10:501:260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chronic Care Management, Millennials, Elder Abuse

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Health Administration
• Course: 10:501:260
• Professor: Franzione.

Document Summary

Lecture #11: long-term care and health care (*** = important (red)) Review major factors in the history, development and financing of the long-term care industry. Identify and define modes of long-term care service delivery and innovations. Identify and review aca provisions affecting long-term care. Care needs of a lifespan may vary in intensity and duration. Level of support required for optimal functioning may vary over time on a continuum. Service locations vary with type and intensity of needs . home to institution. Services range from intense medical to social support; many combinations. It is estimated that there will be 72 million people in the us 65 years of age and over by. 6. 6 million 85+ by 2020 and getting larger (figures 9-1, 9-2). Long-term care needs increase due to medical advances that increase longevity; changes in social structures that preclude home/informal care.