How to Become an Advocate for the Elderly
1. Helping With Daily Life.
2. Generating Awareness in Your Community.
3. Working Politically.
4. Getting Employed as an Elder 5. Care Advocate.
An advocate can empower your loved one so they can understand the systems that affect their lives, access the care they need, and make intelligent, informed decisions regarding their goals.
This document discusses the role of information technology in nursing. It describes how computers are used to store, process, and transmit patient information. It also discusses how computer technologies like electronic medical records, clinical decision support systems, and bar coding help improve patient care, reduce errors, and increase efficiency. Nursing informatics is mentioned as the field that applies information science to nursing practice and healthcare.
The Philippine Family Planning Program has evolved over 38 years from a demographic program focused on fertility reduction to a health intervention program emphasizing reproductive health and rights. It aims to provide universal access to family planning and reproductive health services through community education and outreach, with the goals of reducing unmet need for family planning, lowering fertility rates, and improving maternal and child health. The program is guided by principles of responsible parenthood, respect for life, birth spacing, and informed choice.
Early Filipinos believed that disease was caused by enemies, evil spirits or being bewitched. The sick were cared for by priest-physicians, witch doctors and herb doctors. During the Spanish regime, the first hospitals were built by religious orders including the Hospital Real de Manila and San Juan de Dios Hospital. During the Philippine Revolution, prominent figures like Josephine Bracken and Agueda Kahabagan provided nursing care to soldiers. The first nursing schools were established in 1900 including the St. Paul's Hospital School of Nursing. Milestones in Philippine nursing include the first board exam in 1920 and the establishment of the Filipino Nurses Association in 1921.
This document discusses the legal aspects of professional nursing practice. It begins by stating that nursing practice is governed by many legal concepts and knowledge of applicable laws is necessary to ensure safe decisions and protect nurses from liability. It then outlines several key areas of law relevant to nursing including constitutional law, statutory law, common law, tort law, and criminal law. The document also discusses how nursing practice is regulated through nurse practice acts, credentialing, and standards of care. It provides examples of selected legal aspects that nurses should be familiar with, such as informed consent, delegation, abuse/neglect, controlled substances and sexual harassment. Areas of potential nursing liability are also reviewed.
The document provides an outline for a course on caring for mothers, children, and families. The course covers topics like family structures, reproductive development, puberty, and the anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems. It aims to teach students to utilize the nursing process in caring for clients to promote health, assess risks, identify nursing diagnoses, plan interventions, implement care, and evaluate outcomes. The document outlines the various stages that will be covered, including pregnancy, labor/delivery, postpartum care, and care of newborns through adolescence.
Nursing informatics theories, models, and frameworksJoseph Lagod
Nursing informatics is an established and growing specialty area in nursing that employs information technologies. It combines nursing science, computer science, and information science. Nursing informatics helps manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge to support decision-making by patients, nurses, and other providers. The goal is to improve care through the effective use of information technology.
The core values of nursing that guide health assessments are caring, integrity, diversity, empathy, communication, teaching, critical thinking, psychomotor skills, ethics, and professionalism. Caring involves knowing the patient, promoting health and healing with honesty and cultural sensitivity. Integrity means respecting every person's dignity. Communication and teaching are vital for providing necessary health information. Critical thinking requires exploring different perspectives to best help patients. Psychomotor skills and ethics provide the hands-on care and legal framework that nursing requires. Professionalism reflects nursing's values through knowledgeable and responsible conduct.
This document discusses the role of information technology in nursing. It describes how computers are used to store, process, and transmit patient information. It also discusses how computer technologies like electronic medical records, clinical decision support systems, and bar coding help improve patient care, reduce errors, and increase efficiency. Nursing informatics is mentioned as the field that applies information science to nursing practice and healthcare.
The Philippine Family Planning Program has evolved over 38 years from a demographic program focused on fertility reduction to a health intervention program emphasizing reproductive health and rights. It aims to provide universal access to family planning and reproductive health services through community education and outreach, with the goals of reducing unmet need for family planning, lowering fertility rates, and improving maternal and child health. The program is guided by principles of responsible parenthood, respect for life, birth spacing, and informed choice.
Early Filipinos believed that disease was caused by enemies, evil spirits or being bewitched. The sick were cared for by priest-physicians, witch doctors and herb doctors. During the Spanish regime, the first hospitals were built by religious orders including the Hospital Real de Manila and San Juan de Dios Hospital. During the Philippine Revolution, prominent figures like Josephine Bracken and Agueda Kahabagan provided nursing care to soldiers. The first nursing schools were established in 1900 including the St. Paul's Hospital School of Nursing. Milestones in Philippine nursing include the first board exam in 1920 and the establishment of the Filipino Nurses Association in 1921.
This document discusses the legal aspects of professional nursing practice. It begins by stating that nursing practice is governed by many legal concepts and knowledge of applicable laws is necessary to ensure safe decisions and protect nurses from liability. It then outlines several key areas of law relevant to nursing including constitutional law, statutory law, common law, tort law, and criminal law. The document also discusses how nursing practice is regulated through nurse practice acts, credentialing, and standards of care. It provides examples of selected legal aspects that nurses should be familiar with, such as informed consent, delegation, abuse/neglect, controlled substances and sexual harassment. Areas of potential nursing liability are also reviewed.
The document provides an outline for a course on caring for mothers, children, and families. The course covers topics like family structures, reproductive development, puberty, and the anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems. It aims to teach students to utilize the nursing process in caring for clients to promote health, assess risks, identify nursing diagnoses, plan interventions, implement care, and evaluate outcomes. The document outlines the various stages that will be covered, including pregnancy, labor/delivery, postpartum care, and care of newborns through adolescence.
Nursing informatics theories, models, and frameworksJoseph Lagod
Nursing informatics is an established and growing specialty area in nursing that employs information technologies. It combines nursing science, computer science, and information science. Nursing informatics helps manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge to support decision-making by patients, nurses, and other providers. The goal is to improve care through the effective use of information technology.
