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2. List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States

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   Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .

3. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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   Patient advocacy, as a hospital-based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement: patient advocates (often called patient representatives) were needed to protect and enhance the rights of patients at a time when hospital stays were long and acute conditions—heart disease, stroke and cancer—contributed to the boom in hospital growth.

4. Health advocacy - Wikipedia

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   There were three critical elements of developing a profession on the table in these early years: association, credentialing and education. The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly hospital-based patient advocates, without the autonomy characteristic of a profession: it was and is a member association of the American Hospital Association.

5. Advocating for Alzheimer's prevention and a cure - AOL

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   Sep. 22—One of the most heartbreaking emotional challenges Kellie Danielson had to face about her mother's severe stage Alzheimer's disease was the realization her mom could no longer recognize ...

6. Dementia caregiving - Wikipedia

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   Missed nursing care is common when taking care of patients with dementia. Some nurses may prioritize other patients based on the stage of their dementia and their age. Missed care could lead to complications such as falls, infections, and incontinence. [53] Several conditions can result in memory loss or other signs of dementia.

7. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] Most residential care models are considered to be community services operated by community agencies rather than nursing facilities; an example of different kinds of "community-based care" are "Alzheimer's demonstrations" which originally included: mobile day care, rural geriatric dementia evaluation, El Portal services for ...