assingment 1 Organizational Contacts – This first Course Project deliverable is designed to expose you to the large number and broad range of national, state and local organizations dedicated to...

Instructions:
Contact two national, state, local or professional associations dealing with some aspect of long-term care.

• Contact one organization via the Internet and download whatever you find helpful and accessible.


• Then, complete the
  Website Evaluation Form.


• Next, contact the other organization by telephone or mail and ask them to mail material to your address.


• Track how long it takes to receive the material and how many times it is necessary to call and get a response.


• Find out what programs, activities, and services the organization offers and the membership requirements.


• Then, prepare a one-page critique of the organization you contacted by phone.


• Submit both the
  Website Evaluation Form
  and your 1-page summary.


• assingment 2
  Final Project Component
  

This component of your project requires you to interview three different individuals involved in long term care. It is an important activity and time intensive. Because of this, this activity will receive twice the number of points as usual for a project component.

Interviews.This course project deliverable will introduce you to the daily experiences of people who are either receiving or providing long-term care. You will be exposed to multiple facets of long-term care and how chronic disability affects a person’s emotions, social situation, finances, physical home, and other basic functions of life. You will learn about the breadth of physical and mental conditions and the wide array of supportive arrangements manifested in long-term care.

Instructions:

A. Begin this Final Project Component with an introductory overview of the different types of caregivers, their roles, and the availability of payment (if any) from third-party sources, such as insurance, for these caregivers' services.

B. Interview the following three types of people (do NOT interview your own family members or friends):

• A care recipient,


• A caregiver who is not being paid (family member or friend of the care recipient),


• And a professional who provides care to people with long-term illnesses (ranging from physicians to in-home assistants). Interviewing people who are part of the same dyad is not necessary.

C. Conclude the Final Project Component with a critique answering the following questions, and taking into account all of the segments of the continuum of care studied to-date:

(1. Is the client receiving the care he / she needs?

(2. Are the caregivers able to provide the care needed? Why or why not?
(3. Is another level of care needed? Why or why not?

If a care recipient/caregiver pair is interviewed, each person should be interviewed alone so that answers are individual.

• These interviews can be completed in person or over the phone. In person is best.

A list of questions to ask each person is provided below.Your interviews should take between 20-30 minutes. submit a 1-2 page written summary of each interview" and include the following:

• A short description of the person being interviewed;


• Responses to
  most
  of the questions provided in class (some may be inappropriate or awkward to ask, or just not fit into the flow of the discussion);


• Your impressions or reactions; and,


• What you have learned about the existing system of long-term care.

Questions for Interview

Questions for Person Receiving Care

• What are your major health problems?


• How many doctors do you see and how often?


• How long have you had a chronic condition? How long have you needed help?


• What services do you receive from other people?


• Who provides those services (e.g., disciplines, organizations, etc.)?


• Who coordinates your care?


• What happens if the person or people who care for you are not available?


• How is care paid for?


• How has depending on another person affected your social life?


• How has depending on another person affected you financially?


• How has depending on another person affected your emotional well-being?


• What coping techniques would you recommend to a person who has become disabled to enable them to maximize their enjoyment of life?

Questions for In-Home Caregiver (Formal or Informal)

• Who do you provide care for? What is your relationship (e.g., spouse, informal friend, paid caregiver)?


• How long have you cared for this person?


• How many hours a day or week do you provide care?


• What services or activities do you do for this person? What activities do you help them do?


• If you are ill, or otherwise unavailable, who provides care for the person?


• Are you compensated for the services you provide? If so, who pays you?


• Do you ever experience burnout? If so, what do you do to alleviate it?


• How has caring for another person affected your social life?


• How has caring for another person affected you financially?


• How has caring for another person affected your emotional well-being?


• What is the most challenging aspect of being a caregiver?


• What is the most rewarding aspect of being a caregiver?


• 
  
  For formal employees only:
  
  Do you have a written contract that specifies your responsibilities?

Questions for Professional Provider

*Note:
Use the appropriate word for the people they care for: patient, resident, participant, client, etc. The word
patient
is used in the questions below; substitute the preferred term.

• What services do you personally provide?


• Are your patients primarily people with acute conditions or long-term conditions?


• On average, how long do you provide care to a patient (in months, weeks, days; not minutes per treatment)?


• Are many of your patients receiving multiple services? If yes, what other services do they typically receive?


• 
  How do you coordinate with providers of other services?


• How are your services paid for?


• Does the payer place constraints on the amount or type of service you can provide? If so, what (or examples)?


• Do you work with case managers? If so, what services do they provide? What do they contribute to a patient’s care?


• What types of psychosocial issues arise for your patients who have long-term conditions?


• Do you typically interact with family members other than the patient? If so, what are their greatest challenges in dealing with ill family members?


• Are your services, your interaction, or your philosophy in providing care different for patients that you know have long-term or permanent disabilities than for patients with acute problems?


• Have the recent financial changes at the federal level made any difference in the services you can provide or refer your patients to?


• Have any changes in state regulations or payment mechanisms occurred recently that affect the way you practice?


• Overall, what do you find most satisfying about caring for people with long-term conditions


• assingment 3.
  Short Paper
  



• In 2 double-spaced pages, contrast the operations of socially oriented adult day services (ADS) with those of medically oriented ADS.


• How are the participants likely to differ?


• How does the staff differ?


• How do administrative issues differ


• assingment 3.2 Issue Paper. This course deliverable requires you to focus on a topic and demonstrate your research and analytical skills.

  
  Instructions:
  

  
  
  
  
  • Prepare a 3 - 4 page double-spaced paper (not including title page and references section) that addresses the following scenario.
  
  
  • Write it as if you are talking to the neighbor’s family in the scenario below –
  
  
  • You may use information from the textbook, the Internet, interviews, as well as other sources.
  
  
  • Cite a minimum of four reliable sources.
  
  
  • Your paper should demonstrate insight into discussing issues with your neighbor.
  
  
  
  

  
  Scenario:
  Your neighbor's father has just had a stroke and is in the hospital. She has called upon you to consult with her, and gather information about alternative services they may use when he comes home to live with her. He is paralyzed on one side and must use a wheelchair. You report to her as a health care professional helping her with discharge planning. In this, you will detail:

  
  
  
  
  • all the options available based on his condition and her ability as a single, working woman to care for him,
  
  
  • include payment criteria and options in the continuum for her to consider.