HCS 437 Week 3 Learning Team Long-Term Care Facility Study Outline
Each student must visit a long-term care facility in his or her own community. Students must create a list of facilities they would like to visit and submit this to their instructor for approval before making arrangements to conduct the visit. After receiving approval, students should contact that facility in order to schedule their visit as soon as possible.
Resource: Long-Term Care Facility Study Outline Grading Criteria located on your student website
Write an outline detailing your plans for your facility study. You will use this outline to develop your presentation due in Week Five. In your outline, address the following:
· What facilities did your team members visit? Provide a brief description of the facilities.
· Which facility did your team choose for the Learning Team project? Why did you choose this facility?
· How do you plan to obtain the following information for your facility study presentation?
Note: You do not need to answer the questions at this time. Instead, you will focus on your plan for obtaining the appropriate information that will be used in your final presentation.
o What are two state and two federal regulations that your facility must adhere to?
o What licensure or accreditation does the facility currently hold? What are some of the requirements for the facility to be granted this licensure and accreditation?
o What types of reimbursement are available to this type of facility? How does this differ from other long-term care facilities?
o How does public policy affect the facility’s financing and ability to deliver services to patients?
o What is the role of the administrator and case manager in this facility? How do their roles in this facility differ from the roles of administrators and case managers in other facilities?
o What types and number of staff does this facility need? Explain the rationale for this. How might these needs differ in facilities that attend to different long-term care populations?
o How do current health care trends affect long-term care needs? How will they affect your chosen facility?
Submit the outline as directed by your instructor.
Note: Because facilities are open to the public and should encourage community relationships, students may visit a facility as an interested observer, community resident, or fellow health care professional. If facility staff members do not welcome this type of visit, this must be noted on the checklist, as relationships with the outside world are important aspects of quality of life for facility residents. Facilities are available for visits on evenings and weekends, so this segment of the assignment should not be a burden for students with outside commitments.
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
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HCS 437 Week 3
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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.
Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.
I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!
Hi Class,
Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
HCS 437 Week 3 Learning Team Long-Term Care Facility Study Outline
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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