摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of long-term care focusing on how it is defined and who needs receives services supports. Long-term encompasses a broad range help with daily activities over long period time for chronically disabled people. These primarily low-tech are designed to minimize, rehabilitate, or compensate loss independent physical mental functioning. The include assistance basic living (ADLs)—dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring, eating. In care, the place where people live, including nature quality one's social environment, can greatly enhance impede person's functional abilities, independence, life. Public policies supporting nursing-home explicitly recognize residential long-term-care population by room board, as well in their reimbursement rates. concludes discussion emerging issues that various stakeholders currently face efforts be responsive needs, preferences older adults, families.
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