Long-term care faces many challenges; however, one common challenge is discovering solutions to obstacles that may hinder improvement methods. As healthcare administrators, we must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of staff to identify the actions that are needed to take on challenges as a team. Leaders will often need to assess obstacles and determine the best solution and/or method to meet individual needs and situations.

Shared below are five of the most challenging matters in long-term care:

Employee Turnover

Regulation

Employee Communication

Low Staffing Levels

Lack of Leadership Development

Choose two of the five challenges and in a 600-word essay address the prompts below:

Identify the main causes that could be associated with the selected challenges. Then examine solutions that can work towards eliminating these challenges in the future.

Identify and explain a trend that will impact the healthcare industry over. Then keeping in mind the challenges you have selected, describe how the long-term care industry will be impacted by this trend.

Format the document per APA guidelines; include at least three scholarly references.