Healthcare

(LTC) Long term care is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a Chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time. It is common for long-term care to provide custodial and non-skilled care, such as assisting with normal daily tasks.like dressing, bathing, and using the bathroom. Increasingly, long-term care involves providing a level of medical care that requires the expertise of skilled practitioners to address the often multiple chronic conditions associated with older populations. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, in assisted living facilities or in nursing homes. Long-term care may be needed by people of any age, although it is a more common need for senior citizens. the Continuum will supplement existing services available to this population and promote supports that encourage family strength and self-sufficiency by providing or procuring services to complete the range of services needed in the least restrictive, most appropriate setting. Further, the Continuum will ensure that the delivery of those services represented in its Array of Services (in-home treatment programs; residential treatment programs; education services; counseling services; outreach services; volunteer and community services) are in compliance with appropriate state laws the misson of contiium care is to ensure continuing development and delivery of appropriate services to those children with severe emotional disturbance and their families in South Carolina whose needs are not being adequately met by existing services and programs. Communities provide different types of continual care. and services for individuals with mental illnesses. A complete range of programs and services is called the continuum of care. Not every community has every type of service or program on the continuum however states or regions as a whole often provide an array of services along the continuum....