The core values of nursing that guide health assessments are caring, integrity, diversity, empathy, communication, teaching, critical thinking, psychomotor skills, ethics, and professionalism. Caring involves knowing the patient, promoting health and healing with honesty and cultural sensitivity. Integrity means respecting every person's dignity. Communication and teaching are vital for providing necessary health information. Critical thinking requires exploring different perspectives to best help patients. Psychomotor skills and ethics provide the hands-on care and legal framework that nursing requires. Professionalism reflects nursing's values through knowledgeable and responsible conduct.
The development of gerontological nursing began in the early 20th century with the first articles on elder care published in nursing journals. Gerontological nursing established itself as a specialty area through the mid-20th century with the publication of textbooks and the formation of professional organizations focused on elder care. Gerontological nursing roles include healer, caregiver, educator, advocate, innovator according to holistic principles addressing elders' biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs to promote health and independence.
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) provide clinical decision-making assistance to healthcare providers. There are two main types: knowledge-based systems apply rules to patient data using an inference engine, while non-knowledge-based systems rely on machine learning to analyze clinical data. CDSS can help predict events, review diagnoses, and improve outcomes, but challenges include integrating them into existing clinical workflows. High-fidelity patient simulation is becoming essential in nursing education and allows students to practice clinical skills in a safe environment. There is increasing demand for nurses in health informatics roles related to clinical expertise, system design, change management, and research, though these positions are not always filled by nurses.
The document provides an overview of the history of nursing informatics from the 1900s to present day. It discusses 19 technologies that changed nursing, from electronic IV monitors to video conferencing. It also outlines 6 time periods in the development of nursing informatics, from the 1960s to the present. Four major areas where nursing informatics has been applied are discussed: clinical practice, administration, education, and research. Significant landmark events and initiatives that helped establish nursing informatics are also summarized.
Geriatric nursing, also known as gerontological nursing, specializes in the care of elderly patients. It focuses on maintaining overall health and wellness in addition to treating illness. Geriatric nurses provide treatment for both new and ongoing medical conditions while helping patients and their families learn to manage health issues. The goals of gerontological nursing include promoting independence and functional status in older adults by identifying their strengths. Gerontological nurses work across different care settings to advocate for the health of older patients through various levels of prevention.
The nursing care plan addresses two nursing diagnoses: deficient fluid volume related to blood loss and activity intolerance related to cesarean section. Short term and long term goals are outlined to monitor bleeding, vital signs, pain levels, and increase mobility. Dependent, independent, and collaborative interventions include medication administration, education, exercise, and physical therapy referral to manage symptoms and improve the patient's condition over time.
The document discusses family structures and the stages of pregnancy. It defines family as a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It describes the nuclear and extended family structures and classifications based on descent, authority, residence, and organization. The document then discusses prenatal care, outlining typical prenatal visit schedules and assessments. It describes common discomforts during pregnancy like nausea, fatigue, and backaches and alternative therapies that can help relieve them.
This document discusses several models and frameworks related to nursing informatics. It describes Graves and Corcoran's model which views nursing informatics as the linear progression from data to information to knowledge. It also outlines Schwirian's model focusing on identifying information needs and Turley's model defining nursing informatics at the intersection of nursing science, computer science, and information science. Additionally, it discusses the Data-Information-Knowledge model and Benner's Novice to Expert model as applied to nursing informatics. Finally, it introduces several specific models for the Philippine healthcare ecosystem, the patient medical record, and terminology standards.
Types & sources of data in nursing health AssessmentANILKUMAR BR
The document discusses health assessment in nursing. It states that health assessment is the cornerstone of nursing because it provides the best way to assess, identify, diagnose, analyze, treat, and evaluate a client's condition. There are two primary sources of data for health assessment: subjective data from the client's own descriptions and perceptions, and objective data which are observations and measurements of the client's health status. Secondary sources of data include information from family, medical records, and other healthcare team members, and are used for clients who cannot provide primary data themselves, such as infants or critically ill patients.
The document discusses several key concepts relating to ethics and morality. It defines ethics as involving standards of right and wrong that govern human conduct. Morality is derived from social consensus about moral behavior. The formation of one's conscience begins in childhood based on experiences with caregivers and influences moral development throughout life. Several theories on moral development are discussed, including Piaget's two-stage theory involving progression from fixed rules to relativism, and Kohlberg's six-stage model involving three levels of pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional morality. The document provides an overview of important ethical concepts.
Nursing informatics
What is nursing informatics?
Evolution of nursing informatics
Role of the Nurse as knowledge worker
Medical Informatics
Consumer Informatics
Nursing informatics involves the use of computer technology to support nursing practice, education, administration, and research. It has evolved from early systems that automated paperwork to more advanced applications that integrate data to support clinical decision making. Key trends include a shift toward electronic medical records and using informatics to improve care coordination and patient outcomes. Future directions may include greater use of telehealth and mobile technologies to enhance access to care. Overall, nursing informatics aims to leverage information and knowledge to enhance the quality and efficiency of nursing work.
Practice Application- Nursing InformaticsJadabear06
The document discusses the evolution of the definition of nursing informatics from 1980 to the present. It provides definitions from various nursing organizations over time that have defined nursing informatics as integrating nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage data and information to support nursing practice, administration, education, research, and expand nursing knowledge. The definitions focus on collecting, processing, and managing nursing data and information through technology to improve nursing care and outcomes.
This document provides information about the history of nursing informatics in 3 key areas:
1) It discusses the origins and early pioneers of nursing informatics, including Lady Ada Lovelace and Florence Nightingale.
2) It outlines some of the major developments in healthcare technology from the 1950s to present day that influenced the growth of nursing informatics as a field.
3) It provides an overview of the introduction and development of nursing informatics in the Philippines, including challenges faced and future opportunities.
Importance of nursing informatics in philippine healthcare delivery systemjihfontanilla
Nursing informatics combines nursing, information technology, and computer science to improve patient care and support nurses. It is becoming increasingly important in the Philippine healthcare system. The document discusses the history and increasing recognition of nursing informatics in the Philippines. It explains how nursing informatics can help various areas like administration, education, and clinical decision making. The application of nursing informatics and potential career paths are also outlined.
