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2. Gerontological nursing - Wikipedia

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   Gerontological nursing is complex and requires extensive interventions to keep the elderly safe. Nurses must be able to accommodate their patients for the vision loss, hearing loss, and dental issues. Elderly people with poor vision can be given reading materials with larger font, be provided with magnifying glasses, and brighter lighting. [15]

3. Geriatric rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric rehabilitation also have a role in intermediate care, where patients are referred by a hospital or family doctor, when there is a requirement to provide hospital based short term intensive physical therapy aimed at the recovery of musculoskeletal function, particularly recovery from joint, tendon, or ligament repair and, or, physical ...

4. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   A large portion of Medicare and Medicaid dollars is used each year to cover nursing home care and services for the elderly and disabled. State governments oversee the licensing of nursing homes. In addition, states have a contract with CMS to monitor those nursing homes that want to be eligible to provide care to Medicare and Medicaid ...

5. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   A recent analysis indicates that Americans spent $219.9 billion on long-term care services for the elderly in 2012. [52] Nursing home spending accounts for the majority of long-term care expenditures, but the proportion of home and community based care expenditures has increased over the past 25 years. [53]

6. Geriatric care management - Wikipedia

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   Professional care managers help individuals, families, and other caregivers adjust and cope with the challenges of aging or disability by: Conducting care-planning assessments to identify needs, problems and eligibility for assistance; Screening, arranging, and monitoring in-home help and other services; Reviewing financial, legal, or medical ...

7. Adult daycare center - Wikipedia

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   Seaman Recruit Michael Schultz interacts with a resident at the Singapore Cheshire Home Day Care Centre as part of a community service project in Singapore. An adult daycare center is typically a non-residential facility that supports the health, nutritional, social, and daily living needs of adults in a professionally staffed, group setting.