Deck 16: Long-Term Services and Supports for the Elderly Population

Question 1

The set of health and social services delivered over a sustained period of time for persons who have lost some capacity for personal care is called

A) Skilled nursing home care
B) Long term care
C) State psychiatric care
D) Welfare care

Answer 1

Long term care

Question 2

What percentage of older adults live in nursing homes

A) 4.2%
B) 6.8%
C) 8.4%
D) 10.6%

Answer 2

4.2%

Question 3

In 2012, the average nursing home cost for double occupancy was

A) $53,000
B) $63,000
C) $73,000
D) $83,000

Answer 3

$73,000

Question 4

The Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 Supreme Court decision determined that ADA

A) Does not apply to public programs
B) Does apply to public programs
C) Did not provide assistance in the least restrictive environment
D) Did not impact public policy

Question 5

The sixteen thousand nursing homes nationally are

A) Mostly owned by nonprofit organizations
B) Are mostly community owned
C) Are mostly government owned
D) Are mostly privately owned

Question 6

The ways that nursing homes are paid for is

A) Controlled by the government
B) Extremely complex
C) Generally easy for family members to afford
D) Controlled by the state in which the home is located.

Question 7

One tool used to monitor quality from the federal government in the nursing home is

A) Patient satisfaction surveys
B) Minimum data set
C) Minimum staffing requirements
D) Area agency on Aging

Question 8

Transportation for older adults is considered

A) A responsibility of the state government
B) A responsibility of the local government
C) A community based long term service
D) A responsibility of the federal government

Question 9

The Older Americans Act has developed innovative approaches such as

A) Flexible benefits
B) Consumer directed services
C) Directly hire caregivers
D) All of the above

Question 10

Home health care workers are paid

A) Well
B) As little as minimum wage
C) Total income is higher than most health care workers
D) None of the above

Question 11

Americans are living longer and healthier.

Question 12

Seventy percent of persons who reach 65 will need some type of long term care.

Question 13

African Americans in nursing homes have adequate access to community based long term services.

Question 14

Long term services and supports are developed around specific population groups.

Question 15

Home health care workers experience traffic accidents and injuries.

Question 16

Aides in nursing homes have the highest injury rates of any occupation.

Question 17

The myth that families abandon their elderly relatives has been proven true.

Question 18

The demand for community based services for the elderly is decreasing.

Question 19

Personal care with activities of daily living is needed to ensure persons can stay in their own homes.

Question 20

Old Age Assistance was introduced in 1965 with Medicare.