Hartmann Ch. 1

Which of the following healthcare settings is

generally for people who will die in six months

or less?

• Hospice care

• long term care

• outpatient care

• acute care

Which of the following statements is true of

long-term care?

• (A) People with terminal illnesses do not live

  in long-term care facilities.

• Most conditions in long-term care facilities

  are chronic.

• (C) People who live in long-term care facilities

  are never able to return home.

• Long-term care takes place in a person’s

  home.

Where is long-term care offered?

• In adult day services facilities

• In hospitals

• (C) In skilled nursing facilities

• In ambulatory surgical centers

___________ is care given by specialists to

help restore or improve function after an ill-

ness or injury.

• Subacute care

• Acute care

• (C) Adult day services

• Rehabilitation

A resident has purchased a special gift for her

nursing assistant (NA). What would be the

best response by the nursing assistant?

• The NA should refuse the gift but thank

  the resident for thinking of her.

• The NA should accept the gift because

  she is unsure about her facility’s policy on

  gifts.

• The NA should accept the gift if the resident will keep it confidential.

• The NA should refuse the gift and tell the

  the resident that her employer is very unfair

  about employees accepting gifts from

  residents.

The abbreviation HMO means

• Home maintenance organization

• Health management organization

• Health maintenance organization

• Home medical organization

The group with the longest average stay in

long-term care facilities is

• Men

• developmentally disabled

• caregivers

• residents with heart disease

Which of the following statements is true of

acute care?

• Acute care is normally given in an adult day

  services facilities.

• One advantage of acute care is people do

  not have to leave their homes to receive it.

• Acute care is given to people who do not

  have a serious illness.

• Acute care is given in hospitals to people

  who require immediate care.

A ______ is a method or way of doing

something.

• Policy

• Procedure

• Survey

• Cite

Medicare will pay for

• All care requested by the recipient

• All care requested by the doctor

• All care requested by the long-term care

  facility

• Only care that it determines to be medically necessary