Umbuzo: Uyini Umehluko Phakathi Kwekhaya Lwabahlengikazi Nesikhungo Sokuphila Esisize?
Abantu abaningi bangamangala ukuthi lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zezikhungo ziye zafana kanjani nakakhulu kunezikhathi ezidlule eminyakeni engu-15 edlule, ngezindawo zokuhlala ezisizayo ezamukela izakhamuzi ezinenkinga engokwenyama, engqondweni, nangokwengqondo kunokuba idlule esikhathini esidlule.
Abantu abadala abayizigidi ezingu-1.4 base-United States bahlala ezindaweni zokuhlengikaza ezinamakhono angama-15 700, kuyilapho kunezikhungo zokuhlala ezihlinzekwa amalayisensi ezingu-36 000 e-US, enezibhebhe ezingaphezu kwesigidi.
Amakhaya asezihlengikazi avumelana kakhulu nabantu abadinga ukunakekelwa okubalulekile nokunakekela izingane: ukubopha embhedeni, ukuphuka noma amanxeba angaphilisi, nokuba nezinkinga eziningi zezokwelapha ezifana nesifo sikashukela , isifo senhliziyo kanye nokuhluleka kwenhliziyo ekhululekile . Amakhaya asezihlengikazi angase afaneleke abantu abadinga ukunakekelwa kwamahora angu-24 kanye nokuqondisa okuhlobene nokuwohloka komqondo . Izakhamuzi zasekhaya eziyingxenye eyodwa kwezine kuphela zingakwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kosizo, futhi cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zithola imithi yengqondo.
Izakhiwo zokuhlala ezixhasiwe zifaneleka kakhulu kubantu abanamazinga aphezulu okusebenza nokuzimela abangakwazi ukuzuza emisebenzini yezenhlalakahle, izinhlelo zokuzivocavoca kanye nezinhle. Ifilosofi eyinhloko yokuphila okusizayo ihlinzeka izakhamuzi ngezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokuzikhethela nokuzimela endaweni efana nekhaya.
Izindleko Nemithombo Yokukhokha
Njengenkonzo yokuhlala enakekelwa ngamahora angu-24, amakhaya asebehlengikazi aseyindlela engcono kakhulu yokunakekelwa kwesikhungo eside, kanti izimali manje zisondela futhi ezinye zize zidlule u-$ 100,000 / ngonyaka. Iningi lalezo zindleko zihlanganiswa uhlelo lweMedicaid, okufaka isandla emibangweni yezimali emazweni amaningi.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, iningi labantu abasizwa izakhamuzi zikhokha imali yazo, nakuba izifunda ezingu-41 zinikeza izinhlelo zokuxoshwa ezivumela izakhamuzi ezihola kancane ukuba ziphile ekusizeni.
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Imithethonqubo kanye Nezindaba Zokusebenza
Amakhaya asezihlengikazi avame ukulawulwa nguhulumeni wesifundazwe, kanti izikhungo zokusiza ezilawulwayo zilawulwa yizifundazwe. Ngesibonakaliso esasiza izakhiwo zokuhlala ziyakhathalela izakhamuzi eziyinkimbinkimbi, okungenani isigamu samazwe angama-50 sivuselele imithethonqubo yabo yokusiza esebenzayo kusukela ngo-2008. Ukwenyuka kwabasebenzi ngonyaka kuphakeme kakhulu kuzo zombili izilungiselelo, kanti ngenkathi umhlengikazi kufanele abe esiteshini samahora angu-24 ngosuku ngosuku lokuhlengikaza, ekusizeni okusizayo okungenzeka kungenjalo. Ngokwesibonelo, iTennessee idinga kuphela ukuthi umhlengikazi atholakale njengoba kudingeka.
Ukuphathwa Kwemithi
Ngesikhathi esisekhaya labahlengikazi kuthathwa kalula ukuthi abahlengikazi bayaphathisa imishanguzo, ezindaweni zokuhlala ezisizayo izinto ziyi-murkier. Kwezinye uthi imithetho ayiqondakali mayelana nokuthi abasebenzi bangasiza ngani ngemithi, futhi cishe ingxenye yesigamu semvume abahlengikazi ababhalisiwe ukuba banikeze ukuphathwa kwemithi yomlomo kuma-aid. Izakhamuzi ezinesifo sikashukela esidinga i-insulin noma izimo ezibuhlungu ezidinga ukuthi izidakamizwa zingakwazi ukuthola lezi mithi kusuka kwabasebenzi abasizayo.
I-Dementia
Kokubili izindlu zokuhlengikaza nezindawo zokuhlala ezisizayo zinezibalo eziphezulu zesifo se-Alzheimer kanye nezinye izinhlobo zokucindezeleka kwengqondo : kokubili izilungiselelo zinezibalo ezingaphezulu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabahlali abanomqondo owohloka komqondo noma amazinga abalulekile ekukhubazeka kwengqondo. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha abantu abahlala ekhaya abahlengikazi abane-dementia basesiteji esilinganiselwe futhi esinzima , uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angu-40 ekusizeni. Ngenxa yezinga eliphezulu lokugula komqondo ngokuphila okusizwayo, abaningi bathi manje banamathekisthi akhulisiwe ekunakekeleni izakhamuzi eziphilayo ezasiza abantu abanezinkinga zokugula ngengqondo.
Ezinye izikhungo zinezinto ezibizwa ngokuthi "i-memory loss unit" noma "uhlelo oluphephile lwe-dementia." Lolu hlobo lokunakekelwa ngokuvamile luhlelwe kulabo abasesiteji esiphakathi socingo lwesifo somqondo lapho bezozuza khona emisebenzini eqondisa lelozinga lokucabanga.
Ngokuvamile, lezi zinhlelo zineminyango yazo futhi ziphuma zivikelekile ngoba abanye abantu abane-dementia bazulazula futhi basengozini yokuthutha.
Imithombo:
Amasevisi Okulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo. Ngo-Ephreli 29, 2015. Ukunakekelwa Kwekhaya Lwabahlengikazi. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/nursing-home-care.htm
Amasevisi Okulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo. 2012. Izakhamuzi ezihlala ezindaweni zokunakekelwa zokuhlala: United States, 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db91.htm
-Uhlelwe ngu-Esther Heerema, MSW