True/False: 1. The terms chronic care and long-term care are generally used interchangeably.

True/False:
1. The terms chronic care and long-term care are generally used interchangeably.

2. Long-term care consumers are usually defined by a single disease or condition.

3. Long-term care is defined as care provided in nursing homes.

4. Although we usually think of long-term care as being for the elderly, nearly half of the people using long-term care are non-elderly.

5. Aging in place is a form of single-site care availability.

Multiple Choice:

6. The current system of long-term care providers has developed largely in response to:

[1] need.

[2] demand.

[3] availability of reimbursement.

[4] all of the above.

7. Which of the following are not “informal caregivers?”

[1] family and friends

[2] religious organizations

[3] community groups

[4] government agencies

8. Baby boomers is a term used to describe people born:

[1] since 1990.

[2] between 1946 and 1964.

[3] before 1956.

[4] between 1964 and 1999.

9. “Multilevel facilities” refers to facilities that:

[1] provide multiple levels of care.

[2] are built on more than one floor.

[3] accept multiple levels of reimbursement for each type of care.

[4] all of the above.

10. Which of the following is not a weakness of the long-term care system?

[1] It is fragmented and uncoordinated.

[2] Services are distributed inequitably.

[3] There has been no innovation by providers.

[4] There are multiple entry points into the system.

Chapter 3

11. Which of the following is not a component of accessibility of long-term care services?

[1] financial eligibility

[2] location of services

[3] consumer choice

[4] complexity of the consumer’s care needs

12. The term “consumer-driven” means that long-term care consumers are:

[1] capable of driving themselves to where services are provided.

[2] entitled to receive any services they wish.

[3] allowed to make decisions related to their care and financing as much as possible.

[4] driven from one provider to another by Medicaid staff if they cannot afford a car.

13. Public/private partnerships are efforts to reduce:

[1] the number of long-term care regulations.

[2] hostility between government agencies and private providers.

[3] purchases of private long-term care insurance.

[4] public funding of long-term care.

14. People who have to care for both their parents and their children are called:

[1] the “sandwich generation.”

[2] the “lost generation.”

[3] “generation X.”

[4] none of the above.

15. The long-term care system is made up of providers who are organizationally:

[1] nonprofit.

[2] for-profit.

[3] government-owned.

[4] a mix of for-profit, nonprofit, and government-owned.