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2. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   Elderly care. An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults. It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care.

3. Care Programme Approach - Wikipedia

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   Care Programme Approach. Care Programme Approach (CPA) in the United Kingdom is a system of delivering community mental health services to individuals diagnosed with a mental illness. It was introduced in England in 1991 [1] and by 1996 become a key component of the mental health system in England. [2] The approach requires that health and ...

4. Atrius Health - Wikipedia

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   Atrius Health. Atrius Health is a Massachusetts based healthcare organization with a system of connected care for adult and pediatric patients in eastern and central Massachusetts. [1] Atrius Health's medical practices work together with the home health and hospice services of its VNA Care subsidiary and in collaboration with hospital partners ...

5. Special needs trusts bring peace of mind to aging parents of ...

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   An SNT gets around the resource limits by handing over assets to a trustee, who is legally bound to use the funds strictly for the benefit of the person with a disability, known as the ...

6. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly - Wikipedia

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   Patients are less likely to request extensive acute care, nursing facility care, or in-patient services. [9] [11] Under this method, PACE serves as a cost-saving elderly care program that emphasizes on preventative, up-stream care. Notably, PACE programs saved California State $22.6 million in health care cost for elderly.

7. Continuing care retirement communities in the United States

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   A continuing care retirement community (CCRC), [1][2] sometimes known as a life plan community, is a type of retirement community in the U.S. where a continuum of aging care needs—from independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care—can all be met within the community. [3] These various levels of shelter and care may be housed ...

8. CARE International - Wikipedia

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   CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe[1]) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in 1945, CARE is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-governmental. It is one of the largest and oldest ...

9. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a type of United States federal assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to states in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.2 million children and 112,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults [48] in non-residential, day-care ...