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加州长期护理伙伴关系​​ 

现实是什么?​​ 

与高血压药物相比,更多的加州人一生中需要长期护理。 然而,只有十分之一的加州人采取措施,为这一财政和情感上令人痛苦的现实做好准备。 这是我们大多数人愿意忽略的一个话题。 然而,由于缺乏长期护理规划,太多的加州人失去了独立性,陷入经济困境,并将护理负担转移到他们的孩子和亲人身上。​​ 

三分之二的加州人需要长期护理。​​ 

什么是长期护理?​​ 

Long-term care is different from the rest of your health care, and it’s not typically covered under health insurance policies, HMO plans, Medicare or Medicare supplemental policies. Some may also cover nursing home care or home care but typically only on a short-term or limited basis.​​ 

Long-term care includes personal care assistance, such as help with bathing, eating or dressing, that you require over a lengthy period. That’s why it can be very expensive. Long-term care can range from simple assistance with activities in your own home or a residential care facility, or it can mean highly skilled care in a nursing facility. The possibility of needing long-term care due to an illness or physical disability is something most people would rather not think about. But as we get older and because we are living longer, the likelihood that we will need some kind of assistance is very real. Long-term care coverage will help you live your life with dignity and independence.​​ 

以下是长期护理涵盖的日常生活活动清单:​​ 

  • 沐浴​​ 
  • 敷料​​ 
  • 上厕所​​ 
  • 转移(从床上到椅子上)​​ 
  • 吃​​ 
  • 节制​​ 

Long-Term Care Facts Long-Term Care Myths​​ 

什么是加州伙伴关系?​​ 

处理长期护理的方法有很多种,可以适应每个加州人不同的性格、资源和价值观。 由加州卫生保健服务部支持的一项解决方案是加州长期护理合作伙伴关系(简称“合作伙伴关系”)。 该伙伴关系计划成立于 1994 年,旨在帮助加州人解决长期护理问题。​​ 

该合作伙伴与符合国家严格标准的精选私人保险公司合作,制定独特的保险政策,保护您和您的家人免受长期护理通常带来的毁灭性费用和困难。 所有合作伙伴批准的政策均包含高质量长期护理保险所必需的重要功能,包括:​​ 

  • 内置每年 5% 的自动通货膨胀保护。​​ 
  • 护理协调和监督由独立于保险公司的持牌健康专业人员进行,根据您的个人需求和资源制定护理计划。​​ 
  • 一生一次的免赔额,这样如果您停止使用保单福利,然后必须再次使用它们,您将不必支付第二次免赔额。​​ 
  • 您的保单支付在护理机构或住宅护理机构接受护理的所有天数的保费均免除。​​ 
  • Medi-Cal 资产保护可确保在您需要依赖 Medi-Cal 时您的部分资产受到保护。​​ 

长期护理的情感挑战​​ 

照顾是需要付出代价的。 对于许多人来说,照顾所爱的人即使不是必需的,也是一种义务,而且这种需求每年都在增加。​​ 

它通常以一个电话开始。 我们发现,自己处于这样一种境地:按预期或意外地,必须照顾父母、配偶或孩子。 然后,它就变成一项繁重的责任,让护理人员几乎没有时间考虑自己的健康和幸福。​​ 

作为一名看护者我们有收获,但我们也必须应对这一角色所带来的挑战。 护理人员经常会发现自己处于疲惫不堪的境地,并且很难寻求帮助。 因此,他们常常感到倦怠、疲劳和孤独,与家人的关系也变得紧张。 在照顾的过程中,内疚和怨恨等矛盾情绪也逐渐滋生,随着家人在做决定时遇到困难,家庭关系也变得更加复杂。​​ 

照顾他人本身就伴随着沉重的负担。 对于护理人员来说,寻找其他资源或支持来帮助减轻部分责任非常重要。​​  

护理资源​​ 

长期护理费用​​ 

We never want to think about the possibility that we’ll one day need help with dressing, eating, bathing or using the toilet, yet someone turning age 65 today has almost a 70 percent chance of needing some type of long-term care in their remaining years.1 When daily activities become difficult and you or a loved one need long-term care because of a chronic physical condition, such as arthritis, or a degenerative mental disease, such as Alzheimer’s, who will pay for this care?​​ 

The duration and level of care varies from person to person, but even average long-term care costs can be out of reach for many Americans without some kind of financing in place. We have calculators to help you understand the financial costs, but you also have to weight the human costs of time, emotional stress and suffering. There’s no amount of planning or money that will remove all of these problems, but simple advance planning can significantly reduce some of these challenges.​​ 

长期护理的费用可能非常昂贵,而且许多人需要长期护理(一年或更长时间)。​​ 

  • 2017年,加州疗养院的护理费用平均每天290美元,每年的护理费用接近11万美元。​​ 
  • 平均而言,人们需要两年的长期护理,但五分之一的人需要超过五年的护理。​​  
  • 总体而言,女性需要的护理时间比男性更长(3.7 年对 2.2 年)。​​