Social Perspectives: Social Capital and Senior Living Housing Trends
HP626 Sociological, Political, and Economic Perspectives in Gerontology
Week 5 Discussion
Social Perspectives: Social Capital and Senior Living Housing Trends
If your first name begins with the letters A-M: Topic 1 – Cost of Long-Term Care and Reimbursement
Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your initial post:
Describe what surprised you in the learning materials around the cost of long-term care.
Explain the financial challenges and realities that older adults face as they age.
Describe the ways in which long-term care is paid for by aging adults and patterns over time. How would this impact your work as the leader of a long-term care organization?
Nursing home care is common and costly. Describe how accountable care organization (ACO) payment models have incentives for care that is better coordinated and less reliant on acute settings.
Describe ways in which long-term care is reimbursed for services and the impacts of pay-for-performance models. Does this have the potential to improve care for this high-cost population?
As a leader of a long-term care organization, do you think it is cost effective to provide a more comfortable setting through cultural change?
Does the pay-for-performance model for reimbursement have advantages?
How do low reimbursement rates impact the quality of care delivered to aging adults living in a long-term care setting?
Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.
If your first name begins with the letters N-Z: Topic 2 – Medicaid Spend Down and Ethical Viewpoints
After reading Payne (2015), respond to the following prompts in your original post:
Describe what the author refers to with the phrase Medicaid planning.
Describe ethical factors related to Medicare planning and spending down assets to qualify. Provide an argument for those who support this and those who oppose.
What are the consequences to the healthcare industry if an aging adult is allowed to “spend down” to access Medicaid to cover health care costs (that is, increasing costs and diminished quality)?
How would this impact you as a leader of a long-term care organization and your ability to care for aging adults?
Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.
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