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Regulations in Long-Term Care
There are many federal and state regulations when it comes to long-term care.Using the South University Online Library and the Internet, research any four specific regulations related to long-term care and summarize them. Based on the regulations you identified, respond to the following questions:
Ans) The benefits of these regulations are that residents have the right to make a choice on their healthcare. That a resident is informed on what is going to happen to them before it happens and that they have the right to refuse the treatment.
- The shortcomings would be that they might refuse a treatment that might be right for them do to the reason of dementia setting in. The shortcoming on the regulation about being informed in a language that the resident can understand is that some foreign languages have different dialects and the different dialects can have different meanings which can cause some confusion.
• Yes, I do believe there is a link between regulations and better care. I feel if we did not have these rules and regulations that the people in long-term care could be taken advantage of.I t
• I think long-term care services are subjected to so much external control by government agenciesbecause the government such as Medicare, funds most of the services.
• Structural measures give consumers a sense of a health care provider's capacity, systems, and processes to provide high-quality care. For example: Whether the health care organization uses electronic medical records or medication order entry systems. The ratio of providers to patients.
- Measures help identify weaknesses, prioritize opportunities, and can be used to identify what works and doesn't work to drive improvement. Measures can also prevent the overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care services and can identify disparities in care delivery and outcomes.