1. Assisted living is a type of housing provided for seniors or disabled elders who need assistance with their usual routines but do not require medical supervision.
3. Services that are usually offered in assisted living are housekeeping, rehabilitation, speech therapy, medication distribution, and transportation.
5. The regulations that apply to assisted living varies in each state. However, the Department of Health and Human Services sees that every assisted facility follows their regulations and majority of them follow the ALF.
7. The trends that are most likely to affect assisted living in the future would be high regulations, coming into agreements regarding the assisted living, increased in coverage and conjunction with others. …show more content…
Community-based services are hospice care, healthcare ad adult day care.
3. The most common patient services provided by each of the services are adult day care, health care services at home, and the hospice which should meet the needs of the patients.
5. Some of the human resource issues confronting community-based services providers are the payroll for the staff and a mixture of non-professional and professional.
7. a. I believe that Joan and Jerry should have applied sooner but was unable to due to lack of knowledge of the services and sometimes stubbornness when it comes to independence. They should have also been aware by any of the health professionals. b. In my opinion I believe not because it all depends on the location as well as the insurance coverage that is provided.
9. a. I believe that society should be paying because they are not poor and it will assist to the needs of others. b. In my opinion probably not because what if both Lorenzo and Karen work and unable to look after Wilma? Wilma would most likely be admitted in an assisted living community.
Chapter 8
2. The difference between cooperation and integration is that cooperation sometimes involve informal liaison while integration is more formal and become part of a larger