QUESTION 1 Which of the following is not an eligibility criteria for Medicare Ho

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QUESTION 1

Which of the following is not an eligibility criteria for Medicare Home Health?

Patient has to be enrolled in Medicare

Patient is unable to leave the house due to medical condition

Patient needs continuous care

Patient only needs intermittent care

  

QUESTION 2

Which of the following is not one of the most frequent high-tech home care therapies used?

Renal dialysis

Chemotherapy

Pain Medication

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

  

QUESTION 3

Medicare- certified home health agencies are licensed by:

State’s health department

FDA

WHO

United Nations

  

QUESTION 4

Private home care agencies offer which of the following services?

Skilled services

Personal care services

Homemaker services

All of the above

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QUESTION 5

Payments for Home Health care comes from all of the following except:

Medicare

Medicaid

WHO

Out-of-Pocket

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QUESTION 6

In the US, which of the following best describes hospice care?

Treats the physical, emotional and physical needs of a patient.

Takes place only in a designated facility for this type of care.

Concentrates only on pain management

Believes the quality of life is more important than the length of life.

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QUESTION 7

The major payers for Hospice care do not include:

Commercial Insurance

Out-of-Pocket

Medicare

Medicaid

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QUESTION 8

Which of the following is not an accreditation agency for Hospice Programs?

NHO

JCAHO

CHAP

ACHC

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QUESTION 9

What is the average length of stay at a Hospice?

100 days

50 days

51 days

31 days

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QUESTION 10

The hospice team includes all of these except:

Social Worker

Dietitian

Clergy

Homemaker Services

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QUESTION 11

Major sources of Income for Adult Day Services include which of the following?

Medicaid

State/local funds

Private pay/Out-of-pocket

All of the above

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QUESTION 12

Which of the following is not an administrative challenge that faces adult day services?

Financial

Lack of workers

Marketing

Establishing and maintaining community relationships.

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QUESTION 13

Which age group represents the population served in adult day services?

70-75

60-65

50-55

80-85

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QUESTION 14

The average length of stay at an adult day service center is:

3 years

1 year

2 years

5 years

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QUESTION 15

Which of the following is not a Federal Housing Program?

Public and assisted housing

Section 8

Section 202

Section 501

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QUESTION 16

A typical resident of an assisted living (AL) is:

Male, age 85 or older and widowed

Female, age 83 or older, widowed and requires help

Female, age 60, widowed

Male, requires help.

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QUESTION 17

Which of the following best defines the acronym PACE?

Participation of all care for elderly

Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly

Program for adult care education

Personal assistance in community existence.

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QUESTION 18

Which of the following is a management challenge faced by administrators of residential settings?

Marketing

Funding

Balancing housing with health care

All of the above

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QUESTION 19

Which governing body regulates the confidentiality of medical information in assisted living facilities?

JCAHO

CARP

HIPAA

CCRC

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QUESTION 20

Assisted living services include:

Personal laundry services

24-hour security

Recreational activities

All of the above

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QUESTION 21

The four major types of home care include: Hospice, Medicare-certified, Non-Medicare home health agencies and High-tech Home therapy.

True

False

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QUESTION 22

IV antibiotic therapy is not one of the most frequently used high-tech home care therapies.

True

False

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QUESTION 23

In terms of funding, home health care, was the fastest growing component of national health care expenditures during the last 40 years of the 20th century.

True

False

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QUESTION 24

Hospice programs are only designed for dying patients and does not include their families.

True

False

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QUESTION 25

Hospice was developed in the US as a concept of care rather than a place for care.

True

False

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QUESTION 26

ADS is a short-term care alternative that offers clients an array of needed services in the daytime.

True

False

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QUESTION 27

Medical escorts, transportation and meals are provided by Adult Day Centers.

True

False

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QUESTION 28

Housing is an integral component of long-term care.

True

False

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QUESTION 29

Universal design promotes homes that are accessible, adaptable and usable by only a specific age group.

True

False

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QUESTION 30

Congregate housing refers to a wide range of multiunit living arrangements for older people in both the private and public sectors.

True

False

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QUESTION 31

Which of the following is not and example of long-term care?

An 87-year-old woman who is too frail to shop and cook receives Meals on Wheels

A 21-year-old man who is recovering from a severe car accident is visited by a home health nurse and a physical therapist until he is strong enough to go to physical therapy at a clinic

A 63-year-old man who has severe Alzheimer’s disease and lives in a nursing home

All of the above are examples of long-term care

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QUESTION 32

What is the main difference between long-term care and the continuum of care?

Long-term care is the giving of services by one person to another and the continuum of care of the formal organizational arrangements that allow for the giving of the care

Long-term care and the continuum of care are the same thing

Long-term care and the continuum of care are unrelated

Long-term care is the organizational arrangements that allow for the giving of care and the continuum of care is the giving of services by one person to another

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QUESTION 33

How many categories represent the basic types of health and health-related assistance that a person might need over time and periods of wellness and illness?

