Long Term Care Reflection

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The long term care course was very interesting and helped me learn more about what is involved. In the LTC are not only nursing homes, but also adult day care, hospice and home health service. Long-term care is service and supports that a person would need for their own care. A lot of long-term care is not medical care and is considered assisting on everyday personal tasks. I learned that long-term care services are determined by chronic disease and disability. There will always be a need for long-term care. According to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, there will be a need for assistance with activities of daily living (ADL's) increases dramatically with age. Only 2.6 percent of person’s age 65-74 need assistance with personal care compared with 31.6 …show more content…

Quality improvement is concerned with continuously increasing the quality standards in order to increase the output of the organization by reducing cost and improving the delivery time. Minimum Data Set (MDS) is the standardized, primary screening and assessment tool of health status forms the foundation of the comprehensive assessment for all residents in a Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facility. The MDS must measure physical, psychological and psychosocial functioning. Also MDS assist the facility on how to modify the risk of the residents. It collects the physical, functional and psychosocial information of the residents in the nursing home. MDS must be analyzed and combined with other related information to develop an individualized care plan. Nursing home administrator deals with a lot from monitoring employees, making sure residents are getting the care that he or she needs and monitoring that the facility is up to date with all certifications. A nursing home administrator needs to create methods to determine employee performance, create new training and enact disciplinary action when necessary. They must have the knowledge on the effects of the aging process; improve the standard living for the residents in the facility. They also act as the resident’s liaison between staff and doctors and also execute the protocols in accordance with federal and state

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