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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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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is wellness? What are the dimensions of wellness? How is wellness conceptualized as a continuum? Wellness is the process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health and heightened life satisfaction. The dimensions of wellness are physical‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ spirituals interpersonal or social‚ and environmental. Wellness is conceptualized as a continuum; one end of the continuum represents extreme illness and premature death‚
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Continuum of Health Promotion Significant changes are required in health care‚ and the profession of nursing in particular‚ to meet the mandates required by the 2010 passage of healthcare reform laws. Such new options for illness prevention and wellness through health promotion will provide greater opportunities for nurses to work outside the traditional hospital settings. Nurses are best equipped to provide safe‚ quality‚ patient-centered care in an affordable and accessible manner. Appropriate
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We as people are all faced with the same issue of getting older or possibly becoming sick to the point that we are not able to do our normal activities on a daily basis. Getting older means that the retirement stage is on the horizon and it also means that our health may start to decrease. Even though anyone can get sick at any age‚ elderly people are more likely to become sick just because failure of the immune system. If a person breaks a bone‚ they may have to have some type of rehabilitation
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trauma. Effective clinical approaches used to treat mental health problems and addictions‚ need to have strong emphasis on the continuum of care — an integrated and unified method of treatment. This should include mental health and addiction services‚ personnel‚ and service levels that address and support the needs of individual clientele in treatment within this continuum. To be effective‚ treatment for concurrent disorders must address the client’s substance abuse‚ mental state as well as associated
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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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Infant Activities 1.) Theme: All About Learning Domain: Communication Standard: 1 Benchmark: 1.2 Developmental Continuum: Imitates sounds and words Description of Activity: Carry or guide children around the room‚ or outside‚ and point to objects and label them(dog‚ cat‚ chair‚ crayon‚ crib‚ blanket‚ etc.)‚ giving them the chance to “repeat” the word. Materials Needed: None Introduction of Activity: Pick up children or guide them around and proceed with activity Space/Location: Anywhere
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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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like the commonly known San Andreas Fault in the United States. The Anatolian fault is almost as active as the San Andreas‚ and is very well known for the size of the earthquakes that it produces. From “1939 to 1999‚ Turkey had 11 earthquakes all over 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale” (“1999 Izmit‚ Turkey Earthquake”). It was also compared to the San Andreas Fault because one earthquake eventually led to another earthquake‚ or also known as Earthquake Storms. Although predicting when these earthquakes
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