OSOBY STARSZE W SYSTEMIE OCHRONY ZDROWIA
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2012
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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THE ELDERLY IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
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Artykuł przedstawia sytuację osób starszych w systemie ochrony zdrowia. Stan zdrowia osób starszych charakteryzuje się wielochorobowością i przewlekłością, dlatego ich leczenie wymaga holistycznego, kompleksowego podejścia. Opieka geriatryczna jest powszechnie uznaną metodą leczenia seniorów, spełniając bowiem wymóg powszechności, wysokiej jakości, kompleksowości zaspakajania złożonych potrzeb zdrowotnych osób starszych, pozwala na zredukowanie kosztów leczenia. W polskim systemie ochrony zdrowia opieka geriatryczna jest marginalizowana, a wręcz pomijana. Istniejące rozwiązania prawne nie sprzyjają rozwojowi geriatrii, mimo że ta dziedzina medycyny uznana została za priorytetową. Artykuł porusza również problematykę profilaktyki gerontologicznej i edukacji zdrowotnej, które pozwolą przygotować się do zdrowej starości.
*Two major socioeconomic trends are currently changing the terrain of the elderly care – the population is ageing and the geriatric health care system is under an increasing strain. This will soon pose serious challenges for the public health system along with the state budget and family finances. Healthy ageing must become a priority objective for both the population and personal health services and to address the task will require innovative prevention programming. Despite the rising health care costs, the public health care system is poorly managed, fragmented and depersonalised. The ageing of the population means that more senior citizens will need care for longer periods of time, and the strain on the health care system will continue to intensify. Already today many health care institutions have a limited capacity to respond adequately to the needs of the ageing population. What is more, geriatric care differs from standard adult health care because it focuses on the unique needs of the elderly person. The aged body is physiologically different from the younger adult body, and in the old age the decline of various organ systems becomes more manifest.
*Two major socioeconomic trends are currently changing the terrain of the elderly care – the population is ageing and the geriatric health care system is under an increasing strain. This will soon pose serious challenges for the public health system along with the state budget and family finances. Healthy ageing must become a priority objective for both the population and personal health services and to address the task will require innovative prevention programming. Despite the rising health care costs, the public health care system is poorly managed, fragmented and depersonalised. The ageing of the population means that more senior citizens will need care for longer periods of time, and the strain on the health care system will continue to intensify. Already today many health care institutions have a limited capacity to respond adequately to the needs of the ageing population. What is more, geriatric care differs from standard adult health care because it focuses on the unique needs of the elderly person. The aged body is physiologically different from the younger adult body, and in the old age the decline of various organ systems becomes more manifest.
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opieka geriatryczna, geriatiric care, system ochrony zdrowia, health care system, starzenie się, ageing, starzenie się społeczeństwa, ageing society, choroby wieku starczego, diseases of old age, profilaktyka gerontologiczna, geriatric preventive care
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 74, 2012, z. 3, s. 175-188