Long Term Care

In the Healthcare Delivery & Organization aspect of society, Delivery Systems plays an important role, and one such one is Long-Term Care. Long-Term Care (LTC) which is also called custodial care is a diversity of services which help to meet the non-medical and medical aspects of human beings who have a need with a chronic illness or disability who cannot take care of themselves for long periods (Barton, 2009). Long-term care can involve providing custodial and non-skilled care, such as giving assistance with normal daily tasks. Long-Term Care’s diversity can be provided at home, in the community, nursing homes or assistant living facilities. People of any age, and gender may need long-term care, even though it is more common when dealing

Informal providers are normally family members or friends who have come to take care of the individual that is in need of long-term care usually with support and assistance anyway possible, while Formal providers are individuals who have been trained to provide care and they get reimbursed/stipend for their services. For Informal providers, the services of long-term care are normally carried out at their own homes or homes of the affected individual, unlike Formal providers who usually administer these services at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and also community or neighborhood health centers (Barton,

Because of the growing demand of long-term care services, it has already strained federal and state budgets, and no solution has yet to be identified for the increasingly significant problem. Long-term care is an important part of the care continuum, as it is needed if a person has a form of disability. The government has tried to help with the financing of long-term care, by providing different programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, and also the Long-Term Care Security Act, that requires the federal government to offer long-term care policies to its employees in the year 2000 (Barton,