The document discusses community-based nursing practice and factors that have increased the need for it. Changes to federal legislation, tighter insurance regulations, and decreasing health revenues have pushed more care to community settings. Community-based care focuses on self-care, preventive care, continuity of care, and collaboration. Nurses working in communities must be self-directed, flexible, and able to make independent decisions with cultural competence.
Betty Neumann's System Model provides a holistic framework for nursing focusing on how clients respond to stressors. It views clients as unique systems composed of physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual subsystems that interact with internal and external environments. The model emphasizes primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to help clients maintain wellness in response to stressors and regain stability if needed.
The document provides instructions for nurses on transcribing doctors' orders accurately. It discusses interpreting drug orders, using color coding and sample medicine tickets to organize medications by frequency. Common errors like misinterpreting times or dosages are outlined. Keys to accurate transcription include never altering original orders, writing legibly, creating new tickets for new orders, clarifying uncertainties, and signing sheets only after administering medications. Proper transcription is important to ensure patients receive the correct treatments.
The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a school nurse. It describes how the role of the school nurse began by reducing student absenteeism related to communicable diseases. Today, school nurses still provide healthcare to students but also focus on prevention, intervention, health education, and ensuring overall student well-being and academic success. The school nurse acts as a healthcare provider within the school, providing services like administering medications, first aid, screenings, and health education.
Dorothea Orem was one of America's foremost nursing theorists who developed the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. The theory focuses on a deficit that occurs when a patient is unable to meet their own self-care needs. Orem defined four key concepts: person, environment, health, and nursing. Her theory provides a framework for nursing practice and care plans based on assessing and addressing any gaps between a patient's self-care abilities and their needs. The theory emphasizes helping patients progress from an inability to care for themselves to achieving self-care through nursing support and guidance.
Long-term care (LTC) provides medical and non-medical care for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities who cannot care for themselves for extended periods. This includes physical therapy, nursing care, and assistance with daily living activities. Most LTC is provided informally by family and friends, though formal care options also exist like nursing homes or community services. The ideal system provides a continuum of coordinated care across settings as needs change over time.
The Florida Department of Elder Affairs serves as the state unit on aging and is responsible for developing and administering the state plan for aging services. It oversees area agencies on aging that provide services like home-delivered meals and case management to help seniors live independently. The department operates programs like Communities for a Lifetime and Aging Resource Centers to support seniors and prevent nursing home placements. It also oversees consumer advocacy services for vulnerable elders.
The development of gerontological nursing began in the early 20th century with the first articles on elder care published in nursing journals. Gerontological nursing established itself as a specialty area through the mid-20th century with the publication of textbooks and the formation of professional organizations focused on elder care. Gerontological nursing roles include healer, caregiver, educator, advocate, innovator according to holistic principles addressing elders' biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs to promote health and independence.
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) provide clinical decision-making assistance to healthcare providers. There are two main types: knowledge-based systems apply rules to patient data using an inference engine, while non-knowledge-based systems rely on machine learning to analyze clinical data. CDSS can help predict events, review diagnoses, and improve outcomes, but challenges include integrating them into existing clinical workflows. High-fidelity patient simulation is becoming essential in nursing education and allows students to practice clinical skills in a safe environment. There is increasing demand for nurses in health informatics roles related to clinical expertise, system design, change management, and research, though these positions are not always filled by nurses.
The document provides an overview of the history of nursing informatics from the 1900s to present day. It discusses 19 technologies that changed nursing, from electronic IV monitors to video conferencing. It also outlines 6 time periods in the development of nursing informatics, from the 1960s to the present. Four major areas where nursing informatics has been applied are discussed: clinical practice, administration, education, and research. Significant landmark events and initiatives that helped establish nursing informatics are also summarized.
Geriatric nursing, also known as gerontological nursing, specializes in the care of elderly patients. It focuses on maintaining overall health and wellness in addition to treating illness. Geriatric nurses provide treatment for both new and ongoing medical conditions while helping patients and their families learn to manage health issues. The goals of gerontological nursing include promoting independence and functional status in older adults by identifying their strengths. Gerontological nurses work across different care settings to advocate for the health of older patients through various levels of prevention.
The nursing care plan addresses two nursing diagnoses: deficient fluid volume related to blood loss and activity intolerance related to cesarean section. Short term and long term goals are outlined to monitor bleeding, vital signs, pain levels, and increase mobility. Dependent, independent, and collaborative interventions include medication administration, education, exercise, and physical therapy referral to manage symptoms and improve the patient's condition over time.
The document discusses family structures and the stages of pregnancy. It defines family as a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It describes the nuclear and extended family structures and classifications based on descent, authority, residence, and organization. The document then discusses prenatal care, outlining typical prenatal visit schedules and assessments. It describes common discomforts during pregnancy like nausea, fatigue, and backaches and alternative therapies that can help relieve them.
This document discusses several models and frameworks related to nursing informatics. It describes Graves and Corcoran's model which views nursing informatics as the linear progression from data to information to knowledge. It also outlines Schwirian's model focusing on identifying information needs and Turley's model defining nursing informatics at the intersection of nursing science, computer science, and information science. Additionally, it discusses the Data-Information-Knowledge model and Benner's Novice to Expert model as applied to nursing informatics. Finally, it introduces several specific models for the Philippine healthcare ecosystem, the patient medical record, and terminology standards.
Types & sources of data in nursing health AssessmentANILKUMAR BR
The document discusses health assessment in nursing. It states that health assessment is the cornerstone of nursing because it provides the best way to assess, identify, diagnose, analyze, treat, and evaluate a client's condition. There are two primary sources of data for health assessment: subjective data from the client's own descriptions and perceptions, and objective data which are observations and measurements of the client's health status. Secondary sources of data include information from family, medical records, and other healthcare team members, and are used for clients who cannot provide primary data themselves, such as infants or critically ill patients.
