LTC is for patients that need care for more than 30 days. It can be for patients that are severely disabled, mentally impaired, or with severe physical deficits. In this case continuous medical care is needed. It is important for the patient to and their families to know that this care can be administered in skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, retirement communities, and residential care facilities. I guess hospice could be considered LTC, but the stimulation is that patients who go to Hospice are to have a diagnosis for the reminder of their life of 6 months or less. In some situations LTC gives the patient a sense of freedom, with this in mind it will also depend on the living arrangements that the patient has claimed. However the bottom line really depends on the patient and their needs, as some patients will require a lot more attention than others, this will depend on their diagnosis; for example, a patient who is on a ventilator would need more attention than a patient who is developmentally disabled.
Tomi Gentile
No comments:
Post a Comment