Hcm413 Assignment 2
HCM413 – Long Term Care Administration, Spring, 2012
Bethesda, MD
Instructions: The first section (40 points) are mandatory question/exercises for this course. Please complete them. The second section (60 points) are questions that you can choose from. Please refer to the instructions as indicated.
This exercise is a three part assignment. In the first part, you are to go to www.realage.com and take the real age assessment to check your chronological age.
Include the results of this assignment. Write a 2 paragraph summary of your findings
Begin to think about what you hope to accomplish in your life. Write a 2 paragraph summary of your life goals and why they are significant to you
Finally, write a 1 paragraph summary …show more content…
of what you want your Epitaph to be. An Epitaph is a memorial inscription on a monument.
The intention of this question is to think about what you would consider your “legacy” to be over the years. This exercise is worth 5points.
Go to www.medicare.gov and find the Nursing Home compare section.
Search for a nursing home of your choosing (maybe one from your home town). Choose 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses and describe why you chose each quality indicator. Please ensure that these weaknesses and strengths are measurable metrics.
The intention of this exercise is to become familiar with comparing nursing homes for quality measures. This exercise is worth 10 points.
Retirement may be a long way off, but it’s closer than you think! Answer the following questions:
a. Where will you live? Will you be joining a retirement community, or will you be retiring elsewhere? In two to three paragraphs, tell me where you plan on retiring and what type of home you will live in and why.
b. How much money will you need in order to retire in the manner in which you would like? Use an online retirement calculator to figure how much you will need to save by the time you reach the retirement age of 67 years old. Since social security may not be around in 30 to 40 years, do not factor social security income into your calculations.
Tell me what retirement calculator you used and how much money you will need to save by the time you retire to reach your goals.
Prior to completing this assignment, did you think you would need to save this much money in order to retire …show more content…
comfortably?
How do you plan on financing your health care needs when you retire. Typically, we don’t think about how we plan on paying for health care. You will probably have Medicare, however, there are many gaps in what is covered. And if you need LTC, you will find that Medicare will probably not be the primary payer. What options should you consider when you address this concern. The intention of this exercise is have you think about your retirement planning. Now is the time to begin to consider your options and begin to plan accordingly.
This exercise is worth 5 points.
You have decided to open up an Elder Care Resource Center. You will provide case management services for older individuals who need assistance and usually don’t have assistance available. Describe 5 services that you would develop to meet these client’s needs. Remember your customers will probably be older individuals and their families. This exercise is worth 10 points.
You have been very interested in creating a consulting company and have an interest in measuring quality of long term care facilities. Facilities would hire you to analyze and report out on the quality of care provided. Develop a checklist of quality indicators for a long term care facility. Please be aware that these quality indicators must be measurable and typically have a targeted standard associated with each one. In other words, indicators can measure quality by exceeding the standard (targeted quality expectation), meeting the standard, or not meeting the standard. Develop a these standards in this fashion. Each indicator will have meets quality measure, naturally with an exceeds standard and not meets standard. I will discuss this further in class.
This exercise is worth 10 points.
Test questions - There are 9 questions below.
Please choose 6. Each question is worth 10 points
You are a VP of Operations for a fairly large Nursing Facility chain. You must hire a Nursing Home Administrator for one of your facilities. Create a list of 3 behavioral interview questions for the position of Nursing Home Administrator. Next, you are being interviewed for this position of Nursing Home Administrator. Using the three questions you created, provide short answers accordingly.
You are the Marketing Director of a Skilled Nursing Facility. You have been asked to develop a strategic Action Plan to address low census. Briefly describe three action items that you would implement to begin to bring your census up. Your marketing focus should be short term census building, thus activities related to immediate admissions should be your focus..
You are the Marketing Director of a Skilled Nursing Facility and have been asked to develop a brochure of your facility. Define who your target audience (s) is (are) and develop three key value propositions that you would include in the brochure. Be sure to link the target audience with each value
proposition.
You are the Director of Social Services for a Long Term Care Facility. You have observed that a few of your residents are depressed. Develop an Action Plan using three approaches to address depression/sadness in your facility.
You are the Director Activities for a Long Term Care Facility. You have been asked to define an activities program to meet the needs of a certain type of resident (bed bound, Alzheimers, etc). Define the type of resident and develop an Activities program using 5 activities that would meet these resident’s needs.
Your great aunt is in need of a skilled nursing facility for orthopedic rehab services. She just had a successful hip replacement. She is 70 years old and will probably be able to go home after her rehab stay. Please create a checklist with at least six items of milestones that you will need to consider when helping her with her short term rehab stay.
Your great aunt is in need of long-term care. She is 80 years old, of sound mind, but really does need help with daily living skills. You feel that she could probably benefit from an Assisted Living Facility. Create a checklist of eight items that you must consider when selecting an Assisted Living Facility. You plan on using this checklist when you go out and visit potential facilities.
or
Your great aunt is in need of long-term care. She is 80 years old and requires a long term care facility. She is both physically impaired and cognitively impaired. Create a checklist of eight items that you must consider when selecting a long term care facility. You plan on using this checklist when you go out and visit potential facilities.
You are the Administrator of a Skilled Nursing Facility. You think you may have a morale issue with your employees. Using the quality improvement planning process (as we discussed in class), describe the 4 steps in action planning improvement in morale. Please attempt to make each action item measurable when possible.
You are the Care Plan Coordinator for your nursing facility. You have been asked to make a presentation about providing comprehensive care for your long-term residents. Briefly, describe what this presentation might look like.