The document discusses several key concepts relating to ethics and morality. It defines ethics as involving standards of right and wrong that govern human conduct. Morality is derived from social consensus about moral behavior. The formation of one's conscience begins in childhood based on experiences with caregivers and influences moral development throughout life. Several theories on moral development are discussed, including Piaget's two-stage theory involving progression from fixed rules to relativism, and Kohlberg's six-stage model involving three levels of pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional morality. The document provides an overview of important ethical concepts.
Nursing informatics
What is nursing informatics?
Evolution of nursing informatics
Role of the Nurse as knowledge worker
Medical Informatics
Consumer Informatics
Nursing informatics involves the use of computer technology to support nursing practice, education, administration, and research. It has evolved from early systems that automated paperwork to more advanced applications that integrate data to support clinical decision making. Key trends include a shift toward electronic medical records and using informatics to improve care coordination and patient outcomes. Future directions may include greater use of telehealth and mobile technologies to enhance access to care. Overall, nursing informatics aims to leverage information and knowledge to enhance the quality and efficiency of nursing work.
Practice Application- Nursing InformaticsJadabear06
The document discusses the evolution of the definition of nursing informatics from 1980 to the present. It provides definitions from various nursing organizations over time that have defined nursing informatics as integrating nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage data and information to support nursing practice, administration, education, research, and expand nursing knowledge. The definitions focus on collecting, processing, and managing nursing data and information through technology to improve nursing care and outcomes.
This document provides information about the history of nursing informatics in 3 key areas:
1) It discusses the origins and early pioneers of nursing informatics, including Lady Ada Lovelace and Florence Nightingale.
2) It outlines some of the major developments in healthcare technology from the 1950s to present day that influenced the growth of nursing informatics as a field.
3) It provides an overview of the introduction and development of nursing informatics in the Philippines, including challenges faced and future opportunities.
Importance of nursing informatics in philippine healthcare delivery systemjihfontanilla
Nursing informatics combines nursing, information technology, and computer science to improve patient care and support nurses. It is becoming increasingly important in the Philippine healthcare system. The document discusses the history and increasing recognition of nursing informatics in the Philippines. It explains how nursing informatics can help various areas like administration, education, and clinical decision making. The application of nursing informatics and potential career paths are also outlined.
The document discusses community-based nursing practice and factors that have increased the need for it. Changes to federal legislation, tighter insurance regulations, and decreasing health revenues have pushed more care to community settings. Community-based care focuses on self-care, preventive care, continuity of care, and collaboration. Nurses working in communities must be self-directed, flexible, and able to make independent decisions with cultural competence.
Betty Neumann's System Model provides a holistic framework for nursing focusing on how clients respond to stressors. It views clients as unique systems composed of physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual subsystems that interact with internal and external environments. The model emphasizes primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to help clients maintain wellness in response to stressors and regain stability if needed.
The document provides instructions for nurses on transcribing doctors' orders accurately. It discusses interpreting drug orders, using color coding and sample medicine tickets to organize medications by frequency. Common errors like misinterpreting times or dosages are outlined. Keys to accurate transcription include never altering original orders, writing legibly, creating new tickets for new orders, clarifying uncertainties, and signing sheets only after administering medications. Proper transcription is important to ensure patients receive the correct treatments.
The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a school nurse. It describes how the role of the school nurse began by reducing student absenteeism related to communicable diseases. Today, school nurses still provide healthcare to students but also focus on prevention, intervention, health education, and ensuring overall student well-being and academic success. The school nurse acts as a healthcare provider within the school, providing services like administering medications, first aid, screenings, and health education.
Dorothea Orem was one of America's foremost nursing theorists who developed the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. The theory focuses on a deficit that occurs when a patient is unable to meet their own self-care needs. Orem defined four key concepts: person, environment, health, and nursing. Her theory provides a framework for nursing practice and care plans based on assessing and addressing any gaps between a patient's self-care abilities and their needs. The theory emphasizes helping patients progress from an inability to care for themselves to achieving self-care through nursing support and guidance.
Long-term care (LTC) provides medical and non-medical care for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities who cannot care for themselves for extended periods. This includes physical therapy, nursing care, and assistance with daily living activities. Most LTC is provided informally by family and friends, though formal care options also exist like nursing homes or community services. The ideal system provides a continuum of coordinated care across settings as needs change over time.
The Florida Department of Elder Affairs serves as the state unit on aging and is responsible for developing and administering the state plan for aging services. It oversees area agencies on aging that provide services like home-delivered meals and case management to help seniors live independently. The department operates programs like Communities for a Lifetime and Aging Resource Centers to support seniors and prevent nursing home placements. It also oversees consumer advocacy services for vulnerable elders.
Intersectionality is a concept used in critical theories to examine how different forms of discrimination intersect and cannot be examined separately. It was first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to discuss systematic oppression. Larkin Health System is an integrated healthcare delivery system in South Florida that provides a continuum of care through hospitals, residency programs, and community outreach. It trains over 500 residents across 41 specialties, many focused on addressing healthcare needs in underserved communities.
This document provides information about careers in human services. It discusses how human services professionals work to improve lives by addressing issues like quality of care, accessibility, and coordination of services across different organizations. Some key areas of focus for human services professionals include assisting the elderly, children and families, immigrants, the homeless, veterans, people with disabilities, those struggling with addiction or who have criminal records. The document outlines educational and career pathways for entering the human services field, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs in human services or related areas.
The Malasakit Center is a government-run agency that operates one-stop shops within hospitals across the Philippines. It aims to provide seamless access to healthcare services and financial assistance for impoverished patients. The centers coordinate with different government organizations to help navigate bureaucratic processes, reduce medical costs, and ensure patients receive necessary care and support. Social workers play a key role in assessing patients' needs, advocating for their rights, connecting them to resources, and facilitating comprehensive care. The Malasakit Center seeks to alleviate financial burdens for the ill and help all Filipinos access medical treatment.
