Question

1. Certification of a nursing home and its number of beds enables it to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. True False

2. Adult day care providers generally refuse service participation of older adults who suffer from dementia. True False

3. The demand for long-term care among minorities is growing at a faster pace due to cultural assimilation and family structure change. True False

4. In the future, improvement in long-term care quality will be driven more by ________.

		higher reimbursement
		evidence-based practices
		delivery of all-inclusive services stricter regulations

Answer 1

Medicare is mainly focused on home health care and medicaid is focused on long term care for older adults who requires assistance with activities of daily living. Skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities which are certified by the medicare and medicaid can admit patients under there care.

1. Nursing home should be licensed by the state and must be certified  by CMS ( Centers for Medicare and medicaid Services)

So the statement is True

2. Adult day care is mainly established to provide services to functionally and/or cognitively impaired (like dementia) adults

So the statement is False

3. Current cultural merging and family structural change influence  adaptive health behaviors among minority groups which influence the demand for long-term care.

So the statement is True

4. Evidence based practice improves the quality of long term care based on scientific and mathematical evidences.

So, the answer is Evidence-based practices