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1. What is defined as being functionally dependent on a long-term basis due to physical or mental limitations or both?
Palliative care
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medicare
2. Reimbursement is a critical issue for the majority of assisted living facilities that receive it in the form of __________.
Medicaid reimbursement
private payment
nonprofit payments
Medicare payments
3. Critical issues facing the U.S. healthcare system regarding long-term care services include all the following except:
public interest in improving healthcare access.
lack of access to government programs.
public resources for long-term care.
affordable insurance for palliative care.
4. Continuing care retirement communities are an approach to financing long-term care for __________.
Medicaid
Medicare
Social Security
private insurance policies
5. How do you see long-term care changing the healthcare system in the 21st century? What ethical issues do you see playing a role in this situation?
6. How can family members provide long-term care as a caregiver?
7. Why do long-term health care and palliative care private insurance lack popularity among elderly individuals in the United States?
8. Do you think hospital ethics committees are necessary? Why, or why not?