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2. HCS 437 Entire Course For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 1 Individual Assignment Concept of Long-Term Care Paper HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 1 HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 2 HCS 437 Week 2 LT Executive Summary (Part I) HCS 437 Week 2 Individual Assignment Continuum of Care Options Matrix HCS 437 Week 2 DQ 1

3. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What is meant by a continuum of care? What are some levels of care along the continuum, and what are some of the services provided within those levels? (Example: Extended Care (nursing home), Acute Care (hospital), Ambulatory Care (adult day care), etc...)

4. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are the goals of long-term care? (Key talking points should include independence, safety, and care coordination.)

5. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 1 Individual Assignment Concept of Long-Term Care Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Concept of Long-Term Care Paper Grading Criteria located on your student website Write a 1200- to 1,450-word paper about your concept of long-term care and the population it serves. Address the following in your paper: · Did this week’s readings change your concept of long-term care? If so, how has it changed? · Provide two examples of current events related to long-term care. How might these examples increase awareness of long-term care?

6. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How do regulatory agencies affect the quality of care within a Assisted Living Facility and a Skilled Nursing Facility? How about within home health care?

7. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are a few of the most sweeping federal regulations in the last 30 years? How are the effects felt today?

8. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 2 Individual Assignment Continuum of Care Options Matrix For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Continuum of Care Options Matrix Grading Criteria located on your student website Complete the Continuum of Care Options Matrix located on your student website.

9. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 2 LT Executive Summary (Part I) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Develop a short summary (200-400 words) of the progress you and your team are currently making on your Week #3 assignment. Have one team member submit the final version of this assignment to the Assignments section of their grade book on behalf of the team.

10. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Which seems to be more lacking - federal, state, or local resources, when it comes to providing resources to an aging population within a long-term care setting? What reforms and resources do you think are needed in the current system of long-term care services for the elderly? What do you feel is the relationship between reforms and resources and quality of care?

11. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 3 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. What are the major gaps in these programs? Why must an older adult be familiar with both of these programs for health care purposes? What other types of reimbursement are utilized within the long-term care setting?

12. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 3 Learning Team Long-Term Care Facility Study Outline For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Each student must visit a long-term care facility in his or her own community. Students must create a list of facilities they would like to visit and submit this to their instructor for approval before making arrangements to conduct the visit. After receiving approval, students should contact that facility in order to schedule their visit as soon as possible. Resource: Long-Term Care Facility Study Outline Grading Criteria located on your student website

13. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 4 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How does the administrator remain aware of what is happening in the community? Why is this important?

14. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 4 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com As an administrator, how might you attract and retain quality staff?

15. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 4 Individual Assignment Regulatory Agencies Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Regulatory Agencies Paper Grading Criteria located on your student website Research regulatory agencies that relate to long-term care. Write a 1200- to 1,450-word paper addressing the functions of three different regulatory agencies with regard to long-term care. Provide the following in your paper: · An overview of the agency and its functions · At least one specific example of how each agency regulates long-term care

16. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 4 Learning Team Executive Summary (Part II) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Develop a short summary (200-400 words) of the progress you and your team are currently making on your Week #5 assignment. Have one team member submit the final version of this assignment to the Assignments section of their grade book on behalf of the team.

17. HCS 437 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com HCS 437 Week 5 Team Assignment Long-Term Care Facility Study For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Long-Term Care Facility Study Grading Criteria located on your student website Choose one facility, as a team, that you will use for your Long-Term Care Facility Study project. Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft ® PowerPoint® Presentation detailing the study of your chosen long-term care facility. In your presentation, include the following: · What are two state and two federal regulations that your facility must adhere to?

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