HCAD 222 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Longevity challenges - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Coping with and aging body
2. Maintaining a valued place
3. Individuals grow older in the wider contest of an entire society that is
undergoing a transition to population aging
Questions about modern societies values toward old age
Are the old less valued than the young?
Where will we get resources to help the elderly?
Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either
for good or ill?
Challenges people face as they grow older - CORRECT ANSWER - Questions
about modern societies values toward old age
Are the old less valued than the young?
Where will we get resources to help the elderly?
Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either
for good or ill?
"Reimbursement Driven" - CORRECT ANSWER - Term meaning that the
amount and type of care received by a long-term care consumer is dependent on
that individuals reimbursement coverage
Post Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWER - Include long-term care hospitals,
inpatient rehab facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies
,DRG's/"Quicker & sicker discharges" - CORRECT ANSWER - DRG-
Statistical System of classifying any inpatient stay into groups for the purposes
of payment.
ADL's - CORRECT ANSWER - Activities of daily living
Goals of LTC (vs. acute) - CORRECT ANSWER - -Improve/ slow
deterioration
-Meet needs for care and assistance
-Enhance social and psychological well-being
-Maximize independence
-Integrated setting
-Promote a meaningful life
LTC Continuum - CORRECT ANSWER - Long term care is encompasses a
continuum of services
Nursing Homes - CORRECT ANSWER - Touchstone for LTC
-Misnomer
Dula constituencies
-PAC
-LTC
Average age: 79
Activity levels are higher than ever before assisted living
Assisted Living - CORRECT ANSWER - -Typical demographic: 87 year old
white female
-Residential environment that enhances functioning and is homelike
1. residential environment: private space and public space
,2. Philosophy of consumer control over space, care and lifestyle
3. Service capability
-Routine services
-Specialized services
-Term has many meanings
-Housing with (separate)
services
-Congregate care with single staff
-Need for uniform classification system to allow consumers to make informed
comparisons
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rehabilitation/Skilled Care
Home health
Homemaking, personal care, & attendant services
Emergency systems
Home delivered meals
Home Modification
Transportation
Day programs
Respite care
Independent senior housing
Case management
Family support services
Equipment
Hospice
*Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
*Residential Care/Assisted Living
, *Home & community based services
NH: PAC vs. LT Care recipients - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare
(ACUTE,PAC)
Medicaid (acute,pac,LTC)
Supplemental Insurance (acute,pac)
Long-term care insurance (pac,ltc)
Out-of-pocket/Private pat (acute,pac,LTC)
Unpaid care-Family & Friends (LTC)
Medicare-What/who for, benefits, eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER - -People
65+
-Some with disabilities under 65
-People with End-Stage Renal Disease
*COST HANDOUT*
-Having "insurance" does not mean 100% coverage
Technical Requirements
-Enrolled in Medicare A and have days available
-3 day "qualifying" hospital stay
-Resident must have days left in their benefit period or qualify for a new benefit
period
-30 day transfer requirement
Medicaid-What/who for, benefits, eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER - A
Program that is federally mandated, but administered and partially funded by
stated originally designed to provide healthcare to disadvantaged, vulnerable
members of society
Who?
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Longevity challenges - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Coping with and aging body
2. Maintaining a valued place
3. Individuals grow older in the wider contest of an entire society that is
undergoing a transition to population aging
Questions about modern societies values toward old age
Are the old less valued than the young?
Where will we get resources to help the elderly?
Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either
for good or ill?
Challenges people face as they grow older - CORRECT ANSWER - Questions
about modern societies values toward old age
Are the old less valued than the young?
Where will we get resources to help the elderly?
Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either
for good or ill?
"Reimbursement Driven" - CORRECT ANSWER - Term meaning that the
amount and type of care received by a long-term care consumer is dependent on
that individuals reimbursement coverage
Post Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWER - Include long-term care hospitals,
inpatient rehab facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies
,DRG's/"Quicker & sicker discharges" - CORRECT ANSWER - DRG-
Statistical System of classifying any inpatient stay into groups for the purposes
of payment.
ADL's - CORRECT ANSWER - Activities of daily living
Goals of LTC (vs. acute) - CORRECT ANSWER - -Improve/ slow
deterioration
-Meet needs for care and assistance
-Enhance social and psychological well-being
-Maximize independence
-Integrated setting
-Promote a meaningful life
LTC Continuum - CORRECT ANSWER - Long term care is encompasses a
continuum of services
Nursing Homes - CORRECT ANSWER - Touchstone for LTC
-Misnomer
Dula constituencies
-PAC
-LTC
Average age: 79
Activity levels are higher than ever before assisted living
Assisted Living - CORRECT ANSWER - -Typical demographic: 87 year old
white female
-Residential environment that enhances functioning and is homelike
1. residential environment: private space and public space
,2. Philosophy of consumer control over space, care and lifestyle
3. Service capability
-Routine services
-Specialized services
-Term has many meanings
-Housing with (separate)
services
-Congregate care with single staff
-Need for uniform classification system to allow consumers to make informed
comparisons
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rehabilitation/Skilled Care
Home health
Homemaking, personal care, & attendant services
Emergency systems
Home delivered meals
Home Modification
Transportation
Day programs
Respite care
Independent senior housing
Case management
Family support services
Equipment
Hospice
*Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
*Residential Care/Assisted Living
, *Home & community based services
NH: PAC vs. LT Care recipients - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare
(ACUTE,PAC)
Medicaid (acute,pac,LTC)
Supplemental Insurance (acute,pac)
Long-term care insurance (pac,ltc)
Out-of-pocket/Private pat (acute,pac,LTC)
Unpaid care-Family & Friends (LTC)
Medicare-What/who for, benefits, eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER - -People
65+
-Some with disabilities under 65
-People with End-Stage Renal Disease
*COST HANDOUT*
-Having "insurance" does not mean 100% coverage
Technical Requirements
-Enrolled in Medicare A and have days available
-3 day "qualifying" hospital stay
-Resident must have days left in their benefit period or qualify for a new benefit
period
-30 day transfer requirement
Medicaid-What/who for, benefits, eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER - A
Program that is federally mandated, but administered and partially funded by
stated originally designed to provide healthcare to disadvantaged, vulnerable
members of society
Who?
