Transcript Long Term Care

Long Term Care
Tru Care Pharmacy
What is Long Term Care?
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Long term care is care that you need if you can no longer
perform everyday tasks (activities of daily living) by yourself
due to a chronic illness, injury, disability or the aging process.
Long term care also includes the supervision you might need
due to a severe cognitive impairment (such as Alzheimer's
disease).
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This type of care is not intended to cure you. It is chronic care
that you might need for the rest of your life. You can receive
long term care in your own home, a nursing home or another
long term care facility, such as an assisted living facility.
Characteristics of Long Term Care
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Physical or mental, temporary or permanent
Need based on functional disabilities
Promotes or maintains health and independence in functional
abilities and quality of life
To enable us to die peacefully and with dignity
Multiple services and multiple professions spanning broad
spectrum
Multifaceted
Designed around unique needs of the individual
Service can change over time
Who needs Long Term Care
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Chronic – permanent or indefinite period of time
Impaired – a decrease in or loss of ability to perform
Disabled – short or long term; varies by age group
Functional ability – person’s ability to perform the
basic activities of daily living
Committed To Providing
Extraordinary Service and Quality
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TruCare Pharmacy provides quality pharmaceuticals
to skilled nursing homes, hospice programs and
assisted living homes.
TruCare works with each of our customers
individually, streamlining the communication process
to ensure that resident care is working as accurately
and as efficiently as it should be. Empower LongTerm Care patients with the quality of care they truly
deserve with TruCare Pharmacy.
Experts in Long Term Care and Hospice
Services
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TruCare provides a wide variety of services and products to Long Term
Care facilities and senior populations living independently, thus saving the
patient money, optimizing resident care and increasing overall efficiency.
Individualized Service
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With our staff of highly trained and qualified pharmacists and technicians,
no one is able to provide more personalized and efficient service than
TruCare. Our personalized service offering is
just part of our commitment to ensure that you are always able to quickly
speak to a real person who is qualified and capable to assist you on each and
every call.
Innovative Healthcare Education
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TruCare’s talented staff has a wealth of knowledge to
share. We help educate and certify your staff with inservice training at your convenience.
Our education programs help nurses and staff to
develop insight and practical knowledge that promotes
well-being within facilities and to ensure that med
room documents are in order and medication
distribution is done correctly.
Providers of Long Term Care
Hospitals
 Nursing homes (average costs $4,500 per
month)
 Home health agencies
 Hospices
 Adult day service programs
 Housing organizations
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Types of LT Care Services
Help with activities
of daily living
Help with additional
services
Help with care
needs
Range of costs
Community-Based
Services
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Low to medium
Home Health Care
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Low to high
In-Law Apartments
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Low to high
Housing for Aging
and Disabled
Individuals
Yes
Yes
No
Low to high
Board and Care
Homes
Yes
Yes
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Low to high
Assisted Living
Yes
Yes
Yes
Medium to high
Continuing Care
Retirement
Communities
Yes
Yes
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High
Nursing Homes
Yes
Yes
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High
Compounding Services
What Is Compounding?
Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing
personalized medications for unique people, just like you.
Compounded medications are “made from scratch” –
individual ingredients are mixed together in the exact
strength and dosage form required specifically by you. This
method allows the compounding pharmacist to work with
the patient and the prescriber to customize a medication to
meet your own specific needs.
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TruCare is on a mission to improve lives in both human and
veterinary markets through the science and art of
compounding; all while maintaining our passion for quality
pharmaceuticals and complete customer satisfaction.
Our compounding services are administered by skilled
pharmacists who specialize in the support of injectable and
intravenous medications and dedicate themselves to 24 hour
accessibility.
Have you been searching for a unique solution to a patients’
unique medication needs? Look no further
Ever Have Trouble Taking Your
Medication?
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At TruCare Pharmacy, we realize that people are unique and
don’t always fit into a standard mold. Everyone is different,
and as such, many people will not respond properly to massproduced drugs. Compounding offers your doctor the option
to prescribe compounded drugs that are personalized to your
unique needs.
Ever Have These Problems When
Taking Medication?
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Upset stomach when taking Oral Medications
Reluctance to take the medication due to it’s taste
Issues with route of administration, such as difficulty
swallowing pills
Requiring a different dose of medication than that which is
available from a manufacturer
Difficulty keeping track of multiple medications Keeping
Track Of Multiple Medications
People who don’t want to take medication at all (children,
pets..etc)
Compounded Medications Include:
Injectable Medications:
Topical Medications:
Intravenous Drugs (I.V.)
Intramuscular Drugs (I.M.)
Subcutaneous (S.C. or S.Q.)
Preservative-Free Formulations
Creams
Gels
Inhalations
Transdermal Gels
Oral Medications:
Suppositories:
Capsules
Suspensions
Solutions
Sugar-Free Formulations
Dye-Free Formulations
Lactose-Free Formulations
Rectal Suppositories
Vaginal Suppositories
Rectal Enemas
Vaginal Creams
Common Reasons For Patient NonCompliance May Include:
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Stomach upset when taking oral medication
Reluctance to take the medication due to its taste
Issues with the route of administration, such as
difficulty swallowing pills
Requiring a different dose of medication than that
which is available from a manufacturer
Difficulty keeping track of multiple medications
Patients who don’t want to take medication at all,
especially children or pets
Order Medication That Is Difficult To Find Or Has Been
Discontinued:
Sometimes a large pharmaceutical manufacturer discontinues a
specific medication. Often times this happens when there are not
enough patients taking the drug and it has become unprofitable to
keep mass-producing it. But what about the patients who still require
that drug? Hundreds or even thousands of patients may be left
without the medication they direly need.
On your command, a TruCare Compounding Pharmacist, can create
the medication your patient needs via Compounding. So even if your
patient is the only person in the entire world that needs that specific
medication, they can still have it thanks to Compounding.