Can medical insurance coverage reduce disparities of income in elderly patients requiring long-term care? The case of the People’s Republic of China

While the whole population is at risk from infection with the coronavirus, older people—often frail and subject to multimorbidity—are at the highest risk for the severe and fatal disease. Despite strict infection control and social distancing measures, frail adults in long-term care facilities may be at particular risk of transmission of respiratory illness. Treatment decisions are often complex attributed to the heterogeneity of this population with regards to different geriatric domains such as functional status, comorbidity, and poly-pharmacy. While measures must be taken to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading through these facilities, it is also essential that residents with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have access to the symptom management and support they want and deserve. What most nursing home residents want during the course of their illness is to be able to stay in their facilities, to be surrounded by the people they love most, and to feel relief from their physical and emotional pain. By addressing the limited access to hospice and palliative care delivery in nursing homes, we can prevent unnecessary suffering and pain from COVID-19 as well as lay the groundwork for improving care for all residents moving forward.

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Response to Dehydration in Long Term Care Elderly Patients

Clinical Science ◽

10.1042/cs082027p ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 82 (s26) ◽

pp. 27P-27P

Author(s):

J Duggan ◽

J Catania ◽

P O'Neill ◽

I Davies

Keyword(s):

Elderly Patients ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Term Care

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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in elderly patients received enteral nutrition long-term care service

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics ◽

10.1016/j.archger.2007.09.001 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 383-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Zeev Arinzon ◽

Shay Shabat ◽

Ishay Shuval ◽

Alexander Peisakh ◽

Yitshal Berner

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Enteral Nutrition ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Care Service ◽

Term Care ◽

Prevalence Of Diabetes Mellitus

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Associate Members: A Life Worth Living

British Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.1177/030802268604901108 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 49 (11) ◽

pp. 362-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jean Parker

Keyword(s):

Elderly Patients ◽

Long Term Care ◽

The Elderly ◽

Worth Living ◽

Term Care ◽

Life Worth Living ◽

Meaningful Existence ◽

Time And Energy

Long-term care patients need a meaningful existence. It is our responsibility to ensure that time and energy are channelled into purposeful solutions for the disease of ‘time with nothing to do’. The author has taken up this challenge. Working as an activities organizer with the elderly for 11 years, she was determined never to take the role of a baby-sitter. The recreation unit has grown from its first eight guests to a purpose-built unit with approximately 1,500 attendances per month. A busy happy atmosphere now prevails where once there was a sea of dead faces. The choice to retain a sense of dignity and purpose should be available to all elderly patients who require long-term care.

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