The Malasakit Center is a government agency that operates in hospitals across the Philippines. It aims to provide one-stop assistance to patients seeking medical treatment by helping them access healthcare services and financial assistance programs. The Center coordinates with different government organizations involved in healthcare to streamline the process of obtaining treatment. Social workers at the Center play an important role in assessing patients' needs, connecting them to resources, advocating for their rights, and ensuring comprehensive care that addresses medical as well as social challenges. The ultimate goal is to make healthcare affordable and accessible for all Filipino citizens regardless of their financial background.
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This document discusses healthcare in the Philippines. It defines key terms like health service providers, healthcare facilities, and health insurance. It explains that health service providers include hospitals, clinics, doctors, and nurses. Common healthcare facilities are hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories, and nursing residences. It also describes the three main types of health insurance in the Philippines: employer-provided insurance, private health insurance plans, and PhilHealth. PhilHealth is the government healthcare program that provides coverage to employed, informal economy, sponsored, indigent, lifetime, senior citizens and other members.
The document provides an overview of residential service options for adults with developmental disabilities, including living at home with family or in settings outside the home such as skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, supported living services, and family homes. It describes different types of facilities and services and provides considerations for families in choosing appropriate housing arrangements to meet an individual's needs. The roadmap is intended to help families and individuals understand their options and make informed decisions in discussion with their regional center service coordinator.
The document outlines specifications for a floating support service for vulnerable groups in Richmond, London. The service will provide short-term support for up to two years to help individuals develop skills to live independently. It will assist with tasks like budgeting, maintaining housing, accessing benefits and healthcare. The service must be flexible and available 5 days a week, with emergency support as needed. It will work with various agencies and aim to improve health, well-being and quality of life for service users. Performance will be monitored quarterly based on outcomes like successful housing closures and service utilization levels.
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The core ethos of Home Care Services lies in enabling patients to receive professional healthcare without needing hospitalization or residing in long-term care facilities.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in health care, including definitions of health and health status. It discusses several models of health and illness, such as the health-illness continuum model and health belief model. Variables that can influence health beliefs and practices, like developmental stage and family practices, are outlined. The document also describes levels of preventive care and types of risk factors. Additionally, it addresses the impact of illness on clients and families, legal principles in nursing like informed consent, and some legal issues nurses may encounter, such as those around controlled substances and abortion.
The beginning of this is what I actually do. The rest are example.docxmattinsonjanel
The beginning of this is what I actually do. The rest are examples.
I intern in a 24 Hour HealthCare Group Home with six clients; the youngest clients are in their twenty’s.
I have two supervisors and there are at least 12 Staff Members on the payroll at all times. There is a constant turnover of staff.
I intern in a 24 Hour HealthCare group homes for people with Intellectual Disability, known as Individualized Residential Alternatives IRAs provide individuals with a developmental disability the opportunity to live in a family-size group in residential communities. Once in care, these consumers have found a home for life. The facility Services provides residential care for more than six individuals.
Every day I am able to help each of the five males that live there to reach their fullest potential in life. Each of them suffers from a developmental disability that they were born with. I have learned that when you are born with a disability there are many people who say that “he or she will never be able to ….” because of that disability. Being an employee for Ability Beyond Disability has allowed me to help bring out their ability, regardless of their disability.
Working with these individuals has inspired me to continue my education and go to college to obtain my degree in social and behavioral science so that I can continue to help people with disabilities. Working with these guys has changed my perspective on life quite a bit. I have learned the difference between sympathy and empathy; I have learned that I should never take the simple things in life for granted because there are many people who do not have them or cannot do them. I am lucky enough to be able to help teach the people who cannot easily perform simple, everyday tasks to learn the skills they need to be able to master them. I have the privilege of taking the guys into the community and educating others who may not be aware of the disabilities that they possess.
Consumers range from being mildly Intellectually disabled to profoundly Intellectually disabled. Some consumers have physical handicaps, some struggle with behavioral disorders, others have significant medical conditions and some are dually diagnosed with mental illness as well as Intellectual Disability.
All residents are provided with services focused on continued skill acquisition in areas of self-help, socialization and use of recreational time. During the day, some residents participate in our community-based day habilitation programs; others attend school outside the home. In the evenings and on weekends, consumers participate in daily household activities, recreational outings and leisure activities appropriate to their ability level.
The consumers with intellectual disability and developmentally disabilities who are served in the CMS Residential Services program present a full spectrum of complex medical and behavioral health problems. In response, CMS provides a broad array of services that are provid ...
The document provides information about an online webinar on In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) presented by the USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). The webinar covered what IHSS is, eligibility requirements, available services, who can provide services, and how to apply. It aims to educate individuals with disabilities and their families on this important program. The presentation included an overview of IHSS as well as a question and answer period where participants could type their questions.
Progress Unlimited is a nonprofit organization located in Owings Mills, Maryland that provides residential and medical day programs for adults with developmental disabilities. The medical day program serves about 93 individuals and provides two meals, nursing care, therapies, activities and transportation five days a week from 8am to 4pm. Clients have various physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities and chronic health conditions. The program coordinates services between physicians, health care providers and community resources to promote clients' health and independence. Caring for clients presents challenges in communication, emergency care, and medication administration due to clients' disabilities.
The document discusses various types of eldercare available and factors to consider when choosing care for an aging loved one. It describes adult day programs, independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home care, and family or in-home care. It also contrasts the differences between home care agencies and caregiver registries. When choosing care, it's important to understand the needs and preferences of the aging loved one, ensure their safety, and find a solution that provides ongoing oversight, assessment and support as needs change. Raleigh Geriatric Care Management can help families navigate eldercare options.
The document provides an overview of programs and services administered by the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES). It describes various divisions within DES that oversee programs related to aging and adult services, benefits eligibility, child support services, developmental disabilities, employment and rehabilitation services, and more. Each section summarizes the purpose, eligibility, and services provided by programs within each division. The document acts as a guide to help users identify and navigate the various systems and programs administered by DES.
