SAS#8 Flashcards
The majority of home care patients are elderly and experience a variety of problems needing nursing, such as
•chronic wounds
•intravenous therapy,
•long-term indwelling urinary catheters
•tube feedings
caring for dying persons and their families
Hospice Facilities
provide yet another avenue for older adults who are unable to remain at home during the day without supervision. Usually these services are used by family members who are caring for older parents or loved ones in their own home, but who may work during the day and wish to have their relative safely cared for in their absence. This is an excellent alternative to institutionalization
Day care centers/drop in
Services provided by adult day care centers
Social activities
Nutrition
Personal care
Health services
Transportation
often take the form of senior housing, such as with apartment complexes that are exclusively devoted to the elderly. The accommodations will be as homelike as possible with kitchens, bathrooms, living areas, and the like, similar to assisted living. The best form of independent living-outside of an older person’s own home- is one in which the owners and managers have an understanding and appreciation for the needs and capabilities of the elderly adult.
Independent Living
are for those older adults who can do most of their ADLs, but may have safety issues and require supervision with some activities such as dressing or taking medications.
Foster care/group homes
Ace means
SUGa means
Advocacy consortium for the elderly
Sustainable Urban Gardening
, known as The General Appropriations Act of 2006, under Section 32 mandates that all
government agencies and instrumentalities should allocate
Republic Act No. 9336
declaring the first week of October of every year as “Elderly Filipino Week.”
Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders Presidential Proclamation No. 470, Series of 1994,
declaring a Nationwide Observance in the Philippines of the international year of older persons
Presidential Proclamation No. 1048, Series of 1999,
approved and adopted the Philippine Plan of Action for Older Persons (PPAOP) 1999-2004, a strategy to ensure that the present and future needs of the growing number of older persons in society, both in terms of human development and service delivery would be met
9 Executive Order No. 266, Series of 2000
approved and directed the implementation of the program providing for group homes and foster homes for neglected, abandoned, abused, detached, and poor older persons and persons with disabilities
Executive Order No. 105, Series of 2003
