Issues In Hospital Services Question Answer 2022

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Question 1
The older population in Australia are those that are aged 65 and above. This
population presents a variety of complex needs including services that will enable them
maintain independence and active involvement in community. Healthcare is one of the
services provided to the aged population and it gives a variety of programs that promote
independence in this population (Parkinson & Radford, 2019). These programs include home
-based and center-based rehabilitation services, inpatient services and specialized treatment
(Taylor & Donoghue, 2015). There are also multidisciplinary clinics that offer specialized
treatments to older people suffering from dementia, falls and mobility clinics as well as
continence clinics. These services are made accessible to all individuals requiring subacute
care through centers promoting health independence. These centers issue community-based
treatment therefore reducing the chance of an individual being hospitalized. Additionally, the
individuals who have gone through inpatient admission are supported to enable reintegration
into the society.
Question 2
There are a variety of services that have been established by the Australian
government to issue support to the older people who are in need of care. One of these is the
implementation of user pays in healthcare services. User pays refers to the pricing perspective
that ensures that resources are allocated to an individual upon payment of the required
charges. The Australian government funds approved providers to issue quality health care to
the aged as per the Aged Care Act 1997(Chan & Chan, 2018). These providers are obligated
to issue quality care to the older people and manage charges imposed on these services. They
assist in meeting the cost required in issuing essential services to the aged. The government
funds these providers through subsidies, capital grants and funding through the set aged care

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programs. Individuals receiving these services can help in paying for the charges and fees for
these services if they are able to.
Question 3
Negative outcome of user pays
The application of user pays to issue healthcare services to the older population
presents a growing burden to the society. At the moment 1.2% of the gross national income is
channeled toward providing residential and community aged care packages. The funding of
these services is done by the commonwealth through consolidated revenue. Therefore, a lot
of burden is imposed on the existing tax payers in the labour market to pay for the charges
that are needed to provide services to the older people. These is justified in the modern theory
of taxation that requires the working individual earning income to provide for the older
people in Australia that cannot provide for themselves (Foster et al., 2012). Therefore, the
working population in Australia experience high financial burden to provide taxes which are
channeled towards providing care to older people. Furthermore, this burden is likely to
increase since the population of the aged people is projected to double by 2050.
Positive Outcome of user pays
The implementation of user pays in providing healthcare to the aged has provided
great benefits to the older people in Australia. The government funds for healthcare services
and they include residential care as well as home care (Bratman, 2012). These individuals get
to experience quality health care and their rights are respected in accordance with the Aged
Care Act 1997. Based on the Aged Care Quality Standards the providers are obligated to
assess the feedbacks of their clients in order to improve the quality of services provided
(Eckermann & Sheridan, 2016). The privacy and confidentiality of these individuals is also
protected in accordance with the Privacy Act 1998, to avoid the misuse of this information.