Chronic Illness

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Fennell ◽  
Sara Rieder Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Care Model ◽  
New Models ◽  
Care Models ◽  
Acute Care Model

There is a paradigm shift occurring in medicine, from models focused on treating acute illnesses to those concerned with managing chronic conditions. This shift coincides with the higher prevalence of chronic illnesses resulting from factors such as lower mortality from formerly fatal illnesses and an aging population. The chronically ill do not fare well in an acute care model, and as a result, it has become imperative to develop new models effective for these chronic conditions. These new care models will require comprehensive, coordinated case management, an activity in which social workers can play a significant role.

Case Studies of Chronically Ill Children

2019 ◽  
pp. 303-336
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Gibbon ◽  
Christopher L. Schwilk ◽  
Jenifer Cline ◽  
Kimberly Matthews ◽  
Katie Sweigart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Respiratory Illnesses ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Medical Advances ◽  
Severe Epilepsy

Medical advances have increased the number of children who have survived and are now living with chronic medical conditions (Irwin & Elam, 2011; Singer 2012). Diseases and conditions that as recently as a decade ago were considered fatal or completely debilitating are now increasingly treated as chronic conditions. Among these are several types of cancer, HIV/AIDS, respiratory illnesses, and severe epilepsy. Increasingly, students with severe chronic conditions are educated in public schools instead of home or hospital settings. The purpose of this chapter is to present case studies of real children and families that will allow educators and others a personal glimpse into the lives of children with chronic illness and their families. Suggestions for analyzing the case studies are provided that will help teachers, administrators, and teacher educators to examine the complex issues surrounding the educational needs of children with chronic illnesses.

scholarly journals Exploring perceptions and use of the patient portal by young adults with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 2586-2596
Author(s):  
Kathy K Marsh ◽  
Ruth A Bush ◽  
Cynthia D Connelly
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Type I Diabetes ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Type I ◽  
Patient Portal

Emerging adults have been raised in the digital age and are therefore prime candidates for using a patient portal to manage chronic conditions. The limited body of research both identifies the underutilization of the patient portal and suggests increased use of the portal for the chronically ill as a tool to alleviate caregiver stress, as well as a potential modality to assist emerging adults to manage their chronic illnesses. This qualitative study was completed to obtain an understanding of emerging adults familiarity with the electronic patient portal and to elicit the perception of the usefulness of the portal to support self-management of type I diabetes. Findings provide a preliminary understanding of how a sampling of emerging adults with type I diabetes uses, perceives the benefits of, and wants to improve technology for diabetes self-management.

Creating interprofessional clinical learning units: Developing an acute-care model

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C. Sommerfeldt ◽  
Sylvia S. Barton ◽  
Paulette Stayko ◽  
Steven K. Patterson ◽  
Jan Pimlott
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care ◽  
Clinical Learning ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Acute Care Model

Origins of Authority: The Organization of Medical Care in Sweden

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Å. Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Acute Care Model ◽  
Care System

Earlier research by Gardell and Gustafsson indicates a general discrepancy between perceived needs and organizational structure in Swedish somatic hospitals; the work organization directs the work process as if cure and medical treatment were the only appropriate goals in almost all kinds of health care settings. The standard organizational model for general hospitals, here named “the acute care modei”–which is a merger of medical and administrative hierarchies–forces great segments of the staff into a work content that is neither appropriate for patients' needs nor satisfying for the personnel. The present study is a historical-sociological discourse in which the structural antecedents of the acute care model are traced. It gives an expose of the main stages in the formation of the Swedish health care system from the middle ages to the present. In 1864 a regulation of the hospital boards was issued. This meant the definite consolidation of the acute care model and was in line with earlier developments, which were characterized by an incremental interorganizational activity demarcation that divided the core of institutional care into three branches: somatic hospitals, mental hospitals, and homes for the elderly. The driving forces in the formation of the total health care system are shown to be closely related to premedical and extramedical factors, such as military needs, mercantilism, and the emergence of the middle class.

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