Question

Explain why much attention was placed on post-acute and long-term care facilities during COVID-19? What are some challenges that post-acute care and long-term care facilities deal with on a typical or regular basis that may have been made worse by COVID-19?  

Answer 1

A) Health care facilities need to provide care for all patients in the safest way possible for patients.During COVID-19 pandemic ,health care systems should adjust their standard approaches of delivering health care services to reduce the need to provide in person care to minimize risk to patients healthcare personal.

There is a safe alternative to nursing home- based post acute care ,on that is favord by many patients and their families and might even cost us less.we can help the people to recover at their own home.

B)The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on people, especially older people,who live in long term care facilities.

•long term care has low political priority compared to health and other policy areas.

•Cost containment may be an issue as preparation for COVID-19 cases may necessitate earlier transfer of eligible patients from hospitals to free up beds for surve jn COVID-19 patients.

•post acute providers will face further challanges with occupancy.

•Staff have been relactant to work in a facility or with a COVID positive patient.