Lecture 11&12: Home/Community Based Services Flashcards
For Continuum of Care what must providers do?
Providers work together to develop a coordinated plan addressing physical, emotional, social, spiritual, caregiving, nutritional, safety and other needs
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In some communities 1 or 2 agencies work together to offer a range of services, while in others multiple organizations work together to meet needs
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What is the common thread is that all models should feature regarding continuum of care?
all models feature conversations about when and how to infuse palliative care throughout the disease trajectory
What is the order of continuum of care?
- “Diagnosis”
- Therapies to modify disease
- Therapies to relieve suffering and improve quality of life
- “6 months” before death start “Life Closure”
- “Actively dying” before “death”
- “Bereavement Care
What are the 2 categories of Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
Health ServicesandHuman Services
Programs may offer a combination of both types
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Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) offers cariety of health & human services providedand address people with limitations who need assistance with everyday activities
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Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) is often designed to enable people to stay in their homes, rather than moving to a facility
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List Advantages of Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Cost-effectiveness (Often lower (50%) hospitalization rates and costs)
- More Control of Personal Schedule (LTC facilities structure activities aroundstaff rotations rather than patients’ schedules. Patients spend more time lying in bed alone rather than interacting with others or receiving care. Easier to coordinate visiting with family, events, etc.)
- Better Care (Cost of institutional care has NEVER been proportional to the quality of care. In community care, more patients improve. In LTC, most patients flatline or decline)
- Culturally responsive (Spiritual and cultural activities and support available)
- Familiarity (Patient enjoys comfort of own home or small residential facility in community)
- Counseling or clergy assist with bereavement
- Family members may be paid as caregivers
List Challenges of Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Home health care (Skilled home nursing care, OT/Speech Therapy/PT, Dietician)
- Pharmacy
- Durable medical equipment
- Case management
- Personal care (more later)
- Caregiver and client training
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Hospice care (Comfort care for dying patients)
List some Human Services (Daily Living) for Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Senior centers
- Adult daycares
- Congregate meal sites
- Home-delivery meal program
- Personal care
- Transportation and access
- Home repairs and modifications
- Home safety assessments
- Homemaker and chore services
- Information and referral services
- Financial services
- Legal services, such as help preparing a will
- Telephone reassurance
List some Personal Care (Usually in Home) for Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Socialization
- Supervision
- Showering
- Tub Bathing
- Hair Care
- Skin Care
- Foot Care
- Shaving and Grooming
- Oral Hygiene
- Medication Reminders
- Ambulation Assistance (via Standby, Walker, Wheelchair, or Cane)
- Positioning and Range of Motion Activities
- Transferring and Mobility Assistance
- Toileting, Catheter and Ostomy Assistance
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Grocery Shopping and Errands
- Meal Preparation and Eating Assistance
- Limiting or Encouraging of Fluid Intake
List some Community Based (Non-Medical Services) for Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Behavior Shaping and Management
- Communication
- Community Experiences
- Daily Living Skills
- Decision Making
- Health Maintenance
- Mobility
- Money Management
- Reinforcement of Therapeutic Services
Describe policy making for continuum of care assessment?
- What services/programs do we offer?
- What do hospice competitors offer?
- What services are available in the community?
- What strengths do we have?
- Where do the gaps & strengths align?
- What do we know about our community?
- Which service/program has the best ROI?
- IMPLEMENT
What are some example questions of Needs assessment for Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- What is the total population?
- What is the population by age?
3. What is the disease mix? Cancer vs. Non-Cancer Cardiac Alzheimer/dementia Respiratory
4. What are the sites of care? Home Nursing Home Hospital Assisted Living
- What is the death rate?
By age
By demographic
By ethnicity - What are disease trends?
Increase vs. decrease of death - Where do people die?
Who quoted this?
“Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it’s in my basement… let me go upstairs and check”
M.C. Escher