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Ombudsman volunteers sought for long-term care facilities
The Ithaca Journal reports that volunteer long-term care ombudsman are being sought for ltc residences in their area.
Volunteers must be at least 21, complete 36 hours of training, possess good listening and problem solving skills and show sensitivity toward long-term care residents.
Ombudsman volunteers will be assigned to a facility in their communities to visit at least once a week to provide confidential and free services, assisting with residents’ rights and care, medical and food services and financial and personal concerns.
Long term care alternative considered in Humboldt County
Long Term Care providers in California are experimenting with a new portable model of care that can be delivered at home, in a hospital, or in a long term care residence.
P.A.C.E. stands for, “program of all-inclusive care for the elderly,” and it provides for the frail and elderly, coordinated by a team of medical and social service providers, for an annual fee usually paid by Medicare and Medicaid.
The care can be delivered at home, a hospital, a P.A.C.E center, or a long-term care facility under the supervision of one interdisciplinary team for a fixed cost.
As part of its mission to improve seniors’ quality of life, On Lok is collaborating with providers of eldercare in Humboldt counties and elsewhere to assess the feasibility of PACE in their rural communities. A $100,000 grant provided by the SCAN Foundation enables On Lok’s technical assistance staff to lay the groundwork, through the project, for developing local PACE programs to serve seniors in these three rural areas.
In rapidly aging society, local hospital bets on gerontology ward
Taiwan recently opened the continent’s largest hospital gerontology ward.
Taiwan has met the World Health Organization’s definition of an “aging society” since 1993 by having at least seven percent of its total population over the age of 65, he said, and scholars predict the figure will rapidly accelerate to 21 percent by 2017, the threshold for “super-aging society.” The sharp increase will present both a major challenge and an opportunity for the health care sector, he said.
“In our view, the purpose of geriatric service is not only to ensure the health of our senior citizens, but to help them continue to be contributing citizens in society, ” Lin said, stressing the important goal of improving quality of life rather than simply extending the lives of patients.
EMU Offers Nation’s Only Graduate Certificate Specializing in Study of Dementia to Meet Growing Needs of Health Care Professionals
Eastern Michigan University is set to offer the nation’s first graduate level certificate for the study of dementia.
The certificate is geared to professionals in hospitals, home health care, research centers, veterans’ services, business settings and substance abuse centers.
The multidisciplinary program provides a theoretical framework and practical grounding for working with families and persons with dementia in the home, community-based programs and 24-hour care settings, says Elizabeth Schuster, professor in the gerontology program.
The program also emphasizes the social psychology of dementia, changes in people and their communication, and ways they compensate during the disease’s progression. Students will learn techniques to accommodate changes, learn ongoing assessment of the person and the environment, and will develop supportive interventions to increase the person’s well being.
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