Describe the issues facing the Sandwich Generation and how we can support them.

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The Sandwich Generation refers to individuals who are being pulled by the needs of their children and parents. Although their children may be getting older, they still ″need″ their parents. In addition, their parents are getting older and now need to rely on them as well. Watch this newsclip: (http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2009/May/Are-You-Caught-in-the-Sandwich-Generation/). Talk to someone you know who is a part of this sandwich generation about their experience. Describe the issues facing the Sandwich Generation and how we can support them.

Analyze the impact of DRGs and related forms of prospective payment on the American health care system, especially the care of the dying.

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For Chapter 5: Health Care Systems: Patients, Staff, and Institutions, discuss two of the six questions below. In your submission, identify by number which questions you are answering.
1. Describe the conventional approach to treatment of the dying in hospitals. Compare this description to an idealized model that could be instituted.
2. What are the factors or circumstances that are driving up the cost of health care in this country and what can be done about this from the side of all players, government, health insurance companies, medical providers, and consumers?
3. Analyze the impact of DRGs and related forms of prospective payment on the American health care system, especially the care of the dying.
4. Discuss the reasons why professional caregivers may experience stress in caring for the dying. Discuss how caregivers can decrease this stress.
5. Contrast the roles, types of care, and philosophical differences between hospice and conventional hospital care.
6. Identify and discuss three challenges for contemporary hospices.

Explain why or why not? What should be done in order to create an atmosphere where everyone (both business and victims) succeeds?

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Let′s say for the past ten years, pharmacy X spent 90% of its R & D (research and development) on development of a drug that cures or slows down AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). Finally in 2010, the company launched its product under the protection of a patent right. Overnight, demand for the product grows tenfold as there are no alternatives to the medicine. As a result, Company X decided to charge a premium price that includes a handsome profit. For example, if the cost of producing a tablet is $5 then the company is charging $10 as its final price. Read the following sides: a) It is a risk taking venture from the perspective of a corporation. In the beginning, there is always a 50% chance of being unsuccessful of inventing anything new. It is important to consider opportunity cost of risk that a company takes while the same resources could be used to increase the company’s profitability by making a safer investment. As a result, our government gives incentives to individuals and corporations by providing them with the protection of patent rights. If we take this incentive away, individuals and corporations alike will have no reason to take risks to invent or create new things that could improve the future of the world. b) The objective of a publicly traded company is to make profit for its owners i.e. shareholders. However, there are millions of AIDS victims in this world. Most of these victims are from destitute countries, like African nations. It would be irrational for us to think that these people could afford this medicine at an existing market price. The world organizations, such as WHO (world health organization), provide with assistance by subsidizing AIDS related medicine. However, this is not enough as many people are dying every day. Many argue that this medicine should be free as it is the only way a victim’s life could be prolonged or saved. GlaxcoSmithKline already allows license for generic drug production to countries, like South Africa. Should our government be involved in controlling the price of this drug? Or, should the government force Glaxco to share the key knowledge of this product with its competitors (price becomes competitive)? Explain why or why not? What should be done in order to create an atmosphere where everyone (both business and victims) succeeds?

Developing a program to increase the physical levels of college students on a campus would relate to all of the theories mentioned in Chapter 6.

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Respond substantially to 2 classmates

Melissa:

1. Developing a program to increase the physical levels of college students on a campus would relate to all of the theories mentioned in Chapter 6. The Stages of Change or Transtheoretical Model studies the readiness of an individual to change a certain behavior through five different stages. These different stages are precontemplation, contemplation, decision/determination, action and maintenance (Hodges, Videto, 2011). As the student realizes that there is a problem, or lack of exercise, they will start to take steps towards fixing the issue through the Stages of Change. For this model it can be hypothesized that the reason for a lack of exercise for College students is due to the other behaviors that they are engaged in. The Health Belief Model can suggest that the reason that the physical activity level is so low for college students is because of the way that the students perceive physical activity. If we change the student’s perceptions of it we can help increase the rates for physical activity levels. Through the program we will educate college students on the benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and promote physical activity. The Social Cognitive Theory can defined the low physical activity rates as being a result of reciprocal determinism. Since many of the other students on the college campus environment work out very little, it reduces the chances that other students will involve themselves in physical activity exercises. “According to SCT confidence in one’s ability to engage in a specific behavior, goals, and expectations that the behavior will have positive outcomes are the main contributors to health behavior” (Hodges, Videto, 2011). Through the Stage Theory of Organization Change, we learn how organizations innovate new goals, programs, technologies, and ideas (Hodges, Videto, 2011). This theory knows that this college campus will evolve and adopt this new program through stages and moving from one step to the next will need to consist of diverse strategies. The reason why physical activity levels are so low within the college campus could be from a lack of administration pushing the importance of physical activity. Through Diffusion of Innovations we will learn how new ideas, practices and products spread through a population to help us gain knowledge on the best way to have the students adopt our new program. We will need to make sure our new program is compatible with the college campus. The reason for the lack of physical activity in college based on this model is the idea that no one takes the time to study the best way to incorporate a new program.
2. In the FIU Online Library article that I chose to discuss, the target population was Internet Users and was used based on the Health Belief Model. The investigation was done on Cyber-victimization and discusses different preventative behaviors that the target population should do to prevent themselves from becoming victims of this. The theory states that someone engaging in a recommended health action is based predominantly on that individual’s perceptions and so in this program we help to change the perception of all internet users (Hodges, Videto, 2011). Throughout the project they emphasized on the concepts of perceived severity and degree of emotional arousal created by the thought of the threat. Educating Internet users with the severity of the concept of cyber-victimization will help them to use preventative factors and emphasize the reality that it can happen to anyone.