Long Term Care Administration: HCM 413 Questions and Answers
Already Graded
Long Term Care
Ans: Involves a variety of services designed to meet a person's health or personal care needs during
a short or long period of time. These services help people live as independent as possible when they
can no longer perform everyday activities on their own.
How are Skilled Care and Custodial Care different?
Ans: Skilled Care
- Administered when direct medical attention is needed and provided by licensed professional in a
certified facility
- Patient's often receive skilled care as the result of a short-term medical condition that they are
expected to recover from
Custodial Care
-Can be performed by someone without medical skills either at home or in a facility
- Provides assistance with activities for daily live (ADLs), such as eating/bathing, and not direct
medical treatment
-Patients receiving custodial care most often have a chronic condition where their recovery is not
expected
Medicare , as well as private insurance, may cover short-term skilled care needs when certain
conditions are met. If custodial care is the only type of care needed, Medicare will not cover these
expenses.
How do the three levels of managers within the nursing home interact to ensure quality care is
provided?
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, Ans: Upper Level Management (Administrator) is responsible for the overall functioning of the
facility, formulating policies, interacting directly with the board of directors, owners and inspectors
Middle Level Managers report to upper level mangers and at the same time interact significantly
with lower level managers/director of nursing reports to the administrator and manages nurse
supervisors and charge nurses
Lower Level Managers have direct supervisory responsibilities for the staff who do the actual
work/nurse supervisor or a charge nurse (i.e. nurse's aide) who physically take care of the residents
Who is responsible for defining LTC
Ans: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Whats is MDs?
Ans: Minimum Data Set (MDs) is a standardized, primary screening and assessment tool of health
status which forms the foundation of the comprehensive assessment for all residents of long-term
care facilities certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid
What is the difference between Gerontology and Geriatrics?
Ans: The difference is Gerontology is multidisciplinary and is concerned with physical, mental, and
social implications of aging while Geriatrics is a medical specialty focused on care and treatment of
older persons.
What is a population pyramid and how does it appear to be changing?
Ans: Population Pyramid - describe aging of populations (shows the distribution of various age
groups in a population)
America and other countries pyramids have drastically shifted
85+ is the fastest growing segment of the older population
Growth in median range
What are some of the common living arrangements for older adults?
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Already Graded
Long Term Care
Ans: Involves a variety of services designed to meet a person's health or personal care needs during
a short or long period of time. These services help people live as independent as possible when they
can no longer perform everyday activities on their own.
How are Skilled Care and Custodial Care different?
Ans: Skilled Care
- Administered when direct medical attention is needed and provided by licensed professional in a
certified facility
- Patient's often receive skilled care as the result of a short-term medical condition that they are
expected to recover from
Custodial Care
-Can be performed by someone without medical skills either at home or in a facility
- Provides assistance with activities for daily live (ADLs), such as eating/bathing, and not direct
medical treatment
-Patients receiving custodial care most often have a chronic condition where their recovery is not
expected
Medicare , as well as private insurance, may cover short-term skilled care needs when certain
conditions are met. If custodial care is the only type of care needed, Medicare will not cover these
expenses.
How do the three levels of managers within the nursing home interact to ensure quality care is
provided?
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, Ans: Upper Level Management (Administrator) is responsible for the overall functioning of the
facility, formulating policies, interacting directly with the board of directors, owners and inspectors
Middle Level Managers report to upper level mangers and at the same time interact significantly
with lower level managers/director of nursing reports to the administrator and manages nurse
supervisors and charge nurses
Lower Level Managers have direct supervisory responsibilities for the staff who do the actual
work/nurse supervisor or a charge nurse (i.e. nurse's aide) who physically take care of the residents
Who is responsible for defining LTC
Ans: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Whats is MDs?
Ans: Minimum Data Set (MDs) is a standardized, primary screening and assessment tool of health
status which forms the foundation of the comprehensive assessment for all residents of long-term
care facilities certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid
What is the difference between Gerontology and Geriatrics?
Ans: The difference is Gerontology is multidisciplinary and is concerned with physical, mental, and
social implications of aging while Geriatrics is a medical specialty focused on care and treatment of
older persons.
What is a population pyramid and how does it appear to be changing?
Ans: Population Pyramid - describe aging of populations (shows the distribution of various age
groups in a population)
America and other countries pyramids have drastically shifted
85+ is the fastest growing segment of the older population
Growth in median range
What are some of the common living arrangements for older adults?
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