Gaps in social protection for health care and long-term care in Europe: Are the elderly faced with financial ruin?

2013 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xenia Scheil-Adlung ◽  
Jacopo Bonan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care

Geriatric Teams in the Long-term Care Facility

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-201
Author(s):  
Ruthanne R. Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Inpatient Settings

Geriatric teams have emerged as an accepted method of health care delivery to the elderly patient in ambulatory and acute inpatient settings. As one model of specialized health care teams, geriatric teams vary in structure, membership, and type. The purposes may be diverse, ranging from providing primary care to multidimensional functional and diagnostic assessment. Geriatric teams have convincingly demonstrated benefit to the care of the elderly. Overcoming significant barriers to their formation, geriatric teams are beginning to develop in long-term care facilities as a result of economic and educational pressures. However, the unique environment and needs of the long-term care facility have resulted in differences in leadership, membership, and structure of long-term care teams. Pharmacist involvement in the long-term care geriatric team could benefit the facility, patient care, and the profession. The key to future involvement by pharmacists in teams appears to depend on their interest, ability to acquire necessary skills, and demonstration of unique professional contributions.

Health Insurance Systems as Models for Managing the Increasing Elderly Populations of Japan and Korea

2011 ◽  
pp. 282-294
Author(s):  
Seungwon Jeong ◽  
Yusuke Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Long Term Care Insurance ◽  
The Republic

This chapter looks into the systems and institutions for the elderly population covered by long-term care insurance in Japan and the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea). It shall discuss the historical changes in policies in these two nations. The Health Care and Welfare Complex elements that make up a single business model for the Health Care and Social Services of the aged in Japan and Korea will also be discussed in this paper. The management environment for medical facilities greatly changed with adjustments in the population structure and the social environment, and this resulted in serious competition between medical facilities for patients. Medical facilities in Japan and Korea showed a rapid increase in comprehensive medical and welfare management. Consequently, there were provisions in both health care and social services through affiliation, chain affiliation and multiplication, before and after the enforcement of long-term care insurance.

The Graying of America: Implications for Health Professionals

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Demographic Projections ◽  
Care Industry

Demographic projections confirm a dramatic increase in the size of America’s elderly population over the next several decades. The elderly now comprise 13% of the population; by 2045, they will comprise 22%. As the elderly population grows, so too will the elderly poor, the elderly homeless, and the elderly uninsured. The implications of the so-called graying of America for the health care system, particularly the long-term care industry, are staggering.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF ORAL HEALTH CARE ON HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME AMONG THE ELDERLY IN LONG-TERM CARE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 399-400
Author(s):  
M. Shirobe ◽  
R. Nakayama ◽  
Y. Ohara ◽  
K. Endo ◽  
Y. Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Hypersensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Term Care

scholarly journals The future of aging: Directions of development of social protection of the elderly in the community

2010 ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Biljana Maricic
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Term Care

Modern world is confronted with the fact that population is getting older, which become a personal, family and social problem. Changes in the socio-demographic structure of the population (aging population, the raising of the life-span, low birth rates, changes in family) produce many difficulties and problems, the present challenges and create directions of services development of long-term care for the elderly in the local community. Comprehensive framework consists of several questions which the author finds important for the relevant areas of interest: demographic trends and aging of population; needs and quality of life of elderly people in the local community; social protection of elderly people in the local community - a modern sustainable integrated model in Temerin and beyond; possible directions for the development of long-term care and protection in the local community; importance, challenges and risks of sustainability of social services in the community. Aging population and its increasing in the population requires a new strategic planning, professions and profiles, programs and services, housing for the elderly and other possible directions of action and activities in the local community. .

scholarly journals ECHO Care of the Elderly: Innovative Learning to Build Capacity in Long-term Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Navena R. Lingum ◽  
Lisa Guttman Sokoloff ◽  
James Chau ◽  
Sid Feldman ◽  
Shaen Gingrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Building Program

Background Older adults are entering long-term care (LTC) homes with more complex care needs than in previous decades, resulting in demands on point-of-care staff to provide additional and specialty services. This study evaluated whether Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Care of the Elderly Long-Term Care (COE-LTC)—a case-based online education program—is an effective capacity-building program among interprofessional health-care teams caring for LTC residents. Methods A mixed-method, pre-and-post study comprised of satisfaction, knowledge, and self-efficacy surveys and exploration of experience via semi-structured interviews. Participants were interprofessional health-care providers from LTC homes across Ontario. Results From January–March 2019, 69 providers, nurses/nurse practitioners (42.0%), administrators (26.1%), physicians (24.6%), and allied health professionals (7.3%) participated in 10 weekly, 60-minute online sessions. Overall, weekly session and post-ECHO satisfaction were high across all domains. Both knowledge scores and self-efficacy ratings increased post-ECHO, 3.9% (p = .02) and 9.7 points (p < .001), respectively. Interview findings highlighted participants’ appreciation of access to specialists, recognition of educational needs specific to LTC, and reduction of professional isolation. Conclusion We demonstrated that ECHO COE-LTC can be a successful capacity-building educational model for interprofessional health-care providers in LTC, and may alleviate pressures on the health system in delivering care for residents.

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