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HCS 437 Entire Course

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• 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)

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HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 1

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• 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...)

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HCS 437 Week 1 DQ 2

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• What are the goals of long-term care? (Key
  talking points should include independence,
  safety, and care coordination.)

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HCS 437 Week 1 Individual Assignment Concept of
Long-Term Care Paper

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• 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

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HCS 437 Week 2 DQ 1

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• 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?

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HCS 437 Week 2 DQ 2

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• What are a few of the most sweeping federal
  regulations in the last 30 years? How are the
  effects felt today?

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HCS 437 Week 2 Individual Assignment Continuum of
Care Options Matrix

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• 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.

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HCS 437 Week 2 LT Executive Summary (Part I)

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• Develop a short summary (200-400 words) of the
  progress you and your team are currently making
  on your Week 3 assignment.

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HCS 437 Week 3 DQ 1

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• 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?

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HCS 437 Week 3 DQ 2

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• 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?

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HCS 437 Week 3 Learning Team Long-Term Care
Facility Study Outline

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• 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.

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HCS 437 Week 4 DQ 1

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• How does the administrator remain aware of what
  is happening in the community? Why is this
  important?

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HCS 437 Week 4 DQ 2

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• As an administrator, how might you attract and
  retain quality staff?

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HCS 437 Week 4 Individual Assignment Regulatory
Agencies Paper

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• Resource Regulatory Agencies Paper Grading
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• 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.

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HCS 437 Week 4 Learning Team Executive Summary
(Part II)

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• 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.

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HCS 437 Week 5 Team Assignment Long-Term Care
Facility Study

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• 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.

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