HLTHAGE 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Health System, Adult Daycare Center, Long-Term Care
18 Apr 2017
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Medical model: focuses on treatment of disease and injuries: treatment in physician"s office, hospital or other healthcare institution, surgery, drug therapy, and rehabilitation common treatments, physicians have considerable control over organization of healthcare and other health professionals. Social and medical services, including formal services, home or institutional care, and family care. Health promotional model: focuses on self-care and preventing disease through lifestyle change, increased knowledge about healthy behaviour and environmental improvement: legislation, public health promotion campaigns, programs, and projects, could save healthcare system money. Challenges to healthcare system today: canada health act 1984. Universal coverage, access to services, portability, comprehensive services, administration by non-profit public agency: current challenges. Why senior"s healthcare cost more than young people: more health problems, use increase with age, see more specialists and general practitioners, and more often hospitalized (+days, higher use of residential care, homecare and drugs. Use more health promotion and social model approaches (medical not meet seniors needs)