25

7

15

100

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QUESTION 34

Why is it unlikely that any single organization can offer a complete continuum of services for all of its clients?

Because patients don’t like to be in the continuum of care

Because no organizations won the right to own the continuum

Because the full continuum of care is very extensive

Because the full continuum of care is too small to count

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QUESTION 35

How does the National Health Interview Survey define chronic?

A condition that has a duration of more than 3 months

A condition that has a duration of more than 12 months

A condition that has a duration of more than 3 days

A condition that has a duration of more than 8 hours

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QUESTION 36

___________________ is the primary consideration that makes an individual appropriate for long-term care.

Age

Race

Emotional Well-being

Functional Status

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QUESTION 37

As it relates to this course, what does ADL stand for?

Adult Delay Learning

Average Delivery Language

Activities of Daily Living

All Delay Languages

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QUESTION 38

What is the main difference between short-term long-term care users and long-term care users?

Short-term care users are always young

Short-term care users are always old

Short-term care users don’t need the continuum of care

Short-term case users rely on the continuum of care for a shorter period of time

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QUESTION 39

Who are informal caregivers?

Family

Friends

Both Family and Friends

Neither family nor friends

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QUESTION 40

What does the “graying” of the US population refer to?

A majority of the population is getting older

Most Americans like the color gray

A majority of the population dyes their hair

Americans are color blind

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QUESTION 41

Why does a family’s income level influence the amount of informal caregiving that is given?

Because rich people don’t get sick

Because poor people don’t seek treatment

Because most community and home-based long-term care is paid for out-of-pocket

Both a & b

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QUESTION 42

Which of the following factors affect the experiences of informal caregivers?

Their gender

Their ethnicity

Their employment status

All of the above

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QUESTION 43

Since 1872, the role and size of hospitals has

Remained the same

Expanded and grown

Decreased

All of the above

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QUESTION 44

What is the major difference between for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals?

For-profit hospitals are owned by shareholders

Community hospitals are more likely to be not-for-profit

There is no difference between for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals

Both A & B are correct

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QUESTION 45

Most hospitals are accredited by which organization?

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

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QUESTION 46

Nursing homes is a broad term. The federal government says that Medicare will reimburse stays in which of the following facilities?

Extended Care Facilities

Intermediate Care Facilities

Skilled Care Nursing Facilities

All of the above

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QUESTION 47

The last survey the number of nursing homes nationwide found

20 nursing homes with 500 beds

100,000 nursing homes with 50 million beds

18,000 nursing homes with 1.9 million beds

There are no nursing homes in the US

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QUESTION 48

The most common mental deficiency of a large proportion of nursing home residents is

Dementia

Alzheimer’s Disease

The residual affects of a stroke

All of the above

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QUESTION 49

Why is recruiting and maintaining high quality staff a challenge for nursing homes?

The work in nursing homes is physically demanding

The pay scales are low because of the limitations of Medicaid reimbursements

The work is emotionally demanding

All of the above

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QUESTION 50

In general, nursing homes have been striving to improve their quality since the 1970s. Improving the quality of nursing homes is a challenge because

No one is working to improve the quality of nursing homes

Administrators need to balance the needs of the patients with the funding limits of Medicaid

There are clear set quality outcomes of long-term care

Nursing home patients are too healthy to receive funding from the government

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QUESTION 51

A continuum is more than a collection of fragmented services. It incudes mechanisms for organizing those services and operating them as an integrated system.

True

False

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QUESTION 52

A primary reason for organizing services into a continuum is to make sure that care is never coordinated.

True

False

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QUESTION 53

Disability refers to any long-term or short-term reduction of a person’s activity as a result of an acute or chronic condition.

True

False

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QUESTION 54

The clients of the continuum of long-term care all have the same health status and personal characteristics.

True

False

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QUESTION 55

The people who provide most informal care are unpaid.

True

False

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QUESTION 56

In general, being an informal caregiver is an easy, stress-free job.

True

False

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QUESTION 57

Over the past 20 years, many hospitals developed services specifically targeted to older adults and those with chronic conditions or disabilities.

True

False

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QUESTION 58

Across the US, all hospitals are the same and have the same characteristics.

True

False

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QUESTION 59

The typical short-term community hospital relies heavily on governmental sources of payment, specifically Medicare and Medicaid

True

False

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QUESTION 60

Function dependency, including needing assistance with ADLs, is high among nursing home residents

True

False

A.

Patient has to be enrolled in Medicare

B.

Patient is unable to leave the house due to medical condition

C.

Patient needs continuous care

D.

Patient only needs intermittent care

Explanation / Answer

We are required to do only 4 parts of a question

1. The correct option is D. Patient only needs intermittent care

2. The correct option is c. Pain medication.

3. The correct option is A. State’s health department

4. The correct option is d. All of the above.

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