Bethesda, MD
Instructions: The first section (40 points) are mandatory question/exercises for this course. Please complete them. The second section (60 points) are questions that you can choose from. Please refer to the instructions as indicated.
This exercise is a three part assignment. In the first part, you are to go to www.realage.com and take the real age assessment to check your chronological age.
Include the results of this assignment. Write a 2 paragraph summary of your findings
Begin to think about what you hope to accomplish in your life. Write a 2 paragraph summary of your life goals and why they are significant to you
Finally, write a 1 paragraph summary …show more content…
of what you want your Epitaph to be. An Epitaph is a memorial inscription on a monument.
The intention of this question is to think about what you would consider your “legacy” to be over the years. This exercise is worth 5points.
Go to www.medicare.gov and find the Nursing Home compare section.
Search for a nursing home of your choosing (maybe one from your home town). Choose 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses and describe why you chose each quality indicator. Please ensure that these weaknesses and strengths are measurable metrics.
The intention of this exercise is to become familiar with comparing nursing homes for quality measures. This exercise is worth 10 points.
Retirement may be a long way off, but it’s closer than you think! Answer the following questions:
a. Where will you live? Will you be joining a retirement community, or will you be retiring elsewhere? In two to three paragraphs, tell me where you plan on retiring and what type of home you will live in and why.
b. How much money will you need in order to retire in the manner in which you would like? Use an online retirement calculator to figure how much you will need to save by the time you reach the retirement age of 67 years old. Since social security may not be around in 30 to 40 years, do not factor social security income into your calculations.
Tell me what retirement calculator you used and how much money you will need to save by the time you retire to reach your goals.
Prior to completing this assignment, did you think you would need to save this much money in order to retire …show more content…
comfortably?
How do you plan on financing your health care needs when you retire. Typically, we don’t think about how we plan on paying for health care. You will probably have Medicare, however, there are many gaps in what is covered. And if you need LTC, you will find that Medicare will probably not be the primary payer. What options should you consider when you address this concern. The intention of this exercise is have you think about your retirement planning. Now is the time to begin to consider your options and begin to plan accordingly.
This exercise is worth 5 points.
You have decided to open up an Elder Care Resource Center. You will provide case management services for older individuals who need assistance and usually don’t have assistance available. Describe 5 services that you would develop to meet these client’s needs. Remember your customers will probably be older individuals and their families. This exercise is worth 10 points.
You have been very interested in creating a consulting company and have an interest in measuring quality of long term care facilities. Facilities would hire you to analyze and report out on the quality of care provided. Develop a checklist of quality indicators for a long term care facility. Please be aware that these quality indicators must be measurable and typically have a targeted standard associated with each one. In other words, indicators can measure quality by exceeding the standard (targeted quality expectation), meeting the standard, or not meeting the standard. Develop a these standards in this fashion. Each indicator will have meets quality measure, naturally with an exceeds standard and not meets standard. I will discuss this further in class.
This exercise is worth 10 points.
Test questions - There are 9 questions below.
Please choose 6. Each question is worth 10 points
You are a VP of Operations for a fairly large Nursing Facility chain. You must hire a Nursing Home Administrator for one of your facilities. Create a list of 3 behavioral interview questions for the position of Nursing Home Administrator. Next, you are being interviewed for this position of Nursing Home Administrator. Using the three questions you created, provide short answers accordingly.
You are the Marketing Director of a Skilled Nursing Facility. You have been asked to develop a strategic Action Plan to address low census. Briefly describe three action items that you would implement to begin to bring your census up. Your marketing focus should be short term census building, thus activities related to immediate admissions should be your focus..
You are the Marketing Director of a Skilled Nursing Facility and have been asked to develop a brochure of your facility. Define who your target audience (s) is (are) and develop three key value propositions that you would include in the brochure. Be sure to link the target audience with each value
proposition.
You are the Director of Social Services for a Long Term Care Facility. You have observed that a few of your residents are depressed. Develop an Action Plan using three approaches to address depression/sadness in your facility.
You are the Director Activities for a Long Term Care Facility. You have been asked to define an activities program to meet the needs of a certain type of resident (bed bound, Alzheimers, etc). Define the type of resident and develop an Activities program using 5 activities that would meet these resident’s needs.
Your great aunt is in need of a skilled nursing facility for orthopedic rehab services. She just had a successful hip replacement. She is 70 years old and will probably be able to go home after her rehab stay. Please create a checklist with at least six items of milestones that you will need to consider when helping her with her short term rehab stay.
Your great aunt is in need of long-term care. She is 80 years old, of sound mind, but really does need help with daily living skills. You feel that she could probably benefit from an Assisted Living Facility. Create a checklist of eight items that you must consider when selecting an Assisted Living Facility. You plan on using this checklist when you go out and visit potential facilities.
or
Your great aunt is in need of long-term care. She is 80 years old and requires a long term care facility. She is both physically impaired and cognitively impaired. Create a checklist of eight items that you must consider when selecting a long term care facility. You plan on using this checklist when you go out and visit potential facilities.
You are the Administrator of a Skilled Nursing Facility. You think you may have a morale issue with your employees. Using the quality improvement planning process (as we discussed in class), describe the 4 steps in action planning improvement in morale. Please attempt to make each action item measurable when possible.
You are the Care Plan Coordinator for your nursing facility. You have been asked to make a presentation about providing comprehensive care for your long-term residents. Briefly, describe what this presentation might look like.