Question 1 Long-term care is defined as care provided in nursing homes. True Fal

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Question 1

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

    True

    False

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Question 2

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

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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

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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

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Question 5

    Medicare pays hospice providers on the basis of:
          

    Reimbursement of costs incurred
          

    A per diem rate
          

    DRGs
          

    Capitation
          

    none of the above

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Question 6

    Disease and disability are requisite consequences of aging.

    True

    False

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Question 7

    Subacute care is generally provided in:
          

    Hospitals
          

    Nursing Care Facilities
          

    Either of the above
          

    discharge planning

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Question 8

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

    True

    False

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Question 9

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

    True

    False

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Question 10

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

    True

    False

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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

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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

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Question 13

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

    True

    False

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Question 14

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

    True

    False

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Question 15

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

    True

    False

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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

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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

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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

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Question 19

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

    True

    False

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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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Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 False

Ans 2   ADL means activities of daily living and includes a) bathing and dressing c) eating and transferring

Ans 3   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.

Ans 4 All of the above. Education, Information and training are very much imprtant pre-requisites of Care-Givers.

Ans 5 none of the above . Actual cost is zero.

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