One in five in long term care under 65.One in five continuing care continuing care a professional convention that a veterinarian who is treating an animal is obliged to continue treating that case unless an arrangement is made with its custodian to transfer the care to another practitioner or to a specialist. patients being cared for in Ontario hospitals is under the age of 65. This is among the facts revealed by The Canadian Institute for Health Information The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization in Canada, primarily funded by the provincial and federal governments of Canada. in its first report on continuing care facilities and their patients. This is a sector of the health care system about which very little is known. Facility-Based Continuing Care in Canada, 2004-2005 provides a "snapshot". Among the findings were: Many hospital-based continuing care patients experience daily pain. Patients in hospitalbased continuing care are generally admitted from an acute care hospital bed, and not all of them are elderly-nearly one in five (18%) was younger than 65 in 2004-2005. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report, 22% of assessed patients were totally dependent on others for the basic activities of daily living, such as personal hygiene personal hygiene person n → Körperhygiene f , eating and moving around. Most (82%) had complex and unstable health conditions, and nearly half (47%) experienced some degree of unrelieved pain, with 10% in severe daily pain. Nursing home residents show higher levels of social engagement, and more than half are 85 or older. Patients in hospital-based continuing care are generally admitted from an acute care hospital bed, and not all of them are elderly-nearly one in five (18%) was younger than 65 in 2004-2005. According to the report, 22% of assessed patients were totally dependent on others for the basic activities of daily living, such as personal hygiene, eating and moving around. Most (82%) had complex and unstable health conditions, and nearly half (47%) experienced some degree of unrelieved pain, with 10% in severe daily pain. The report did not include Alberta, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory Yukon Territory, territory (2001 pop. 28,674), 207,076 sq mi (536,327 sq km), NW Canada. Geography and Climate The triangle-shaped Yukon territory is bordered on the N by the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean, on the E by the Northwest Territories, , which will participate in later surveys. www.cihi.ca |
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