Assignment 3 -Chapter 4 Assignment Content In reference to the case at the end of Chapter 4, consider the following:
a. Should Mary’s family members authorize double hip replacement?
b. What factors should be considered?
c. Who else, if anyone, should be consulted?
d. What are the implications of that decision on the parties involved: Mary, her children, the facility staff?
NOTE: As is so often true, both in case analysis and in real life, there is no single right answer here. The purpose of the question is to get you thinking about the many aspects of making such a decision for someone else. __________________________________________________
Assignment 5-Chapters 8 Assignment Content
1. Describe what community-based services are.
2. Identify who provides community-based services?
3. Describe what are the patient services most commonly provided by each of the services discussed herein (home health care, hospice care, adult day care). _____________________________________________
Assignment 6 Chapters 9, 10 Assignment 6 Chapters 9, 10 Assignment Content Why has the long-term care field not been subject to strong competition in the past? Why has that changed? What is an integrated health network and an integrated health system? What is the difference between licensure and accreditation? _____________________________________________
Assignment 7 Chapters 11, 12, 13 Assignment 7 Chapters 11, 12, 13 Assignment Content Discuss what do they mean when they say that the long-term care system is reimbursement driven. Identify the purpose and functions of a quality improvement in long term care. Identify the functions of ethics committees in long-term care. List the most common types of ethical issues relating to daily life in a long-term care facility? _________________________________________________
Assignment 8 Chapters 14, 15 Assignment Content How does governance differ depending on ownership of the organization (for profit, nonprofit, government. What are some barriers to successfully changing an organization’s culture _____________________________________________–
Assignment 8 Chapters 14, 15 Assignment Content How does governance differ depending on ownership of the organization (for profit, nonprofit, government. What are some barriers to successfully changing an organization’s culture ___________________________________________
Assignment 9-Chapters 16, 17, 18 Assignment Content
1. Describe briefly the differences and the similarities between resident-centered culture change and organizational culture change?
2. Discuss briefly why information technology of such importance to long-term care organizations?
3. Discuss why marketing is appropriate for long-term care organizations? Why have such organizations not embraced it more quickly and fully in the past? ___________________________________________________
Assignment 10 Chapter 19, 20 Assignment Content Identify major challenges that have faced the long-term care system in recent years. Describe briefly how successfully the system has responded to those challenges What challenges and opportunities are future long-term care managers likely to face? What skills will those managers need, and how can they acquire such skills? See
Long-Term Care, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9781284091342
By: John Pratt