1. List the main character(s). The main character in the Case study I is Catherine Kennedy which is the founder and Executive Director of LEEWAY Inc. (Intermediate Care/skilled nursing facility for people with AIDS/ARC) (Oster310)
2. Give a brief overview? Catherine Kennedy relocated to the Haven with her husband and three children from their native England in 1985. (Oster 310) She became the found the More House Soup Kitchen where meals were prepared for 160-240 meals weekly doing the academic year. (Oster310) She was also invited to become the board member of the Connecticut Food Bank. (Oster 310) Caught also taught economics for about nine years in England. (Oster310) She entered Yale’s School of Management in the Fall of 1984 to learn …show more content…
How does course material relate to the issues? The course materials relate to the issues that in the case of LEEWAY, the hospice for AIDS patients is effects of the licensing regulations on entry. (Oster34) In some regions, the fundraising is subject to various restrictions. (Oster34) LEEWAY would have to conform to models of health care delivery that’s allowed by the code. (Oster34) Any model that’s outlined by the code would need to be authorized by legislation. (Oster34) Catherine assumed that all of the LEEWAY would have to operate within DIM’S Medicaid reimbursement rate for nursing home care of $105 per day plus amortized building costs. …show more content…
What is the solution? The solution is that by August 1987, Catherine convinced the facility was needed and that she had the support of the relevant constituencies in New Haven. (Oster313) Catherine began to look to housing for the people with AIDS that have been successful in other parts of the country. (Oster314) The Shanti Project in San Francisco had developed a model in a small group of homes that four or five people within a middle-class home environment would work. (Oster314) Many people in the Haven area were homeless before they had AIDS and for them, this disease has become the last straw in a long history of problems. (Oster314) Now that Catherine has moved toward a facility that would provide more comprehensive health care to people with AIDS, so she turned her attention to the Connecticut Public Health Code. (Oster314) Catherine describes her facility as a hospice. (Oster314) This would become the first freestanding hospice in the United States that has been the Connecticut Hospice in Branford.
2. Give a brief overview? Catherine Kennedy relocated to the Haven with her husband and three children from their native England in 1985. (Oster 310) She became the found the More House Soup Kitchen where meals were prepared for 160-240 meals weekly doing the academic year. (Oster310) She was also invited to become the board member of the Connecticut Food Bank. (Oster 310) Caught also taught economics for about nine years in England. (Oster310) She entered Yale’s School of Management in the Fall of 1984 to learn …show more content…
How does course material relate to the issues? The course materials relate to the issues that in the case of LEEWAY, the hospice for AIDS patients is effects of the licensing regulations on entry. (Oster34) In some regions, the fundraising is subject to various restrictions. (Oster34) LEEWAY would have to conform to models of health care delivery that’s allowed by the code. (Oster34) Any model that’s outlined by the code would need to be authorized by legislation. (Oster34) Catherine assumed that all of the LEEWAY would have to operate within DIM’S Medicaid reimbursement rate for nursing home care of $105 per day plus amortized building costs. …show more content…
What is the solution? The solution is that by August 1987, Catherine convinced the facility was needed and that she had the support of the relevant constituencies in New Haven. (Oster313) Catherine began to look to housing for the people with AIDS that have been successful in other parts of the country. (Oster314) The Shanti Project in San Francisco had developed a model in a small group of homes that four or five people within a middle-class home environment would work. (Oster314) Many people in the Haven area were homeless before they had AIDS and for them, this disease has become the last straw in a long history of problems. (Oster314) Now that Catherine has moved toward a facility that would provide more comprehensive health care to people with AIDS, so she turned her attention to the Connecticut Public Health Code. (Oster314) Catherine describes her facility as a hospice. (Oster314) This would become the first freestanding hospice in the United States that has been the Connecticut Hospice in Branford.