This document provides a service specification for specialist dementia residential care. It outlines high level service outcomes and objectives, including providing a safe and secure home environment that promotes independence. It specifies requirements for care, including person-centered care, choice, dignity, and participation. It describes service management expectations, such as effective leadership, quality assurance, staffing, and reporting of significant events. Key performance indicators are identified to measure outcomes like improved daily living functions and health maintenance.
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2. SUPPORT SERVICES
• These services are based
under Title III of the Older
Americans Act, Senior
Resources provides funding
for home and community
based services.
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3. • Assisted Transportation
• Provision of assistance, including
escort, to a person who has difficulties
(physical or cognitive) using regular
vehicular transportation.
• Benefits Counseling
This service helps the elderly in
determining their eligibility for income
maintenance or public assistance,
assists in processing or filling out
forms such as insurance, and teaches
about local, state and federal tax
benefits or credits.
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4. • Benefits Education
This category covers those educational programs
designed to make the participants aware of
government or non-government programs available to
assist them in meeting their needs and solving their
problems. These programs address the details of the
services provided, eligibility requirements, and the
places where services are delivered.
Case Management
Assistance either in the form of access or care
coordination in circumstances where the older person
and/or their caregivers are experiencing diminished
functioning capacities, personal conditions or other
characteristics which require the provision of services
by formal providers. Activities of case management
include assessing needs, developing care plans,
authorizing services, arranging services, coordinating
the provision of services among providers, follow-up
and reassessment, as required.
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5. • Chronic Disease Management
A program designed to help people with
chronic diseases to gain self-confidence in
their ability to control their symptoms, take
on health challenges and maintain control of
their lives.
• Companion
Service intended to provide company to a
participant in a protective and supervisory
capacity. It may include such home
management activities as cooking and light
housekeeping.
Continuing Education
Service designed to provide the elderly with
an opportunity to acquire and/or improve
their knowledge and skills through a formal
or informal mechanism of meetings, training
sessions, seminars and workshops.
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6. • Day Care
Provision of personal care for dependent
adults in a supervised, protective, congregate
setting during some portion of a twenty-four
hour day. Services offered in conjunction
with adult day care frequently include social
and recreational activities, training,
counseling and meals for adult day care
participants while at the facility. Service such
as rehabilitation, medications assistance, and
personal care assistance are also provided by
some adult day care programs.
Dental Clinics
Clinic programs that offer dental screening
and/or treatment.
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7. Employment Assistance
This service designed to help participants
locate and qualify for gainful employment.
Employment Counseling
This service assists the elderly in their
adjustment to retirement through pre-
retirement programs or a more crisis-
oriented service for retirees. This service
may also include advice about employment
and enhancement of employability.
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8. Fall Prevention
A service designed to assess fall risk factors such as balance and gait
impairments, postural hypotension, medication use, vision impairment
and environmental hazards including unsafe footwear or assistive
devices. Consumers are counseled on appropriate steps to take to reduce
their risk for falls and are provided educational materials. Fall prevention
may also include programs that incorporate strategies to reduce the fear of
falling, increase physical activity levels, increase strength and balance, and
address environmental changes to reduce falls.
Family Life Education
This category is provided to cover those education or training programs
that deal with family and individual adjustment. It provides participants
with the skills required to cope with the psychological and societal
problems spawned by advancing years.
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9. • Energy Related Assistance
Service designed to furnish fuel and/or utilities to
participants who are unable to purchase them at the
market price. Special arrangements are made with fuel
and utility suppliers to reimburse them for the delivery
of fuel or the provision of utilities at prices negotiated
at or below the market price. The elderly participants
or their families are expected to share costs at levels
determined by their economic circumstances.
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10. • Friendly Visiting
A service in which volunteers visit on a regularly scheduled basis the homes of
participants who live alone and are socially isolated and/or geographically
isolated. It provides protection and socialization for the participant. The
visitor helps the elderly participant maintain contact with the outside world
by providing such service activities as letter writing and reading.
Health Assessments
Service designed to develop an individualized profile of participants’ current
health and the services required to maintain or improve their
functioning. Service may be provided by a medical doctor or a diagnostically
trained nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant.
Health Counseling
Service designed to provide individuals with an awareness of preventative,
remedial and/or rehabilitative self-health care focused on the particular
health needs of participating individuals.
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11. • Health Education
Service designed to provide individuals or
groups of participants with an awareness of
preventative, remedial and/or rehabilitative
self-health care depending on the health
needs of that particular individual/group.
Health Screening/Clinic
Service is designed to promote and maintain
community health by providing testing
services for the assessment of a participant's
health status and the determination of need
for further health care.
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12. • Home Health Aide
Service is designed to provide personal assistance,
stand-by assistance, supervision or cues for persons
having difficulties with one or more of the following
activities of daily living: eating, dressing, bathing,
toileting, and transferring in and out of bed.
Home Repair & Renovation
Service designed to help participants make essential
repairs to their homes either to restore them to their
original condition or to make them safe by removing
health hazards. Includes renovations designed to
remove architectural barriers and provide structural
improvements that will enable participants suffering
from chronic disabling conditions to remain in their
own homes.
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13. • Hospice
This category refers to family and home-oriented
palliative care which focuses on emotional and
psychological support for an understanding of the 60+
incurable disease victims. This care includes
pharmaceutical services, bereavement counseling,
volunteer visits, training and visits by social workers,
counselors and ancillary medical personnel.
• Legal Assistance
Provision of legal advice, counseling, and
representation by an attorney or other person acting
under the supervision of an attorney.
Medical Transportation
Specialized service to provide participants with
transportation to and from destinations that provide
medical services. May include assistive technologies
for persons with mobility limitations.
Medical Visit
Medical visits provide physician or nurse practitioner
care either in the home or in a clinic setting.
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14. •
Medication Management
A group of educational and/or screening
services that optimize outcomes for
individuals related to their medication use in
order to prevent medication errors and
adverse drug reactions. Services are based
upon the responsibilities within the licensed
pharmacist’s, or other qualified health care
provider’s, scope of practice.
