Post By Patient

Long Term health care seems like a very important aspect of health care that the government often overlooks. To me, it also seems like a huge aspect of long-term health care, is that it provides overwhelming benefits to its patients. This form of health care involves dressing, changing, bathing, and helping out citizens that are not able to do so on their own. It’s also important to realize that this care plan is not simply for senior citizens. If an individual were to be injured or hurt and could not take care of themselves for a long time, long-term health care could definitely be a beneficial option. I think long term health care emphasizes and focuses on the importance of a patients health and comfort, rather then simply a way to treat and dismiss the sick or disabled.

As a patient I can definitely see the two sides of an argument for or against long-term health care. Long-term health care seems to have many pros and cons. Pros to long-term care are obvious. Long-term health care can help provide and pay for a health care that relieves stress and dependence on other family members. It can also assist in choosing nursing homes and providing the quality care a patient deserves. Furthermore, long-term care services can help preserve money and inheritance for family members who would otherwise be paying for their treatment. The cons of long-term care also come in to play when deciding whether a long-term care plan is right for an individual. It seems like long term care plans, have an especially high premium and costs that may be tough for any individual to financially afford. So how does one decide of long-term care should be an important aspect of their health care? Doesn’t general health care provide some long-term coverage for disease or accidents? One question I might have is where long-term health care comes into play for younger individuals that hurt themselves or become ill for a long period of time? Would Medicaid cover this or a long-term care plan? To me it seems like long-term health care should be offered to any individual in the country. Every human being has the right to live and fight for life. It seems like financial burdens should never restrict an individual from being able to live in a place of their choice and at a comfort level satisfactory to the individual patient. I know if I should ever be in a situation where I depend on others for living, I would want the highest quality care possible and I would want to be in a living situation where I was comfortable but not causing a burden for anyone else.