Assignment 2 Mental Health Policy and Plans Assignment 2 Advocacy for integration of mental health care into primary care and the development of psychiatric rehabilitation services and programs The development of integration of mental health care in primary care is crucial for diverse reasons which include the fact that: - Mental diseases are frequent and create substantial social‚ professional and economical loss to society‚ namely in Portugal 1 in each 5 people
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for Implementing Duty of Care in Health Social care or Children and young people’s setting 1) Understand how Duty of Care contributes to safe practice 1.1- Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role As a professional working within health care‚ it is necessary and very important that we follow a code of practice which is set out by each employer in all work settings; this involves putting the needs and interests of those that we care for first. It is vital to
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Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Mary Kennedy Grand Canyon University HCA 530 Healthcare Policies and Economics Professor Steve Klense Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Introduction More than 45 million Americans are uninsured. Even those that do have health insurance often face financial and other barriers when getting healthcare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) removes most of these financial barriers (Kocher‚ Emanuel‚ & DeParle‚ 2010). The
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Health care is an issue of worldwide importance that is always a topic of debate and conversation. Almost every country has a different approach as to how they choose to deal with the health care of their people. Some provide free‚ national health care‚ some offer privatized health care‚ and others offer a combination of both. All types of health care systems have their flaws and benefits. No system is perfect‚ but some are far better than others. The United States has a health care system that
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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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dying‚ conversations about the end of life can be uncomfortable and difficult. Still‚ discussing end-of-life care is important. Depending on the circumstances‚ you might be able to help your loved one make important end-of-life decisions — such as whether to remain at home‚ move to a nursing home or other facility‚ or seek hospice care. Also‚ you can work with your loved one ’s health care team to make sure your loved one remains comfortable at the end of life. Pain‚ anxiety and other end-of-life
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Health care System Evolution‚ Medicare/Medicaid Jennifer Otten HCS 310/Health Care Delivery in the US April 12‚ 2010 Dr. Steven Clauser Abstract This paper is an overview about the evolution of the US health care system from the Great Depression to the current Health Reform Bill. I will give an understanding to Medicare and Medicaid program‚ which also will include a history of these two programs. Even though these two programs are
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Culturally Competent Care of Vietnamese Americans Carrington College California Culturally Competent Care of Vietnamese Americans Nurses provide care across many cultures. In this paper we will focus on the culturally competent nursing care for Vietnamese Americans who according to the US Census compose approximately 4.8% of the entire United States population. Successful medical care includes understanding of cultural beliefs and finding the ideal blend with western medicine. In order
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Elderly Driving There has been an increase of accidents caused by elderly drivers over the course of many years. With such a dramatic increase‚ should elderly drivers have driving restrictions? I believe that after the age of 75‚ seniors should have to retake their drivers test or have restrictions‚ regardless of their driving record. There is support for some restrictions on elderly drivers based on evidence that older drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than any age group except
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The Affordable Care Act approved by President Obama in March 2010 brought remarkable benefits for senior citizens. This law allows seniors to take better care of their health because it offers them discounts in some medical services‚ improving overall their current Medicare program. Before the Affordable Health Act was approved‚ millions of seniors were having trouble to pay their prescriptions since they fell into a coverage gap known as the “Doughnut Hole”. In these cases‚ seniors had to pay
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