Health Care in Gerontology

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Across
  1. 3. (3 words) federal legislation that defines the provision of universal health care
  2. 8. a health related program is BLANK if an older person can get to it without any barriers (transportation, resource distribution, waitlists, etc.)
  3. 12. (2 words) a range of social and medical services, including formal services, home or institutional care, and family care, for people who have functional limitations
  4. 13. long term care benefits are BLANK benefits as they do not fall under the Canada Health Act; thus individual Provinces and Territories are left to design and implement their own model of services
Down
  1. 1. the social model of care offers a BLANK view of the concept of health which incorporates many social determinants to how we view and perceive health
  2. 2. the ability for an older person to stay in the community largely depends on the BLANK of services in the community that can support the individual to remain at home
  3. 3. the social model of care utilizes a BLANK focus which centers the person as the primary focus of intervention while visualizing the illness, disease, or condition as one of many things impacting the person's health
  4. 4. a stronger community care system of home care services can lead to earlier BLANK and fewer days in hospital for older patients
  5. 5. model of health care that focuses on self-care and preventing disease through lifestyle change, increased knowledge about healthy behavior, and environmental improvement
  6. 6. because community health programs such as home care decentralize care away from a single person such as a Physician by creating a multidisciplinary team, BLANK of assessments, planning, and intervention is crucial given the multiple health professionals involved with a single client
  7. 7. model of health care that favors surgery, drug therapy, and rehabilitation through physical therapies with a focus on the treatment of diseases and injuries, usually in a Physician's office, a hospital, or other health care institutions
  8. 9. the current issues faced in providing quality health services to an aging population is that Canada is too BLANK to the medical model which is only meant to provide short-term care in acute situations of illness and disease rather than long-term support to persons with chronic illness and disability
  9. 10. model of care that includes personal and family counseling, home care, and adult day programs as part of the health care system; and tries to keep older people in their own homes
  10. 11. Former Saskatchewan Premier and Federal NDP leader that advocated for universal health care principles