Long Term Care
Long-term health care is a phrase which is used to describe a variety of services in the area of health, personal care, and social needs of persons who are chronically ill, infirm, or suffer from a cognitive disorder such as Alzheimer's disease.
Many people perceive long term care as simply the care received at a nursing home. Long term care is actually many services that enable an individual to maintain a certain level of quality of life.
These types of services might include:
- Help with daily activities such as bathing and
dressing
- Respite care
- Home health care
- Adult day care
- Or care in a nursing home
Nationally, nursing homes average
$36,000 per year and costs in metropolitan areas
like Washington, D.C. range from $50,000-$70,000 per
year.
An American Health Care Association Study
published in 1993 reported that if you received skilled
nursing care in your home, by a nurse three times a week
(two hours each visit) the bill would be about $12,300 per
year.
Care received from a home health aid
three times a week for a year with each visit lasting two hours
would result in a bill of about $8400 per
year.
Do I really need long term
care?
Recent studies based upon nursing home admissions,
indicate that 43% of all persons aged 65 and over will enter a
nursing home in the future. In fact, a New England Journal of
Medicine report (February 1991) suggested that of the 43% who
enter nursing homes, 50% would stay an average of two
years.
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