Aging in place

Question 1

What is a continuum of care ?

Answer 1

• it is a integrated system intended to track people over time through programs

Question 2

What are some problems with continuums of care ?

Answer 2

• Organized so that ideally people transition along the continuum as their care needs change
• This assumes a linear trajectory :rarely the case
• Care trajectories are often unpredictable and non linear

Question 3

What are non medical factors that effect social determinants of health ?

Answer 3

• They are the conditions in which people are born , grow , work , live and age , and the wider set of forces and systems sharing the conditions of daily life.

Question 4

What are the social and economic factors that effect social determinants of health ?

Answer 4

• These are apparent in the living and working conditions that people experience every day

Question 5

what is the long term care access centre panelling process ?

Answer 5

• Application / assessment for long term placement form
• it can be initiated from either commit or hospital

Question 6

What is the supportive housing aspect ?

Answer 6

• It aims to maintain a home like setting and less medically based

Question 7

Why is timing tricky when it comes to older adult care facilities ?

Answer 7

• the consequences of leaving older adults in the community too long can be quite severe resulting in caregiver burnout , additional out of pocket expenses for caregiving.
• and too early can be social isolation , decline in functioning and depression in the older adult