Systems of care for older populations of the future

Article Abstract:

Managed care organizations need to develop coordinated systems of care for their elderly Medicare patients. Many elderly people have chronic diseases, such as congestive heart failure or the complications of stroke. Some of the systems that have been developed include acute care for elders (ACE) units, home health care, subacute care units, case management and adult day health care. Assessment tools are needed to identify patients who will require these services.

Care and treatment, Innovations, Services, Managed care plans (Medical care), Medical case management

---

Restoring success where once was thought only failure lay: The viability of functional rehabilitation for people with cognitive impairment

Article Abstract:

According to the researches conducted on old aged people, old aged people with declining functional ability are more prone to the reduced cognitive performance. Rehabilitation programs and different forms of exercises will increase the Activities of daily living.

United States, Science & research, Research, Rehabilitation, Cognition disorders, Cognitive disorders

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: State practice variations in the use of tube feeding for nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairments
• Abstracts: The healthcare costs of sarcopenia in the United States. Prevalence and correlates of functional disability in multiethnic elderly Singaporeans
• Abstracts: Health care for older persons: a country profile-Korea. Development and validation of an instrument to predict probability of home discharge from a geriatric convalescence unit in Spain
• Abstracts: Transitional care of older adults hospitalized with heart failure: a randomized, controlled trial. Oral health and the role of the geriatrician
• Abstracts: The impact of urge urinary incontinence on quality of life: importance of patients' perspective and explanatory style

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.