- ID
- 1899673
- Banca
- Marinha
- Órgão
- ESCOLA NAVAL
- Ano
- 2012
- Provas
- Disciplina
- Inglês
- Assuntos
PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Based on the text below, answer the question.
A Shift from Nursing Homes to Managed Care at Home
Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing an emerging model of care that allows many elderly patients to remain in their homes and still receive the medicai and social Services available in institutions.
In the newer model, a team of doctors, social workers,
physical and occupational therapists and other specialists provide
managed care for individual patients at home, at adult day-care
centers and in visits to specialists. Studies suggest that it can
be less expensive than traditional nursing homes while providing
better medicai outcomes.
The number of such programs has expanded rapidly, growing
from 42 programs in 22 States in 2007 to 84 in 29 States today. In
New York City, a program run by a division of Center Light Health
System, formerly known as the Be th Abraham Family of Health
Services, has over 2,500 participants at 12 sites in the
metropolitan area.
"It used to be that if you needed some kind of long-term
care, the only way you could get that Service was in a nursing
home, with 24-hour nursing care," said Jason A. Helgerson, the
Medicaid director for New York State. "That meant we were
institutionalizing Service for people, many of whom didn't need
24-hour nursing care. If a person can get a Service like home
health care or Meais on Wheels, they can stay in an apartment and
thrive in that environment, and it's a lower cost to taxpayers."
(Adapted from http: //www. nytimes.com)
According to the text, which of the alternatives below is correct?