Long Term Care and Mental Health > Services and Delivery Systems

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Subtopics: Skilled nursing Intermediate care facilities, Adult Day Care, Home care, Community-based care, Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Social Support, Supportive Housing, Hospice, Assisted living

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to 
  1. Name the services that provide long-term care
  2. Describe each service in terms of operational characteristics and clients served
  3. Define a continuum of care
  4. Relate long-term care services to acute care services
  5. Contrast the organizational culture of long-term care services with acute care services
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Characterize the services that provide long-term care in terms of operational characteristics and clients served  Describe the operational interactions of a continuum of care
  2. Articulate the implications of a systems approach to long-term care from the perspective of providers, payers, patients, and families
  3. Explain the challenges to implementing a continuum of care in the context of the US healthcare system
  4. Discuss how transfer and discharge processes affect patients, families and providers.

Created By: Gerod Blue 12-04-2012
Last Updated By: Gerod Blue 12-04-2012
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