FINALS : The 2030 Problem: Caring for Aging Baby Boomers Flashcards
On ____, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated October 1 the International Day of Older Persons.
14 December 1990
October 1 was preceded by initiatives such as the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing – which was adopted by the ____ – and endorsed later that year by the UN General Assembly.
1982 World Assembly on Ageing
In ____, the General Assembly (by resolution 46/91) adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons.
1991
In ____, the Second World Assembly on Ageing adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the 21st century and to promote the development of a society for all ages.
2002
Globally, there were ____ persons aged 65 or over in 2019. The region of Eastern and South Eastern Asia was home to the largest number of older persons (261 million), followed by Europe and Northern America (over 200 million).
703 million
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ is the leading provider of hospice care services — end-of-life care brought to each patient wherever they call home. We often get asked how hospice services compare to home health.
VITAS
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ provides comfort care to a patient with advanced illness when curative medical treatments are no longer effective or preferred.
Hospice
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ is curative, intended to help patients recover from injury or illness, or progress toward improved functionality
Home health care
Home Health And Hospice Care
Hospice care is comfort care for patients with a prognosis of six months or less if their disease runs its natural course, as certified by a physician
Hospice care
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ takes place wherever the patient calls home—a private residence, nursing home, assisted living community, or residential care facility for the elderly. Daily care is provided by a family caregiver (or friend or private duty caregiver) and supported by an interdisciplinary team of hospice experts: nurse, aide, physician, chaplain, social worker, volunteer, and bereavement counselor, with additional specialists stepping in to help as necessary. All of the team members specialize in compassionate end-of-life care.
Routine hospice care
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ (we call it Intensive Comfort Care® at VITAS) involves around the-clock attendance at a patient’s bedside by a nurse or hospice aide to manage acute symptom flare-ups per Medicare guidelines.
Continuous care
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ is temporary care in an inpatient hospice unit or hospital bed until symptoms are under control and the patient can return home.
Inpatient care
Home Health And Hospice Care
____ transitions the patient temporarily to inpatient care in a Medicare certified facility to give family caregivers a break of up to 5 days and nights
Respite care
The goal of ____ is to promote change – changes in attitudes, policies and actions. Older people’s issues have been a low priority for government and non-government bodies at a time when older people have become increasingly marginalized from their families, communities, and the development process for a variety of reasons.
advocacy
