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RAND: Living Well at the End of Life: Adapting Health Care to …

WebAdapting Health Care to Serious Chronic Illness in Old Age Joanne Lynn, David M. Adamson Rand Health White Paper WP-137 (2003) The Washington Home Center for …

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Seeing the Person Beyond the Patient

WebOur health care system is built for “patients”—those people who are vessels for illness ideally on the road to wellness under the care of the medical system. This approach …

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Living with Advanced Lung Disease: A Guide for Family …

WebA team of public health and health care professionals wrote and edited this material:. Janice Lynch Schuster MFA, Carol Spence MS, RN, Michelle Jacobs, MPH, Anne …

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MediCaring Communities Book

WebMediCaring Communities improve care by building care plans around the health needs and living situation of the elderly person and family, and especially from respecting their …

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What They Did: CBOs and the Community-based Care Transitions …

WebAs more and more health care organizations look for ways to better control the costs of complex, aging Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, prospects for CBOs …

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From Hospital to Home: The Missing Element in Discharge Planning

WebBy Anne Montgomery and Leslie Fried of the National Council on Aging . One of the hallmarks of the 21 st century—increased longevity of the population—will …

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High and Worsening Symptom Prevalence in the Last Year of Life

WebIndeed, recent studies of health care performance suggest that many providers continue to fall short in symptom management near the end of life. [2] , [3] , [4] …

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7.1 How should we start implementing a MediCaring Communities …

WebThe population health management function requires (1) implementation of improved metrics for quality dashboards that reflect patient/family experience and that can be used …

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Applying Ostrom’s Model to the Challenges of Health Care

WebHowever, there are obvious differences between health care delivery and harvesting fish or trees. This essay sets out to examine the similarities and differences, …

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Multidisciplinary Teams and Holistic Care for Frail Elders

WebTo be sure, many of us also find health and healing beyond the walls of a clinic or the contents of a medicine cabinet—attention to diet, exercise, spirit and …

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Tackling Transportation Challenges in Old Age

Webhealth.4 Throughout the emergence from the COVID-19 crisis, seniors’ need for these services will grow apace due to demographics and pent-up demand for …

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The ElderBoard: Managing Care for Frail Elders

WebThe 1974 National Health Planning and Resources Development Act required states to manage the growth of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The law reflected …

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Patient Activation Measure: An Effective Way to Promote Self …

WebHealth coaches have found the PAM, or a similar tool, the Patient Activation Assessment, to be very useful in their work. According to Risa Hayes, a coach and …

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Improving Home and Community-Based Services …

Webthe health care cost curve and identify savings through decreasing avoidable high-cost, low-value care, instead deploying lower-cost community services that can prevent …

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Home Care Workforce Shortage

WebNew York City, for instance, held a multi-year training initiative that led to increased retention and job satisfaction among home-health aides. In 2016, the city enacted programs to …

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Agitator's Guide to Elder Care

WebSupport decent pay and benefits for direct care workers, such as home health aides. How to Get Underway! Go to a candidate forum or debate in the current political campaigns and …

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Housing: Accessible, Healthy and Affordable for the Elderly

Web2030.1,2 Still, our health care and long-term care are becoming more expensive – crowding out rent, mortgages, and upkeep in monthly household budgets. …

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Improve Care Transitions

WebPopulation health is the overall well-being, productivity, and enjoyment of life of a group of people, and the services that doctors and hospitals provide are only a small …

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Care Coordination Across the Continuum

WebHealth payers should incentivize provider teams that follow a patient across systems of care. Continuing education and training This is needed across the continuum of care. …

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AGGREGATING PATIENT- LEVEL DATA

Webindividually identifiable health information found in employment records held by a covered entity in its role as an employer. HIPAA defines health information with a set of nested …

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