Long term care Assignment 1. Challenges in Long-Term Care Your instructor will assign you a research article relating to the current challenges in the long-term care continuum and their impact on the current long-term care industry. Read the assigned research paper and research the South University Online Library and the Internet to learn more about the topic. After you have completed your review, create a 1- to 2-page synopsis in a Microsoft Word document addressing the main challenges discussed in the paper. Be sure to incorporate the following: Introduction and background of the research paper Stakeholders interested in the study Challenges in the long-term care continuum Impact of the challenges on the long-term care system (specifically on staffing, funding, and regulation) Recommendations to address the challenges Support your responses with examples. Cite any sources in APA format. Submission Details Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Provided introduction and background of the research paper. 10 Identified stakeholders interested in the study. 5 Analyzed the challenges in the long-term care continuum. 10 Described the impact of the challenges on the long-term care system. 10 Recommended solutions to address the challenges. 10 Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format. 5 Total: 50 Assignment 2. Course Project: Long-Term Care Facilities I Choose two long-term care facilities—one from nursing facilities, assisted living, or subacute care and another from adult day care, home health care, or hospice care—on which you would want to base your research work. Research the South University Online Library and the Internet to read about your chosen long-term care facilities. Assume you are responsible for the management and administration of the two facilities. You have to orient the newly appointed manager by providing an overview on managing long-term care. You also need to discuss the programs of the two facilities. From this perspective and based on your research about the facilities, prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of 10 – 15 slides including the following: What are the various multidisciplinary departments (teams) included in your facilities? Who comprise the target population being served by the various programs provided by your chosen facilities? What are the major staffing and human resource issues faced by your chosen facilities? What are the significant trends in long-term care likely to impact the operation of the various programs provided by your chosen facilities, and what is your plan of action to overcome them? What are the various forms of cooperation and integration existing in your chosen facilities? Discuss the nature of management, financing, and quality issues related to integration and cooperation in the facilities? Support your responses with examples. Use the Notes section of the slides to provide additional information. Cite.

1. Long term care
Assignment 1.
Challenges in Long-Term Care
Your instructor will assign you a research article relating to the
current challenges in the long-term care continuum and their
impact on the current long-term care industry. Read the
assigned research paper and research the South University
Online Library and the Internet to learn more about the topic.
After you have completed your review, create a 1- to 2-page
synopsis in a Microsoft Word document addressing the main
challenges discussed in the paper. Be sure to incorporate the
following:
Introduction and background of the research paper
Stakeholders interested in the study
Challenges in the long-term care continuum
Impact of the challenges on the long-term care system
(specifically on staffing, funding, and regulation)
Recommendations to address the challenges
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submission Details
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Provided introduction and background of the research paper.

2. 10
Identified stakeholders interested in the study.
5
Analyzed the challenges in the long-term care continuum.
10
Described the impact of the challenges on the long-term care
system.
10
Recommended solutions to address the challenges.
10
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary.
Cited all sources using APA format.
5
Total:
50
Assignment 2.
Course Project: Long-Term Care Facilities I
Choose two long-term care facilities—one from nursing
facilities, assisted living, or subacute care and another from
adult day care, home health care, or hospice care—on which you
would want to base your research work. Research the South
University Online Library and the Internet to read about your
chosen long-term care facilities.
Assume you are responsible for the management and
administration of the two facilities. You have to orient the
newly appointed manager by providing an overview on
managing long-term care. You also need to discuss the programs
of the two facilities. From this perspective and based on your
research about the facilities, prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation of 10
–
15 slides including the following:

3. What are the various multidisciplinary departments (teams)
included in your facilities?
Who comprise the target population being served by the various
programs provided by your chosen facilities?
What are the major staffing and human resource issues faced by
your chosen facilities?
What are the significant trends in long-term care likely to
impact the operation of the various programs provided by your
chosen facilities, and what is your plan of action to overcome
them?
What are the various forms of cooperation and integration
existing in your chosen facilities? Discuss the nature of
management, financing, and quality issues related to integration
and cooperation in the facilities?
Support your responses with examples.
Use the Notes section of the slides to provide additional
information.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submission Details
Name your presentation
SU_HSC3010_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.ppt.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described the various multidisciplinary departments included in
your facilities.
20
Described the target population being served by the various

4. programs provided by your chosen facilities.
20
Described the major staffing and human resource issues faced
by your chosen facilities.
30
Discussed significant trends in long-term care likely to impact
the operation of the various programs provided by your chosen
facilities.
30
Described the plan of action to overcome the impact of trends
on the operation of the various programs.
20
Described the various forms of cooperation and integration
existing in your chosen facilities.
20
Discussed the nature of management, financing, and quality
issues related to integration and cooperation in the facilities.
20
Written components.
40
Total:
200
Assignment 3.
Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment
Long-Term Care Reimbursement
The federal and state governments are the largest payers of
health care services in the United States. The largest federal
programs are the Medicare and Medicaid services.
Using the information from the textbooks, lectures, and Internet

5. resources, provide a brief summary of Medicare and Medicaid
services in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document. To get up-
to-date information on the programs, review the information
shared on the following websites :
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Social Security Administration
In your summary, include the following points:
An overview of the different Medicare and Medicaid services
The population covered under Medicare and Medicaid services
The services of long-term care covered under Medicare and
Medicaid, including the restrictions placed on them
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submission Details
Name your document
SU_HSC3010_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described different Medicaid and Medicare services.
15
Identified the population covered under Medicare and Medicaid.
10
Identified the services of long-term care covered by Medicare
and Medicaid.
10
Analyzed and justified the restrictions implied on the long-term

6. care services to be covered under Medicare and Medicaid.
10
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary.
Cited all sources using APA format.
5
Total:
50
Assignment 4.
Course Project: Long-Term Care Facilities II
Working on the same two facilities that you identified in
W3 Assignment 2
, prepare an 8- to 10-page report in a Microsoft Word document
including the following:
Describe the roles and responsibilities of the administration in
each department of your chosen facilities.
Identify and list the sources of financing available to consumers
for the various programs provided by your chosen facilities.
Identify the key public and private sources of reimbursement
available. Also discuss the role played by managed care and its
impact on long-term care reimbursement.
Describe the various government and private resources available
that assist in developing and maintaining quality improvement
programs in your chosen facilities. Describe the ways in which
quality and cost are controlled in your chosen facilities. Also
discuss the ethical aspect of access to care in the facilities,
including rationing.
Based on your observations and learning from the two facilities,
discuss the changes brought in the long-term care system to
make it reach full status as a competition-driven system. You

7. may include the following points in your discussion:
Discuss the changes made in the control mechanisms (external
and internal) in order to control the management, financing, and
quality in the long-term care systems.
Discuss the changes taking place in long-term care
reimbursement system in order to provide better reimbursement
options both to consumers and providers.
Discuss the changes made in the efforts of providers to
accommodate changing magnitude of the day-to-day needs of
long-term care consumers.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submission Details
Name your document
SU_HSC3010_W5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described the roles and responsibilities of the administration in
each department of the chosen facilities.
30
Listed financial resources available to consumers in each
facility.
30
Identified the role of managed care in each facility.
20
Described government and private resources available for
developing and maintaining quality improvement programs in
each facility.

8. 20
Discussed how quality and cost are monitored in each facility.
20
Discussed ethical aspects of access to care in each facility.
20
Described internal and external control mechanisms.
20
Described changes taking place in long-term care
reimbursement system.
20
Discussed the changes to accommodate changing needs of long-
term care consumers.
20
Written components.
50
Total:
250