Mental Health Counseling
This service is designed to provide psychiatric
care and counseling to persons in danger of
institutionalization or who may have suffered
significant losses, dementia, depression,
etc. Pharmaceutical therapy is available in
addition to counseling when needed. A
psychiatrist is available for home visits.
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15. • Nursing Visits
Service designed to provide part-time preventative,
restorative and rehabilitative nursing care, including health
education and counseling to participants who can be cared
for at home.
Nutrition Assessment
Service designed to develop an individualized profile of
participants’ current nutritional Status and the measures
required to overcome any deficiencies uncovered. Service
must be provided by a dietitian registered with the
American Dietetics Association or other health care
professional with comparable training.
Nutrition Counseling
Provision of individualized advice and guidance to
individuals, who are at nutritional risk, because of their
health or nutritional history, dietary intake, medications use
or chronic illness, about options and methods for improving
their nutritional status, performed by a health professional
in accordance with state law and policy.
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16. •
Outreach
Interventions initiated by an agency or organization for the
purpose of identifying individuals with unmet assistance needs
and encouraging their use of existing services and
benefits. This service includes both the initial contact and any
follow-up contacts required to link the participant to
appropriate services.
• Personal Reassurance
Service provides telephone or personal contact at a
prearranged time for participants who live alone. It ensures
their health and safety, assures them that help is available if
and when needed, and provides community contact over a
sustained period of time. This service includes a mechanism to
investigate if the participant does not answer the telephone or
does not otherwise respond at the prearranged time.
Physical Activity
Physical activity programs focus on key areas important to the
health and fitness of older adults such as stretching and
flexibility, low-impact aerobics, strength training, and
balance. These programs may also include components that
include group-based problem solving methods and strategies
that integrate physical activity into everyday living.
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17. REFERENCE:
HTTP://WWW.SENIORRESOURCESEC.ORG/PROGRAMS-
SERVICES/COMMUNITY-BASED-SERVICES
• Shopping Services
Service helps participants to obtain food and other basic
necessities in the interest of safety and convenience. This
service could involve taking the participant shopping if he/she
is able to leave home, or doing the shopping for participants
who are not able to get out. Deference should be given to the
participant's preferred merchants and to convenience.
Social Support Services
Services which assist participants in adjusting to problems in
their personal lives or living environment. They include
guidance and assistance in such areas as personal adjustment;
marital problems; alcohol or drug dependency, family
relations and adjustment counseling. This service includes
active intervention in the participant’s social environment in
order to assist the participant in producing an appropriate
adjustment. This category covers generic or psycho social
adjustment counseling.
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18. ADVOCACY FOR OLDER
ADULTS
Coalition of Services of the Elderly
Vision
An equitable society for all ages where older persons live in
dignity, remain healthy, self-reliant, secure and free to
commit themselves to others and society.
Mission
To work with older persons, especially the poor and
marginalized, in upholding their rights while respecting
cultural diversity, nurturing their potential, recognizing them
as a significant sector and ensuring their participation in
matters affecting their lives.
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19. Goals
• Development of strong older persons
organizations (OPOs) that uphold
their rights and address the issues of
poverty, exclusion, and invisibility.
• Strengthen partnerships with various
stakeholders to advance the well-
being of older persons.
• Enhance COSE’s institutional capacity
as a resource-based organization on
aging.
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20. ADVOCACY
• Everyone thinks that they know what old age is like
and what older people want and need. But there is
only one group of people who really know what
matters to them—and that is older people
themselves
• A few older people, usually those who hold or have
held important positions in their lives, are still able
to have an impact and get their messages across.
This is because they have access to information,
good contacts with decision makers and have
experience with formal meetings, speaking to the
media, negotiating and working with big
organisations. But for most older people, especially
disadvantaged older people, the picture is very
different. They feel very remote from people in
power, they do not feel well informed or confi dent
to speak up when ‘important’ people are talking
about them.
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21. • Raising awareness of decision makers,
donors, the public, older people themselves,
nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and
other relevant groups, about how important
it is to ask older people will help ensure
sustainable impacts of local level work.
Furthermore, increased awareness will
empower older people to take on their own
issues in a more receptive, supportive and
informed environment.
• Advocacy with older people raises
consciousness and helps to organise older
people and local communities. NGOs play an
important role in increasing older people’s
level of awareness of the resources available
to them, community support, and the
opportunities they have to help themselves.
Some older people might not even be aware
of their basic rights, such as their right to
clean water or a better quality of living.
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22. WHY ADVOCACY WITH
OLDER PEOPLE?
• The goal of advocacy 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 marginalised from
their families, communities, and
the development process for a
variety of reasons.
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23. ADVOCACY AND
AWARENESS RAISING
• Advocacy and awareness raising
towards eventual changes in
attitudes, policies and actions
does not occur with just older
people and governments, nor
just with NGOs and
governments. Involving several
groups is a key to success.
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24. THE PUBLIC
• Influencing public
opinion and increasing
awareness in the public is
important to change
perceptions of older
people and challenge the
widely held opinion that
they are a burden – not
contributors – to society.
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25. Many methods can be used to provide information
and positive images of older people to the public,
such as:
• Distributing printed materials such as posters, calendars, leafl
ets, etc. with information and positive images of older people
• Working with media to change how they represent older
people.
• Holding events and celebrations featuring older people – not
just well-known older experts or leaders, but some of the many
poor or uneducated older people who make outstanding
contributions to their communities.
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26. OLDER PEOPLE
• Methods used to increase awareness among older people include
self-help groups, media, seminars and panel discussions, and
intergenerational projects involving schools. It is important for
ageing to be on the agenda of other organisations and
governments. Advocacy targeted at other groups will be fed back to
older people and give them a greater sense of confi dence knowing
that other groups are acting on their behalf.
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27. NGOS AND
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
• Raising awareness with NGOs and
service providers will increase
interest and ultimately inclusion of
older people in their existing
programmes, and the potential
development of services targeting
older people. Advocacy efforts
should target NGOs and
organisations that do not have
ageing issues on their agendas.
