PSYC 4072 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION 2025 GRADED A+
Institutional facilities for long-term care: Types Answer - 1. Nursing homes
(Skilled nursing facilities VS intermediate care facilities)
2. Residential care facilities
Nursing home: Answer - o Medical institution that provides room, meals,
skilled care, medical services, and protective supervision
o Provides comprehensive care in a single setting
What type of care do nursing homes provide? Answer - Includes treatment for
problems that residents have in many basic areas of life (cognition,
communication, hearing, vision, etc)
What services do nursing homes provide? Answer - o Provide medication to
residents on a regular basis
o Provide training in basic care
o Provide assistance with feeding and mobility, rehab activities, and social
services
Who goes to a nursing home? Answer - Individuals whose illness or disability
requires daily nursing care as well as other support services
,Nursing homes as a "permanent" residence: Answer - o Typically NH's are
thought of as a permanent place for the residents who enter them
o However, 30% who enter them are discharged and move back into the
community
Nursing homes as "rehab centers": Answer - Many Nh's are rehab centers that
specifically focus on short-term stay residents who need care following a
hospital stay, after which they can return home with supportive services until
previous level of functioning is restored
"Skilled" nursing facility: Answer - Provides the most intense nursing care
available outside of the hospital
What can nurses at a "skilled" nursing facility do that nurses at a normal
nursing home can't do? Answer - o Apply dressing or bandages
o Provide oxygen therapy
o *Take vital signs including temp, pulse, bp, and respiration*
Intermediate care facility: Answer - Provide health and *rehab* services but
do not have intense nursing care available
Who goes to an intermediate care facility? Answer - Individuals who require
some type of institutional care or health related services
Residential care facilities: Answer - An alternative to a nursing home which
provides 24 hour supportive care services and supervision to individuals who
don't require skilled nursing or health related care
Residential care facilities: Types Answer - o Board and care home
o Assisted living facility
, What do residential care facilities provide? Answer - o Meals
o House keeping
o Assistance with personal care such as bathing and grooming
o Some provide management of meds and social/ recreational activities
Board and care home: Answer - o A group living arrangement designed to
meet the needs of people who cannot live on their own and *need some
nursing services*
o *Not a "home-like" setting*
What services do board and care homes provide? Answer - Help with activities
of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and toileting
Assisted living facility: Answer - o Housing complexes with independent
apartments
o Residents pay a regular monthly rent
What does a residents rent include at an assisted living facility? Answer -
Includes meal service in the communal dining room, transportation for
shopping and apts, social activities, and house keeping
What's the philosophy of assisted living facilities? Answer - Allow residents to
live in private apartments but receive high levels of services so they can
continue to live there even if they experience changes to their physical or
cognitive functioning
Types of assisted living facilities: Answer - o Group home
o Adult foster care
SOLUTION 2025 GRADED A+
Institutional facilities for long-term care: Types Answer - 1. Nursing homes
(Skilled nursing facilities VS intermediate care facilities)
2. Residential care facilities
Nursing home: Answer - o Medical institution that provides room, meals,
skilled care, medical services, and protective supervision
o Provides comprehensive care in a single setting
What type of care do nursing homes provide? Answer - Includes treatment for
problems that residents have in many basic areas of life (cognition,
communication, hearing, vision, etc)
What services do nursing homes provide? Answer - o Provide medication to
residents on a regular basis
o Provide training in basic care
o Provide assistance with feeding and mobility, rehab activities, and social
services
Who goes to a nursing home? Answer - Individuals whose illness or disability
requires daily nursing care as well as other support services
,Nursing homes as a "permanent" residence: Answer - o Typically NH's are
thought of as a permanent place for the residents who enter them
o However, 30% who enter them are discharged and move back into the
community
Nursing homes as "rehab centers": Answer - Many Nh's are rehab centers that
specifically focus on short-term stay residents who need care following a
hospital stay, after which they can return home with supportive services until
previous level of functioning is restored
"Skilled" nursing facility: Answer - Provides the most intense nursing care
available outside of the hospital
What can nurses at a "skilled" nursing facility do that nurses at a normal
nursing home can't do? Answer - o Apply dressing or bandages
o Provide oxygen therapy
o *Take vital signs including temp, pulse, bp, and respiration*
Intermediate care facility: Answer - Provide health and *rehab* services but
do not have intense nursing care available
Who goes to an intermediate care facility? Answer - Individuals who require
some type of institutional care or health related services
Residential care facilities: Answer - An alternative to a nursing home which
provides 24 hour supportive care services and supervision to individuals who
don't require skilled nursing or health related care
Residential care facilities: Types Answer - o Board and care home
o Assisted living facility
, What do residential care facilities provide? Answer - o Meals
o House keeping
o Assistance with personal care such as bathing and grooming
o Some provide management of meds and social/ recreational activities
Board and care home: Answer - o A group living arrangement designed to
meet the needs of people who cannot live on their own and *need some
nursing services*
o *Not a "home-like" setting*
What services do board and care homes provide? Answer - Help with activities
of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and toileting
Assisted living facility: Answer - o Housing complexes with independent
apartments
o Residents pay a regular monthly rent
What does a residents rent include at an assisted living facility? Answer -
Includes meal service in the communal dining room, transportation for
shopping and apts, social activities, and house keeping
What's the philosophy of assisted living facilities? Answer - Allow residents to
live in private apartments but receive high levels of services so they can
continue to live there even if they experience changes to their physical or
cognitive functioning
Types of assisted living facilities: Answer - o Group home
o Adult foster care
