Health Care Facilities

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Health Care Facilities
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• Places that provide care or make it possible for
  some type of care to be delivered to clients

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Type of Facilities

• Hospitals
• Long-term care facilities
• Practioners offices
• Clinics
• Laboratories
• Emergency medical services
• Home health care
• Rehabilitation facilities
• Hospice

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Hospitals

• Hospitals Run by Religious Organizations
• Beliefs are to help the needy
• A person need not be a member of a certain
  religion to receive care.
• Care is given in accordance with their beliefs

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Hospitals

• Private Hospital
• Has shareholders
• People who invest money and expect a profit or
  return on their investment
• Often a group of physicians or business
  professionals own stock in a private hospital.

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Hospitals

• Nonprofit hospitals
• Do not have shareholders
• Any profit is returned to the institution.
• These agencies may be sponsored by a religious or
  charitable organization.

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Hospitals

• Specialized Hospitals
• Provide care to a general population or may
  specialize in certain types of care or age
  groups.
• Physicians, nurses and other staff are highly
  trained to meet the needs

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Hospitals

• Hospitals Run by Government Organizations
• Military personnel and their dependents
• Veterans
• Funded by federal taxes
• Some state and counties tax residents to fund
  state or county hospitals
• Clients with little or no money may receive
  health care free or at a reduced cost.

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Hospitals

• Specialized Hospitals
• Childrens hospitals (birth to young adult)
• Other hospitals specialize in a specific disease
  or treatment.
• Diseases of heart and lung
• Treat cancer
• Rehabilitation

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Long-Term Care

• Provide care to people who need nursing or other
  professional health care services on a regular
  basis
• Physician may see patient monthly
• Admitted for rehabilitation following surgery or
  major illness

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Long-Term Care

• Residents
• Live there for the rest of their lives
• Assisted living
• Separate living quarters while providing meals
  and housekeeping
• Skilled nursing facility
• 24 hour nursing services for clients who cannot
  take care of themselves

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Practioners Office

• Physicians
• Nurse practioners
• Physician assistant
• Dentist
• May have an individual practice or may work
  with other practioners in a group practice.

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Clinics

• Various practioners may share office space and
  support staff in a clinic
• Specialize
• Can also refer to a type of care or consultation
  provided on a specific day.

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Laboratories

• Perform tests on blood and other bodily fluids
• Examine tissue
• Determine the presence of disease
• Presence of disease
• Determine appropriate treatment for infections

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Laboratories

• May be part of a hospital or clinic
• Independent

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Emergency Medical Services

• Extends medical care from the emergency room of a
  hospital into the community
• Started to provide care as quickly as possible

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Emergency Medical Services

• Urban Areas
• Police officers
• Firefighters
• Ambulance staff
• Rural Areas
• Volunteers
• Park Rangers
• Ski Patrol

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Home Health Care

• Short-term after hospitalization
• Longer-term for clients with chronic diseases or
  disabilities

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Rehabilitation

• Help clients regain physical or mental abilities
• Teach them how to live with disabilities

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Rehabilitation

• Focuses on
• Physical
• Occupational
• Mental or psychological
• Behavior modification

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Rehabilitation

• Can be part of a hospital or clinic
• Privately owned
• Main goal is to help clients regain function,
  independence, and, as much as possible, the
  ability to take care of themselves.

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Hospice

• Special form of care for clients who have
  terminal illnesses.
• Goal is to give support to clients who are near
  death
• Can focus on the ill person and the family, not
  the disease.

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Hospice

• Offered to clients who are thought to have fewer
  than 6 months to live.

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Hospice

• Goal
• Reduce pain and other symptoms
• Give spiritual and emotional support
• Care is usually in the clients home

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Hospice

• Treatment from
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Therapist
• Dieticians
• Social workers
• Clergy
• Volunteers

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Hospice

• Therapy is designed to
• Improve quality of life
• Use pain medication effectively
• Relieve symptoms
• Prepare the person and his or her family for
  death
• Nothing is used to speed death

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Hospice

• Care has been shown to
• Increase patient satisfaction
• Ease family anxiety
• Reduce costs

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Hospice

• This is not for everyone
• Clients facing death should decide for themselves
  what kind of care is best for them.