| When most people think of long-term care,
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| | tends to their needs as much as possible.
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| they think of someone in the golden years
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| | However, the patient is close enough to
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| of their life, but an illness or accident
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| | the nursing home facility that someone is
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| can strike anyone of any age and make
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| | readily available to assist the patient
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| this a necessary part of their life. It
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| | whenever needed, thus the term, "assisted
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| isn't easy for many people to admit they
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| | living." This allows the patient some
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| need help with their every day living,
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| | type of independence while giving them
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| but for some, the simple task of eating
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| | the assistance they need as well. Many
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| becomes a chore.Another misconception is
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| | people who become dependent on others
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| that long-term care means a stay in a
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| | feel like they are a burden, but with
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| nursing home or rehabilitation center,
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| | assisted living, help is there if it's
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| but this is not always the case. With
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| | needed, and the patient is able to do the
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| the portability of medical equipment
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| | things for himself that he is able to
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| today, it is often preferred that
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| | do.Fortunately, the term long-term care
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| patients remain in their own home if
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| | has lost the stigma it used to have for
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| possible. Insurance companies prefer to
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| | patients, and they are now more receptive
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| pay for full-time home care instead of
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| | to accepting help when it is needed. This
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| nursing home care, feeling that it is
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| | is likely due to the introduction of both
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| more cost effective and beneficial to the
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| | the assisted living and the in-home
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| patient's well being.Long-term care
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| | nursing care that allows a patient to
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| doesn't even need to mean that the
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| | remain in the comfort of his home as long
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| patient cannot do for himself or herself.
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| | as possible. Even twenty years ago this
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| It can mean simply a patient who has an
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| | was a "baby" to the medical field, but
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| ongoing condition that requires the
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| | with the insurance companies pushing for
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| services of a health care professional on
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| | less hospital time, and the patients
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| a routine basis for things the patient is
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| | wanting to hurry home from the hospital
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| no longer able to do for him or herself.
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| | to tend to other family members, it has
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| This can mean preparing and planning
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| | become commonplace. As the generation of
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| meals, care of personal hygiene,
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| | middle-aged citizens enters their senior
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| dressing, household chores including
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| | years, this practice will likely become
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| shopping and paperwork, and any medical
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| | more common. Long-term care is changing
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| needs.In addition to in-home and nursing
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| | its face every day.Sandy Sizemore writes
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| home facilities, another type of
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| | on many consumer related topics including
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| long-term care facility is called
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| | health care. You can find out what is
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| assisted living. In this setting, the
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| | long term care and learn about the cost
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| patient has his or her own apartment or
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| | of nursing homes and more by visiting our
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| quarters where the patient lives and
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| | health care website.
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