Long-Term Care: Ethical Issues And Political Issues

Long-Term Care - Ethical Issues and Political Issues
Long-term care involves providing a wide range of complex medical and social services for the disadvantaged and elderly Americans or the disabled. These services range from daily life assistance to daily life (such as bathing, eating and flowing), to various family health and community services, to the institutionalization of nursing homes. The huge and rapidly growing population and potential demand for these services highlight the urgency of the problem (Agich, 2003).
By the end of 2030, the elderly population will grow four times as fast as the population, and more than two-thirds of Americans over 65 will need some long-term care before they die. 77m baby boomers are already

retiring. As a result, their children and grandchildren are, in fact, facing enormous challenges for every unborn taxpayer (Agich, 2003).
Ethics and Long-Term Care
In the process of long-term nursing decision-making, there will be many medical problems and challenges to patients and their families. For patients and families, these challenges are no different for everyone. The need for geriatric care, chronic diseases and psychosis, as well as a shortage of family doctors, could affect the nursing problem. In addition, some problems get more attention than others. And it affects the decisions of different family health care professionals.
Long-term care decisions in terms of ethics, should fully consider the seniors and family members to the problems in the process of decision-making, and in the health and social service professionals in support of these ethical problems.

There is no easier way to solve the problem directly. In ethical issues, decisions on long-term care are often compromised, a complex compromise involving the elderly and family members. And it's a long-term decision, but it shouldn't be seen as permanent. In addition, health and social factors can be changed in the formation of long-term care policies. The old man's condition could be better or worse. The ability or willingness of informal caregivers to provide long-term care can be changed and policy constraints may change. As a result, the elderly, family members, health care and social services professionals should be aware of the life of old people and support degree of change depends on any long-term care planning and arrangement (Robert E.

2013).
This is a long-period test, due to its own nature, which cannot be known in advance. Therefore, as the situation changes, in order to adapt to the changing conditions, it is sometimes necessary to repeat the long-term nursing decision-making process. Reality tends to depress and pain the elderly and family members, so long-term care needs professionals, especially long-term care professionals who are involved in long-term sustainable support.
The Policy Challenges
Due to the government and the long-term care providers and patients between complexity, and due to the various local governments have the right to focus on specific issues, decision makers tend to choose door to solve long-term care service demand and supply.

Many citizens and beneficiaries are even more confused by the results of state and federal regulations. They often don't know what the various types of solutions contain. At the same time, caregivers often face the struggle for hardship, different compensation and regulatory requirements.
The exercise of state power is mainly in the private long-term care insurance market. They are also responsible for all supplier licenses and health care standards. The long-term care policy is announced through the state licensing authority. Long-term care services need to be further diversity, can adapt to disabled young people to the frail elderly, nursing, etc. all kinds of a wide range of conditions, so simple of unified standards of the country is not realistic. The integrity of federal funds is one thing; a high standard implementation, the standard is another thing. But without it, innovative financing and delivery problems continue to be addressed to ensure continued inefficiency, inefficiency and waste (Robert E.

2013).
A streamlined, streamlined federal government department, including streamlined management and oversight, established and improved practice systems. In the course of its long development, the United States has been entitled to the implementation of Medicaid and project management. , of course, abide by the provisions of the federal government under the condition of federal funding is the primary condition, but when more flexibility, innovation, and promote service selection or more imaginative is needed, it must have required the exemption from the existing rules, although sometimes it may not be approved. As Moody said, States and federal authorities that do have a better division of labor will provide better services for beneficiaries (Moody, 1992).
National responsibility should be focused on financing, and national authorities should focus on the formulation and implementation of innovative policies to ensure high quality medical services (Moody, 1992).
Conclusion
Finally, as a summary, I think the elderly population growth and to care to take care of the needs of the likely in the coming decades to our ethical culture and the related political priorities to produce more beneficial effects. So we should confront and solve these urgent problems with a positive attitude.