Unit 13

Chapter 17 -- Health and Long - Term Care Policy and Programs

Learning Objectives
Things To Do For This Unit
Readings & Assignments
Online Activities

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

Understand the definitions, status and expenditures for acute and long-term care.
Explain Medicare, its rising costs, and current efforts to reduce costs.
Identify ways of improving the quality of care and discuss the growing need for long-term care.
Discuss private long-term care insurance, its costs and limitations.
Discuss Medicaid and the growth of community based services.
Understand the new cost-attainment initiatives under Medicaid and Medicare.

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Things To Do For This Unit

Quiz 2 is due this week (See Online Activities Below)
Prepare to take your Final exam

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Readings & Assignments

Text: Chapter 17 -- Health and Long - Term Care Policy and Programs
Look over the summaries of the Chapters in the Final Review
Viewing Lesson 13 -- The Future of Aging

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Quiz 2 covers Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, and the epilogue. It is worth 50 points. All quizzes are open book. It is best to click on View Quiz, print the quiz and choose the correct answers before attempting to take the quiz online. After you decide your answers, click on Take Quiz and submit your answers. You will be allowed to take the quiz only one time. Quiz results will be e-mailed to you immediately after you have submitted your quiz. If you do not get your results via e-mail, resubmit the quiz. If you have difficulties taking the quiz, call the testing office (714)241-6216.

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Unit 13

Learning Objectives

Things To Do For This Unit

Readings & Assignments

Online Activities

Quiz 2