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Death Could Occur If IHSS Dies In CA
by: Shade Law and Co-author Jodie P. Floss (all rights reserved) From
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Jodie's Perspective
And the suffering goes on in California...the latest proposed budget cuts include slashing essential community services such as In Home Assistance programs which provide imperative assistance to the disabled,elderly and health impaired.Under normal circumstances,these people could not remain in their own homes without this essential service. In effect this program prevents unnecessary hospital admissions,unnecessary nursing home placements and promotes independence within one's own environment. So now what? More people on the unemployment list of California as those who provide this essential service,such as carers, will no longer have jobs...those that receive the care either will suffer increased health issues related to poor ability to self provide/care and in all likelihood higher rates of hospital admission directly related to poor living conditions induced by the inability to self help. Care recipients also face unnecessary placement into nursing home environments related to the incapacity to provide full self care and the additional burden and grief of losing their homes and all they love. Self care does not just involve the daily tasks of hygiene care,dressing and the general activities of daily living,but also incoporates accessing appointments,food shopping,housework,laundry and accessing medications. All these tasks are provided by In Home Assistance Programs. And if this ends...then what happens? Families and key persons in the lives of care recipients face increased burdens emotionally,physically,mentally and financially as they will struggle to provide the same level of required care which the Government is cutting. In many cases,it is impossible for family or key persons to provide the level of care required,and there are many cases where there are no family or key persons are involved,so the only care received is via In Home Assistance Programs. The extra stress on all levels will lead to increased health issues for all involved and invariably increasing health care costs ,financial burdens across the board and inevitably premature death of the disadvantaged. The emphasis should always be on preventative strategies because prevention is always better then a cure...both financially,physically and emotionally. The economic implications of preventing or delaying nursing home placement are substantial. In 1990, the formal cost savings of preventing nursing home placement was estimated to be $30000 annually per patient with Alzheimer disease,2 and Leon et al35 estimated that a 1-month delay in the institutionalization of people with Alzheimer disease could save as much as $1.12 billion annually in the United States.35 This finding suggests that delaying nursing home placement even slightly could produce large health-system cost savings. Read full study In Home Assistance Programs work on the preventative aspect and in the long run are more financially viable then abolishing the service in comparisons to hospital and nursing home costs. |
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