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28. POLICYMAKERS, GOVERNMENT
LEADERS, KEY DECISION MAKERS
(INCLUDING DONORS)
• This group should be targeted with general
information (your information for the public) so that
they become more aware of older people and their
contributions and issues. Invite them to your events,
include them in your distribution of materials. It is also
helpful to approach them with specifi c projects or
policy ideas
• It is important to understand existing rights and
entitlements of older men and women. You can do this
by reviewing the policies and commitments the
donors, governments and service providers, you are
working with, have made relating to both older people
and vulnerable groups in general.
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29. • Advocacy efforts must continually work to
sensitiZe organisations to the needs of older
people. NGOs and service providers that are
well-informed and interested in issues of
older people will, in turn, advocate with
other groups and empower older people to
participate in policy processes.
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30. CHANGING POLICIES AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS
LOCAL LEVEL
• In beginning your work with older people to
change policy, it is good to start with small,
specific, local issues that affect them directly.
This will help to assure the participation of
older people, and small successes will create
hope. As the skills and experience of older
people and your organisation increase, you
can work up to larger issues.
• Here are steps you could use to change
policies at the local level:
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31. Help older people
organise to help
themselves.
Support older people in identifying a
policy of any group or even person that
they want to change. Help them see
the link between ‘problems’ they
might identify and the policy decision
behind the problem, and to clearly
identify the policy change that they
want.
Let community leaders know
about what you are doing, and
get them involved. Promote
dialogue between local leaders
and older people—invite them to
your meetings, and activities, etc.
Spread information (raise
awareness) in the local
community about your
issue. Is anyone else
concerned that might
want to join your cause?
Inform the group or
policymaker about
the issue and the
desired change.
Use collective
action to infl
uence the decision
Make sure the
policy change
means a change in
practice or action!
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32. PROVINCE/STATE OR NATIONAL LEVEL
• When working at the province/state
or national level, the process is
usually more complex. More people
and groups should be involved, and
the process will usually take longer.
• Here are some suggestions for
working at this level:
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33. • Be persistent! Don’t give up—it takes time to make changes
at this level!
• Get key decision makers involved.
• It can help—sometimes—to start at the level of the
community then move to the state/provincial level, and
then national.
• Develop a strong relationship with a person in the national
government to learn what their concerns are, and offer
advice.
• Relate your advocacy to their interests, policies and
commitments.
• Involve government decision makers in your meetings and
trainings.
• Offer concrete—but fl exible—goals and policy suggestions.
• Use local level examples to provide evidence why the policy
is needed or should be changed.
• Network with other NGOs to help fi nd common goals and
projects.
• Keep on advocating! Just because a policy is passed doesn’t
mean it will be implemented.
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35. MENTAL HEALTH OF OLDER
ADULTS
• Older adults face a variety of mental
health concerns, including depression,
anxiety, substance use, trauma, serious
mental illness, and personality
disorders.
• When considering the mental health
needs of older adults, it is important to
acknowledge that mental health
conditions often occur with each other.
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36. • It is notable that when the
researchers stratified the sample by
age, they discovered decreasing
rates of mental health disorders
with increasing age. This leveling off
effect can be explained by the fact
that the oldest cohort of adults in
the study adopted a present-
focused state of awareness, sought
the fulfillment of emotionally
meaningful goals, and spent time
with familiar social partners.
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37. TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS OF THE OLDER ADULTS
• Depression and anxiety
• Substance use
• Trauma
• Serious Mental Illness
• Personality disorders
• Hoarding
• Suicide
• Subsyndromal conditions
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38. MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
• Individual psychotherapy is offered in a
variety of settings ranging from private
practices to community-based services
to professionals integrated in primary
care. Psychotherapy is also offered as
part of broader, structured programs
that can be implemented by a variety
of professionals in community-based
or medical settings.
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39. THE FOLLOWING ARE WELL-RESEARCHED
EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT
INCLUDE PSYCHOTHERAPY:
• Healthy IDEAS (Identifying Depression
Empowering Activities for Seniors)
-Healthy IDEAS is a depression self-
management program designed to detect
and reduce the severity of depressive
symptoms in older adults with chronic
conditions and functional limitations. It
includes screening and assessment,
education, referral to appropriate health
professionals, and behavioral activation.
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40. Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding
Lives for Seniors (PEARLS)
-PEARLS is a highly effective method
designed to reduce depressive symptoms
and improve quality of life in older adults
and in all-age adults with epilepsy. During
six to eight in-home sessions that take
place in the client’s home and focus on
brief behavioral techniques, PEARLS
counselors empower individuals to take
action and make lasting changes so that
they can lead more active and rewarding
lives.
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41. Prevention and Management of
Alcohol Problems in Older Adults
-The brief alcohol intervention
approach is designed specifically for
older adults and uses motivational
interviewing to enhance participants’
commitment to change their
behavior. The program includes
alcohol screening, assessments, brief
interventions, and a guide to referral
for more intensive care.
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42. Brief Intervention and Treatment for
Elders (BRITE)
-BRITE is a substance abuse screening
and intervention program for older
adults who are experiencing issues with
alcohol, prescription medication, over-
the-counter medication, or illicit drugs.
The program aims to identify non-
dependent substance use or prescription
medication issues and provide effective
service strategies prior to an individual’s
need for more extensive or specialized
substance abuse treatment.
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43. Improving Mood—Promoting Access to
Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT)
-is a primary care, team-based program
that includes psychotherapy and rigorous
symptom monitoring via a care manager
for older adults with depression. It is a
long-term intervention, lasting several
months or over one year.
• Reference:https://www.ncoa.org/center-for-healthy-aging/behavioral-health/behavioral-health-programs-for-older-
adults/#:~:text=Healthy%20IDEAS%20is%20a%20depression,health%20professionals%2C%20and%20behavioral%20activation.
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Editor's Notes
For example, an organisation whose primary benefi ciaries are women, but who currently does not include older women, could be encouraged to include older women. A hospital that provides healthcare to a wide group of benefi ciaries currently not including older people, could be convinced of the importance of integrating older people into their existing work.