Quality Care For Chronic Elderly Ill Patients PDF

Quality care for Chronic
Elderly ill Patients
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Quality Care For Chronic Elderly Ill Patients
There is increase of ageing population in U.S
Chronic diseases affect about 14.4 elderly population
The chronic conditions among the elderly end up untreated or
poor attendance (Davidson, Bescos & Newman, 2014).

Examples of U.S Models
•Medicare-Too expensive, does not support large amount of
drugs
•Medicaid-Support private payment for the ineligible patients
•Private Insurance –Too expensive for long-term diseases.

Strategies
•Elderly patients tend to receive inadequate health assistance
•Effects- increased hospital stay, readmission, Iatrogenic
complications

Cont.’’’
•Examples -Asthma,
Cancer, diabetes
Crohn diseases,
Cystic fibrosis
•Causes -eating habits,
smoking, physical
inactivity and genetic
composition of an
individual
•Prevalence's of
Chronic diseases

Creation of Effective Care
Teams•Failure- inadequate and successful care team members
•Creation of effective team care- ensures that the elderly ill
patients receive the approved clinical and support services.
•To be comprehensive by including nursing managers, diseases
specialist, community workers , pharmacists