2006-09-12 11:49:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Care for the elderly or chronically ill patients. Ones that need continuous care, around the clock .
2006-09-12 11:53:57 · answer #1 · answered by shortansassy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long term care is a variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care helps meet health or personal needs. Most long-term care is to assist people with support services such as activities of daily living like dressing, bathing, and using the bathroom. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, in assisted living or in nursing homes. It is important to remember that you may need long-term care at any age.
You may never need long-term care. This year, about nine million men and women over the age of 65 will need long-term care. By 2020, 12 million older Americans will need long-term care. Most will be cared for at home; family and friends are the sole caregivers for 70 percent of the elderly. A study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that people who reach age 65 will likely have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home. About 10 percent of the people who enter a nursing home will stay there five years or more.
2006-09-12 19:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long-term care is a variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care helps meet health or personal needs. Most long-term care is to assist people with support services such as activities of daily living like dressing, bathing, and using the bathroom. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, in assisted living or in nursing homes. It is important to remember that you may need long-term care at any age.
2006-09-12 18:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Care proferred to patients with chronic illnesses, usually in an institutional setting.
2006-09-12 18:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get old, bad sick. They pay your medical bills for the rest of your life. With a deductable. 100% coverage is not available, too expensive. EVEN if you buy it when you are young.
2006-09-12 18:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For whom? A child? An adult? A senior? An animal?
2006-09-12 18:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by rere 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR YEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE SICK OR CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
2006-09-12 18:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