Assignment Details Assignment Description Long-term care (LTC) has often been thought of as the place where people go to die. Thankfully, this is one area of health care that has experienced...

Running Head: LONG TERM CARE (LTC)        1
LONG TERM CARE (LTC)        2
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONALIZED LONG TERM CARE
Abstract
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ent assignment offers an in depth discussion of the similarities and differences existing between community and institutionalized long-term care services delivery models. In the cu
ent assignment, followed by a proper introduction, the discussions of the similarities between the two long term care delivery models are discussed. The models, the mutual objective of elderly care, chronic illness treating and wellbeing of the care users are highlighted. The given arguments are supported by legitimate literary references. In the following section of the discussion the contrasts are provided, which
ings readers to the point where the understanding of the benefits as well as weaknesses of both types are made comprehensible. Based on the understanding of the entire assignment a conclusion is provided, which makes the assessment of the vital areas of concerns prominently visible.
Table of Contents
Introduction    4
Comparing Community and Institutionalized Long Term Care Delivery    4
Contrasted Features of Community and Institutionalized Long Term Care Delivery    5
Conclusion    7
Reference    8
Introduction
    The need for long-term care in healthcare and public welfare has increased in significance in a proportionally symmetrical manner with that of the increasing elderly population all over the globe, especially in USA. Considering the consistently higher cost of providing long-term care has become a major concern as the number of elderly people in USA is increasing in alarming rates and the need for the long-term care service to optimize, redesign and refine its service offerings are hinted at. In the cu
ent assignment the two major types of the long-term care delivery models – the community model and the institutionalized model are discussed.
Comparing Community and Institutionalized Long Term Care Delivery
    Although the patterns of providing long-term care services are different in their delivery types, they have high degree of similarities. Firstly, in the context of the healthcare standards regulated by USA, both community and institutionalized care services abide the norms of the standards in terms of the safety, quality, delivery patterns and facility providing. As supported by Molinari (2017), in USA the healthcare standards and their equal application on different healthcare service types creates similarity and symmetry. In USA both community based and institutionalized long-term care systems consider people over 65 years of age to be eligible for the benefits.
    Secondly, both the long-term delivery types offer quality...