Continuum of Care Paper Maryann Bocak June 21‚ 2010 Dr. Denise W. Hines Continuum of Care The component of the U. S. health care delivery system continuum discussed in this paper will be mental health care. Mental health is how we think‚ feel‚ and act as we cope with life. It helps determine how we handle stress‚ relate to others and make choices. Like physical health‚ mental health is important to every stage of life‚ from childhood through adulthood. Mental illnesses are common and
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Continuum of Care: Home Health Care This paper will explain the components of the Home Health Care delivery system of continuum. The reader will be able to understand some of the services provided by the home health care system and how they fit into the continuum of care. It will give details on how the entity does or does not contribute to the overall management of healthcare resources. In conclusion‚ it will examine the future trends of health care and discuss how the home health services will
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Understanding Continuum of Care Service Long term continuum care: the continuum of care includes all levels of health care and personal care service available. It is normally defined as all levels of housing‚ supportive‚ and health care services available to a person in a given locality. The senior housing and services industry uses specific terms to refer to the various levels of service and care. If you’re not familiar with those terms‚ it may be confusing for you to understand what you need
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The United States health care system can be somewhat complicated and often have some barriers or limitations to care. The continuum of care is one of the concepts that is applied to prevent the limitations within the system. Continuum of care is defined as: A range of services developed and organized to address the variety of needs individuals have as they age. This concept recognizes and considers the availability and extent of short-term and long-term care systems and services in
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Approaches to Decision Making Johanna Ruiz HCA/250 March 29‚ 2013 Robbie Johnson Decision Making Managers are faced with many different types of decision every day on the job and off the job as well. We do make decisions everyday that come naturally to ourselves‚ but when you are placed on a managers position you are not only making a decision that will affect yourself but your employees as well. Employees count on the managers to look out for them and make sure that their best
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able to take care of ourselves there is a service that can help. This paper will give a general background behind long term care; provide a brief description of the services provided by long term care; and give the future trends of long term care. What is Long Term Care? In most cases when people become too old or sick to take care of themselves they require assistance from other people. Many times a family member is not able to care for their loved one so this is where long term care comes into
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Understanding Continuum of Care Services Long-term care provides a certain level of medical care that requires the experience of a skilled physician to diagnose and treat multiple chronic conditions that are generally associated with elderly patients. Long-term care provides a variety of services to individuals who suffer from chronic illness or terminal condition‚ including people who live with a disability and are not adequately capable of taking care of themselves over the course of an extended
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Continuum of Care Outline Topic: Home Health Care I. Introduction II. Stakeholders A. The “description of the roles of various stakeholders in the health care industry who are involved in the continuum of care” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Who the patients are. 2. Who the employees are. 3. Who the payers are. 4. Who the providers are. B. “How the component contributes to or detracts from the overall management of health care resources” (University of Phoenix‚ 2015). 1. Is this a positive
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Continuum of Inpatient Care Kathleen Powers HCS/235 February 9‚ 2015 Paul Dereadt The Inpatient Continuum of Care • Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010‚ there has been a great amount of efforts by healthcare providers to manage what is often referred to as the "continuum of care" for patients. Physicians and health systems are participating in a number of different structures and agreements that aim to achieve the same things‚ to manage care for patients
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Managed health care plans are often described as continuum models. Continuum models are used to describe gradual transition with sudden changes such as managed health care plans. These plans are involved in models consisting of cost and quality. There are four main healthcare plans that emphasize on continuum of managed care including service plans‚ POS‚ HMO‚ PPO and CDHP plans. Each of these health plans are consisted of different features‚ structures and guidelines that make them unique and effective
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