Work 1
Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post.
Managing chronic illness is a major challenge for the U.S. healthcare system. This challenge is often related to an inability to control the choices people make (for example, diabetics who choose a poor diet that later exacerbates their health complications).
- From the readings, identify two factors associated with healthcare spending that must be addressed. Why did you choose those two factors?
- What is a possible solution to efficiently and effectively manage the care of the chronically ill? Use the readings and/or video to support your answer.
- Describe the current burden of chronic mental illness on our healthcare system.
- What factors related to mental health disparities and cost did you find surprising?
Your initial post should be 300 to 500 words, with one to two supporting references included.
Work 2
Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post:
- Consider the multiple costs of dementia. The impact of dementia on individuals, as well as on their families, is significant; but what about the costs that ripple through the healthcare system, as well as through society? Describe the economic and emotional costs dementia has on multiple levels.
- As a service provider for aging adults, how do these costs impact your ability to care for aging adults? Discuss the financial burden of dementia and the cost in a residential setting.
Your initial post should be 300 to 500 words, with one to two supporting references included.