Long-term care: providing for those with disability and chronic illness.
1. The focus of long-term care has widened from concentrating exclusively on the older adult to an inclusive perspective of all ages and population groups needing health care over a prolonged period of time. 2. Long-term care principles must include access to a full range of services, care coordination by professional nurses, community-based networks, and an emphasis on consumer responsibility. 3. Multiple nursing implications exist in the 21st century for care of older persons: education of students and professionals and development of continuum of care services and their evaluation and effectiveness.
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D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016294:Models, Nursing