The Role of Kin in Meeting Health Care Needs of the Elderly

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earle L. Snider
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs

Critical Issues in the Health of the Elderly: The Role of Physical Activity

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy J. Shephard
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Critical Issues

ABSTRACTThe potential role of physical activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quarternary treatment of disease is examined with particular reference to the health care needs of the elderly. Areas requiring further research are stressed. On present evidence, it would appear likely that enhanced physical activity could make a useful contribution to the containment of health care expenditures; however, it still has to be established how far the gains of physical condition and resultant improvements of health status that are seen in younger individuals could be realized by the various categories of geriatric patient.

An evaluation of home health care needs and Quality of Life among the elderly in a semi-rural area of Western Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aydin ◽  
E. Unal ◽  
M.E. Gokler ◽  
S. Metintas ◽  
G.O. Emiral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Western Turkey

Reliable integrative assessment of health care needs in elderly persons: The INTERMED for the Elderly (IM-E)

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Wild ◽  
Sabine Lechner ◽  
Wolfgang Herzog ◽  
Imad Maatouk ◽  
Daniela Wesche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Integrative Assessment

Living and Dying at Humanitarianism’s Limits

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-191
Author(s):  
Ilana Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
Violent Assault

This chapter explores the limits of humanitarian care and capacity and what it means to live and practice up against these limits. This condition is broadly described as a circumstance of “undercare,” where people are cared for, but the care they receive is systemically inadequate. Humanitarian limits include the difficulty of reaching populations across the imposition and change of borders, the inability to access people targeted for violent assault, the incapacity of the humanitarian apparatus to respond to health-care needs of the elderly, and the circumstances of dying in old age. The humanitarian inability to provide adequate care is received by Palestinians as part of a constellation of threats to the population. They see undercare as part of a concerted effort to undermine their collective existence.

Meeting the Health-care Needs of the Rural Elderly: The Unique Role of Village Doctors

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Singer Babiarz ◽  
Hongmei Yi ◽  
Renfu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Village Doctors

Mental Health Navigation – a Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Gerald Knesek ◽  
Thomas Hemphill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Whole Person

Summary The need for mental health care services is a growing concern around the world. This article proposes a conceptual model for the role a mental health care navigator to meet the growing needs of consumers who are seeking greater access to fragmented and confusing mental health care services. This conceptual model proposes integrating mental health into primary care with a more patient-centered approach to the care of the whole person. This approach is congruent with The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion Charter calling for the reorienting of health services focusing on the total needs of the individual as a whole person. Although USA focused, the model has potential for sharing across countries to build capacity for mental health care in other countries around the world. The conceptual model focuses on matching consumer mental health care needs with the correct mental health care services. This would ensure that patients get the appropriate mental health care services while allowing the primary care physician to maintain the role of coordinator of care for all of the patient’s health care needs. The main intent of the model is to stimulate discussion and exploration around the role of a proposed mental health care navigator that can lead to creating models reflecting local need and adaptation. Successful models can lead to collaborative discussion encouraging capacity building in other countries. The authors maintain that coordination of health care, including mental, medical and surgical care, is the best approach to controlling costs and ensuring the health of the whole person.

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