Long Term Care and the Continuum of Care

Running head : LONG TERM CARE AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE

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Long Term Care and the Continuum of Care

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Long Term Care and the Continuum of Care

Introduction

It is usually a practice of every citizen in every nation 's to prepare for our life for the future especially in the issue about health . All of us want to be sure that after we retire from any work we have , we are secured to any

problems especially during our older years we want to be secured no matter what happen to us , no matter what happen to our health , our health care plan is their to help us

In that issue plenty of the people apply for a health care plan in preparation for their older years to come . In doing that we are already obtaining a chance to have healthy life with out any problems and worries through the help of our health care plan

This will discuss about the following

The definitions or the meaning of the continuum of care in health care

The services provided by long - term care and how it fits the continuum of care

How the services provided by long term care will need to change to meet future needs

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The Continuum of Care in health care means a patient who has an ongoing condition that requires the services of a health care professional on a routine basis for things that the patient is no longer able to do for himself \ herself (Sandy Sizemore , http \\ get free tips . info\ long term care . This continuum of care can be applicable to those patients who are physically ill , patients who are seriously ill that they can 't do any things alone . And in that situations they need somebody to assets or to watch them in their daily routine

Continuum of Care in health care as a whole can be characterized by a sequence or progression of minute degrees of caring and managing (Mary E . S . Indritz http \\www .amcp .org\data\jmcp\vol3\num5\examining .html . In this kind of care the patient is health care giver and some professionals who will be the one for managing the suited care that the patient needs

In the long term care some of the services provide for the patients are the following : Preparing and planning the patient 's meals taking care of their personal hygiene , it includes their proper dressing , do the household chores including shopping and works if needed , and any medical needs that the patients should undergo

Some services included in the long term care are what we called assisted living ' or the in - home and nursing home facilities Assisted Living sittings are applicable for a patient who has his \ her own apartment or quarters where the patient lives with the caregivers or some medical professionals that can tend to their needs as much as possible or anytime if it is needed by...