Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Demographic Paper. It needs to be at least 1250 words.Download file to see previous pages... Chronic conditions are, by their nature, those which c

Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Demographic Paper. It needs to be at least 1250 words.

Chronic conditions are, by their nature, those which cannot be ‘cured’ in the more typical sense, so treatment generally involves long-term involvement by healthcare providers and the provider must aim to best control the condition with the aim to improve quality of life for the sufferer (Department of Health, 2004). The situation becomes more complex when considering the aging population of the UK. Over 70% of people over the age of 60 will have more than one chronic condition (Department of Health, 2004), making management more complex and limiting treatment options. Managing chronic conditions requires the provision of a multitude of services beyond traditional medications, including but not limited to hospice care, home-visit nursing staff, occupational therapy, recommendation of non-traditional medicines and services, and a holistic approach to providing care (Morton et al, 2005). The provision of these services is costly to the NHS and thus there is a significant need for the different divisions to be managed properly and carefully. The purpose of this essay is to analyse the different approaches to caring for those with long term, chronic conditions by looking at the shift from a ‘reactive’ model of care to an ‘anticipatory’ model of care and the benefits of this change. ...

It is treating the absence of health once it has been made apparent, treating something which already exists. It has been widely noted by the literature that the current healthcare system, both in the UK and further afield, generally rely on this system. It has been noted that the major problem with using such a model for managing chronic diseases is that it is a negative model, with the absence of ill-health being used as a model for health (Evans et al, 1994). It has been assessed by the Department of Health (2004) that this model of providing health care is based upon a 19th century model, which is aimed at the acute health issues which posed more of a risk at the time. viruses, bacterial infections and other acute illnesses developing as a result of a short-term threat or obvious trauma. Whilst these are still important issues in healthcare management, the aforementioned figures suggest that the majority of the UK adult population are suffering from chronic illnesses (rather than acute), and so this model may need to be addressed. There are, of course, benefits to the reactive healthcare delivery system. Economically, the NHS may benefit from using reactive models of care as it will have less of an involvement before the healthcare issue. less money needs to be spent prior to the development of the chronic disease (Cheah, 1997). Whilst this may seem true on the surface, it may be better economically to spend money on anticipatory healthcare to prevent life-long medicine prescription.