Question 1

Long-term care is defined as care provided in nursing homes.

True

False

5 points Question 2

ADLs include bathing and dressing managing money eating and transferring a and c

5 points Question 3

Long-term care is defined as:

Care given by friends and family members of a given institution.

wide range of health and health-related support services provided on an informal and fomal basis to people who have functional disabilities over a certain period of time

client-oriented system composed of both services and integrating mechanism

Two of the above

5 points Question 4

Caregivers, when asked what would be most helpful to them, commonly respond information training education all of the above none of the above

5 points Question 5

Medicare pays hospice providers on the basis of:

Reimbursement of costs incurred

A per diem rate

DRGs

Capitation

none of the above

5 points Question 6

Disease and disability are requisite consequences of aging.

True

False

5 points Question 7

Subacute care is generally provided in:

Hospitals

Nursing Care Facilities

Either of the above

discharge planning

5 points Question 8

Home health care is based on the concept of taking the services to the consumer.

True

False

5 points Question 9

Location relative to family members is not an important consideration in choosing an assisted living facility.

True

False

5 points Question 10

Supportive housing, by definition, does not include congregate housing.

True

False

5 points Question 11

Nursing homes face significant financial challenges due to a heavy dependence on Medicaid as a payment source due to a heavy dependence on Medicare as a payment source due to the large number of RNs and physicians on duty none of the above

5 points Question 12

Long term care is heavily regulated because

There is a history of a relationship of long term care and welfare

The users of long term care are often vulnerable and quality of care is extremely important

Long term care consumers are often unable to judge quality for themselves.

All of the above

5 points Question 13

Dr. Cicely Saunders is known as the founder of Hospice.

True

False

5 points Question 14

PACE is now a fully integrated, comprehensive health care program, not just an adult day center for the frail elderly.

True

False

5 points Question 15

Horizontal integration involves an alliance of two or more organizations providing similar services.

True

False

5 points Question 16

It is always important that frail elderly people and those with disabilities move out of their home in order to receive assistance.

True

False

5 points Question 17

A continuum of care is an ideal system of long-term care is a client-oriented system is designed to meet the needs of people with complex and/or ongoing problems efficiently is not a collection of fragmented services all of the above

5 points Question 18

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

had a big impact on nursing facilities

changed federal law by instituting higher standards for patient care

increased staffing requirements

all of the above

5 points Question 19

Approximately one-third of all nursing facility residents show symptoms of depression.

True

False

5 points Question 20

Integrated clinical information systems typically address four specific areas: patient management, clinical guidelines, quality improvement, and:

Patient education

Financial management

Regulatory reporting

Quality outcomes

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