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Assignment: Part 1: Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post.

Managing chronic illness is a major challenge for the U.S. healthcare system. This challenge is often related to an inability to control the choices people make (for example, diabetics who choose a poor diet that later exacerbates their health complications).

• From the readings, identify two factors associated with healthcare spending that must be addressed. Why did you choose those two factors?

• What is a possible solution to efficiently and effectively manage the care of the chronically ill? Use the readings and/or video to support your answer.

• Describe the current burden of chronic mental illness on our healthcare system.

• What factors related to mental health disparities and cost did you find surprising?

Your initial post should be 300 to 500 words, with one to two supporting references included.

Part 2: Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post:

• Consider the multiple costs of dementia. The impact of dementia on individuals, as well as on their families, is significant; but what about the costs that ripple through the healthcare system, as well as through society? Describe the economic and emotional costs dementia has on multiple levels.

• As a service provider for aging adults, how do these costs impact your ability to care for aging adults? Discuss the financial burden of dementia and the cost in a residential setting.

Your initial post should be 300 to 500 words, with one to two supporting references included.