Intro to Long-Term Care

1. Which of the following healthcare settings is generally for people who will die in six months or less?

• Hospice care

• Long-term care

• Outpatient care

• Acute care

Which of the following statements is true of long-term care?

• Most people in long-term care facilities have chronic conditions.

• People with terminal illnesses do not live in long-term care facilities.

• People who live in long-term care facilities are never able to return home.

• Long-term care takes place in a person’s home.

Where is long-term care offered?

• Skilled nursing facilities

• Adult day services facilities

• Hospitals

• Ambulatory surgical centers

___________ is care given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury.

• Rehabilitation

• Adult day services

• Acute care

• Subacute care

A resident has purchased a special gift for her nursing assistant (NA). What would be the best response by the nursing assistant?

• The NA should refuse the gift but thank the resident for thinking of her.

• The NA should accept the gift because she is unsure about her facility’s policy on gifts.

• The NA should accept the gift if the resident will keep it confidential.

• The NA should refuse the gift and tell the resident that her employer is very unfair about employees accepting gifts from residents

The abbreviation HMO means

• Health maintenance organization

• Home maintenance organization

• Health management organization

• Home medical organization

The group with the longest average stay in long-term care facilities is _____

• Developmentally disabled residents

• Caregivers

• Men

• Residents with heart disease

A ______ is a method or way of doing something.

• Procedure

• Survey

• Policy

• Cite

Medicare will pay for what type of care?

• Only care that it determines to be medically necessary

• All care requested by the long-term care facility

• All care requested by the doctor

• All care requested by the recipient

_____ is a medical assistance program for low-income people.

• Medicaid

• OSHA

• CMS

• Medicare