Long Term Care 4 Hour Review FINAL EXAM (TN 28940)

______________ is defined as a deficiency in an individual’s orientation as to person, place or time.

For the elderly, most of the cost for institutional skilled nursing care is borne by:

For Medicare to provide coverage for skilled care, the care recipient must have been confined in a hospital for a minimum of __ consecutive days (not counting the day of discharge) before admission to a participating skilled nursing facility.

For hospice care to be covered under Medicare, the care recipient must have a life expectancy of ____ or less.

Arthur’s long term care insurance policy provides a daily benefit of $225 and pays benefits under an indemnity provision. What daily benefit would be paid if the charges for his covered care were $180?

How many ADLs must a long term care insurance policy insured suffering from a cognitive impairment be unable to perform in order to be eligible for benefits?

What is the approximate average length of stay for a resident in a nursing home in the U.S.?

______ are generally defined as the activities considered basic to an individual’s ability to live normally in society.

Which of the following is the type of long term care that primarily involves assisting individuals with the activities of daily living?

_____________ is sometimes referred to as a bridge in the long term care continuum of services between home care and nursing home care.

At the beginning of the 20^th century, the average American had a life expectancy of about:

Audrey, a doting grandmother, temporarily forgot she was caring for her toddler-aged grandson and left the playground without him. What could this suggest?

__________ is skilled care provided on an intermittent basis.

________ is generally defined as a facility that provides long term care services which are performed by, or under the supervision of, a registered nurse (RN), licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN).

Which of the following services is NOT a service normally provided in an alternate care facility?

An assisted living facility may call itself any of the following EXCEPT:

Which long term care services were provided a boost in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision?

Respite care is generally provided in all of the following settings EXCEPT:

All of the following care is typically provided in hospice EXCEPT:

Hospice services are most frequently used by individuals suffering from:

Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) may impose any of the following fees EXCEPT:

Skilled care provided in the care recipient’s home is normally to provide care to a patient:

Which of the following community-based services is generally offered only during “working hours”?

What percentage of Americans between ages 55 and 64 are estimated to have high blood pressure?

A federal health insurance program for persons age 65 or older, individuals of any age with permanent kidney failure, and certain disabled persons describes: