PROS AND CONS

The Pros and Cons of Long Term Care in the Home versus a Nursing Home Environment



The Pros and Cons of Long Term Care in the Home versus a Nursing Home Environment

Introduction

The term long-term care usually refers to continuous caring for people who can no longer care for themselves. Services can be provided continuously or intermittently, but it is generally assumed that they will be delivered "long term", that is to say indefinitely, people who have a demonstrated need, usually because they can no longer live at home alone (Ohwa & Chen, 2012). The long-term care are a cross of healthcare that are nursing or medical one hand, and social services such as subsidized housing, assistance to "activities of daily living" and the provision of social and recreational programs, on the other hand (Kracker, Kearns, Kier & Christensen, 2011). In Canada, the development of the sector long-term care is done differently from different historical in every province and territory, so the definitions and modes vary considerably from one region to another.

Customer facilities long-term care consists mainly of women, and their staff is mostly comprised of women. Despite this, few research and policy documents on the status of long-term care in Canada does not generally address the gender angle (Barba, Hu & Efird, 2012). The long-term care include housing, health care monitoring, personal care and nursing and are available to people who are no longer able to live independently in the community. The long-term care are offered in three types of institutions: community options, institutions care facilities and nursing homes (or homes elderly). The long-term care are paid by the provincial government and residents facilities long-term care (Murphy, 2007).

The long-term care includes not only medical and paramedical care, but also assistance with activities of daily living of persons dependent on help from others. These include assisting with dressing, bathing or feeding, as well as the household (Rosenfeld & Russell, 2012). Care centers are responsible for long-term accommodation for those not having their independent living and who require constant medical supervision and maintenance treatments. Social security package supports care, housing remains the responsibility of the patient (Ohwa & Chen, 2012). The chain of long-term care consists of:

assistance and care provided by the environment of elderly persons (informal support);

assistance and home care provided by health centers (CMS);

structures of day care (daycare) and night;

the short-stay beds in nursing home (EMS);

apartments in medico-social management;

the long-stay beds EMS.

Discussion & Analyses

Patients are greeted in skilled nursing facility for a short duration after a sudden illness or for a long time, the basic objective is to provide an environment that guarantees dignity and comfort, close to the well-being at home (Suhonen, Alikleemola, Katajisto & Leino-Kilpi, 2012). Similarly, it may be that patients are welcomed dependent and require the assistance of the nursing staff to move and perform the gestures of everyday life. That is why it is essential that the working environment is also suitable caregivers (Barba, Hu & Efird, ...