Health Care and the growing concern for eldery

Health Care Within the health care arena there is a growing concern about the needs of the elderly. Families wonder if their loved ones are getting the proper care that they need With the growing costs of health care and the decreasing resources of primary care physicians it is feared that only the physical needs of the patient are met. Concerns rise about the social psychological and environmental needs or the elderly. A study by …showed first 75 words of 1341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1341 total…assessment should be used. The authors realize that cost and availability would be factors and suggest that an assessment tool sensitive to the availability of resources should be used. Over all this research provides some valuable data showing the needs of the elderly. Although the article has some flaws, I think the research is sound and the information useful. I feel with a clearer sense of purpose this would have been an excellent research article.