MANDATORY QUESTION-

You must answer the following question. It is mandatory.

1. Quality of care will continue to be a major challenge across the long-term care continuum in the future. Among the following delivery sites: assisted living facilities, home care, and hospice, select two and discuss the best mechanisms to promote quality outcomes. Consider both policy mechanisms by payers and government as well as specific organizational programs long-term care administrators can initiate on their own.

CHOOSE ONE

In addition, you must answer ONE of the following questions:

2. Given the rapidly aging of the population, please describe the most likely scenario for the long-term care continuum in the next twenty years, including care delivery settings, services provided, and financing mechanisms. Please provide a rationale for those aspects of the continuum that you believe are likely to change.

3. Please describe the traits and training that long-term care administrators will need to be effective in nursing homes or assisted living and home care organizations. Compare and contrast the key similarities and differences within an institutional and community-based organizational environment.