LONG-TERM CARE OVERVIEW TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nursing homes provide residents with
a. care in the home
b. care for 8 hours a day in a structured setting in a facility
c. around-the-clock nursing care and supervision
d. care for residents needing limited assistance with activities of daily
living - ANSWER C. Around-the-clock nursing care and supervision
The type of long-term care facility that provides care with multiple levels
of care and services on the same campus is called
a. an assisted-living facility
b. a long-term care facility
c. an adult daycare
d. a continuum care retirement community - ANSWER D. a continuum
care retirement community
A resident requires limited assistance with personal care, meals, and
housekeeping. You would expect to find this resident in a/an
a. assisted-living facility
b. long-term care facility
c. home
d. hospital - ANSWER A. assisted-living facility
A facility that is owned by a company or organization that is operating
the facility as a business, with the intention of making money is is called
a/an
a. not-for-profit facility
b. chain facility
c. for-profit-facility
d. long-term care facility - ANSWER C. for-profit-facility
Each facility in a chain of long-term care facilities
a. Establishes policies and procedures related to their residents
b. Follows the same corporate policies and procedures
c. creates policies and procedures related to state law
, d. creates policies and procedures similar to McDonald's or Wal-Mart -
ANSWER B. Follows the same corporate policies and procedures
T/F In the mid-1800s, facilities that provided supporting themselves were
called long-term care facilities - ANSWER False
T/F In 1985, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security
Act into law - ANSWER True
T/F As a result of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, signed into law
in 1965, more people could afford long-term - ANSWER False
T/F The quality of care provided in many nursing homes in the 1960s
and 1970s was the standard for care in today's long-term care facilities. -
ANSWER False
T/F OBRA set standards for the physical environment in the nursing
home, as well as for the training and evaluation of the nursing assistants
who worked in the nursing homes - ANSWER True
T/F In the late 1990s, less costly alternatives to the traditional nursing
homes began to emerge. One of these alternatives was the sub-acute
facility - ANSWER False
The purpose of a long-term care survey is to
a. meet Medicaid guidelines
b. meet OSHA guidelines
c. meet OBRA regulations
d. provide money to the facility - ANSWER C. meet OBRA regulations
The government agency responsible for monitoring nursing homes to
make sure that they are following federal regulations and government
standards is
a. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
b. State Department of Public Safety
c. OBRA Regulatory Committee
d. OSHA Regulatory Committe - ANSWER A. Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS)
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