Long Term Care Exam 1
Nursing Facilities AKA - correct answer Nursing homes (both)
skilled nursing facilities (medicare) (SNF)
Intermediate care facilities (medicaid)
Nursing Facilities - correct answer Provide a broad range of personal, social, and medical services to assist people with functional or cognitive limitations
What type of nursing facilities are available? - correct answer nursing, rehab, custodial care
What person provides custodial care - correct answer CNAs
When we say nursing, what types of services are offered in these facilities? - correct answer passing out medications, assessments, nurses are also the ones who carry out physician orders (like new
meds or service), wound dressings, feeding, IVs, etc.
How did nursing facilities come about? - correct answer grew out of charity-
based almshouses
What was the private industry of nursing facilites stimulated by? - correct answer The passage of Medicare and Medicaid
Almshouses- - correct answer to house the poor, provide basic custodial/functional care, provides shelter and food
when did the development of hospital facilities come about - correct answer early 1900s. these left the almshouses to care for the older people because other people were seeking care in other facilities and that is how nursing homes came about Development of Nursing facilities - correct answer negative public image throughout much of their history:
a place you go to die, being put away, and poor care. Yet there were no real other alternatives, they had little trouble maintaining occupancy
when did increased government oversight happen in Nursing facilities - correct answer in 1970s-1980s
OBRA - correct answer omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987- greatly increased regulations of nursing facilities. These regulations affect residents, employees and building construction and safety
AHCA, NAB, ACHCA - correct answer they are professional, regulatory, and industry associations that strive to improve quality of care and reputation of nursing facilities
NAB - correct answer national association of long term care administrator boards- oversee training and licensure, they give out the national exam to become administrator of nursing home, advising new curriculum
Medical Vs. Social Model - correct answer medical model puts emphasis on clinical care ("cure") cersus social aspects of care ("care")
What philosophy do nursing facilities use? - correct answer Multidisciplinary approach
what is multidisciplinary approach? - correct answer blend of medical, social, residential, and other allied professionals to provide needed services
Care provided by Nursing facilities - correct answer Acute- 3 month or less /rehabilitative vs. long term care- they will be there for moths or years until they pass away
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