 0.4 million children) and 6.6 million elderly, in roughly 1995.5 About 13 percent (0.1 million nonelderly and 1.5 million elderly in 1996) reside in nursing homes. Of the remainder who live in the community, one-quarter (1.2 million ages eighteen to sixty-five and 1.5 million elderly) are severely impaired, needing personal assistance with three or more ADLs.6 Compared with the rest of the population, persons who need long-term care are disproportionately low-income, very old, and living alone or with relatives other than a spouse (Exhibit 1). They also incur substantial costs (out of pocket and Medicare financed) for acute care services.7 Virtually all elderly persons who need long-term care have health insurance through Medicare. Medicare covers disabled persons under age sixty-five, however, only after they have received Social Security disability benefits for two years. Only 33 percent of the home-dwelling population ages eighteen to sixty-four with longterm care needs have Medicare coverage (Exhibit 2).
They show varying statistics about who has it, what it is, and how to treat PTSD. Understanding and learning to cope with this disorder requires more than simply studying statistics and figures. According to the article “Understanding PTSD”, Friedman (2012) states that more than 2.5 million men and women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past 10 years, with many having several deployments. Any military service member will tell you that they were changed in many ways, both positive and negative. Because of this, it is very important to understand the causes, effects, and treatments for PTSD.
Elder Abuse Program Report Patricia Munive CJA 410 May 25, 2015 Instructor Joseph Wilner Elder Abuse Program Report Elder abuse is defined as intentional harm or neglect that can cause a risk of harm. An elderly is vulnerable by the caregiver or anyone who is trusted to take care of them. This would include the caregiver not protecting and meeting the requirements to fulfill the needs of the individual. The number of elders who are abused and neglected is unknown. Research shows that elderly women are abused more than men.
A person living with a carer may increase the chances of abuse, the elderly person is reliant on person to care for them and this may cause stress and resentment if the carer is unable to cope and have a poor relationship with the service user. Vulnerable adults in a care home environment are more susceptible due to understaffing or poor staff training. The risk of abuse may increase if a vulnerable person is living or in contact with someone who has a history of violence or sexual abuse, continuing the cycle. An individual who is or feels isolated may be more vulnerable to abuse as they have no support network and have no contact with friends and family. Poor communication between the service user and carer is a factor, he or she may be unable to express their concerns or opinions.
An ischemic stroke is usually characterized by a reduction or obstruction of blood supply to the brain due to blocked blood vessels caused by atherosclerosis or a blood clot. Up to twelve percent of ischemic strokes often cause death within thirty days and is among the largest health burdens in developed countries. It is worth noting that the epidemiology of stroke has been changing because of several factors, with the most important being an ageing population, as well as advancements in the treatment of the condition. Stroke prevalence is projected to increase globally as the population of individuals aged above sixty-five years augments (Ovbiagele et al., 2013, p. 2363). Ovbiagele et al.
Courtne Flynn ASOC 341 December 8th, 2010 Term Paper Healthcare inequality refers to the dissemblance in the access to adequate healthcare between different location, gender, race, socioeconomic and other demographic groups. The United States is facing some serious problems when it comes to the health of their people; there are about forty-seven million Americans that do not have health insurance, which can account for about 18,000 premature deaths per a given year (Robinson 2007). However, “the United States spends more on health care than any nation in the world and yet, among the thirty nations that make up the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the United States ranks near bottom on most health indicators”
An image of rocking chairs, front porches and old timers telling the same story over and over again to an unwilling audience. Is this an accurrate view of what it means to be an adult, an older adult? In our modern socitey ther are many challenges for those of this developmental stage, one of which is ageism. Ageism is the negative attitude towards our elderly and aging based on the idea that older individuals have less control over their mental state, that they are less attractive or even that they are less competent (Feldman, 2008). This antiquated attitude presents a miriade of challenges for our aging nation as they find themselves combating the socially accepted behavior of devalued steroetyping.