Healthcare across a Lifetime
Understanding the healthcare needs for those at different stages of their life is important for creating a healthcare system that adequately addresses all ages. Healthcare access may be more necessary at different stages in a lifetime.
You work for a home care agency that supports children and adults with disabilities. Your job includes providing training and on-going education for various health professionals within your organization. You have been tasked with creating training material for newly hired Personal Care Attendants about how healthcare needs change over the lifespan. The Personal Care Attendants will be caring for all age groups.
Instructions
In a Microsoft Word document, create your training material for the newly hired Personal Care Attendants as an informational handout, pamphlet, or flyer. The training materials should focus on these four phases of life: Infancy/Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, and the Elderly.
Research the four phases of life and include the following:
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- Explain the age-specific healthcare needs for each group.
- Discuss the preventative healthcare needs for each group.
- Explain the common diseases associated with each group.
- Discuss the differences in healthcare costs associated with each group.
- Discuss the differences in access to healthcare resources associated with each group. (This may include insurance coverage, physical resources, and/or healthcare provider support.)
