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Formal Care for Aging Adults

Please address the following in your response:

a. Definition of formal care
b. What issues and challenges are there in formal care?
c. Recommendations

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This solution defines the concept of formal care for aging adults, lists the different types of formal care that are available, issues and challenges that formal care presents, and recommendations for addressing those challenges.

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Formal care

a. Definition of formal care
Brubaker and Brubaker (2012) describe formal care for aging adults as in home care, such as a visiting nurse, home health aide services, respite care and homemaker services. Care provided away from the home includes senior centers, residential settings that provide nursing care, daycare centers, nursing homes, transportation services and/or care that is provided at a doctor's office.

b. What issues and challenges are there?
Many families that provide caregiver services for their ...

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