Question

Does any one know anything about assisted living facilities background information on the Long term care organization, types of services provided by the LTC organization, individuals who receive services from the LTC organization, and reimbursement for services for the LTC.   (in one page essay need more information for study)

Answer 1

Assisted Living Facilities

• It is also known as Assissted Living Residence
• It maintains a home environment for the patient with disabilities or adults who can not live indipendently
• It is very popular in United States but the settings are similar to a retirement home here an older adults populations are typically living together.
• Assisted living evolved from small"board and care" or "personal care"homes offers a "social model ."

Types of services provided by LTC organization

Long term care involves a verity of services designed to meet a person's health or personal care needs during a short or long period of time. The services which provided by LTC organization includes the following.

• Post - Hospital care
• Medication management
• Professionally - Trained staffs or geriatric nursing specialists available around the clock
• Assistance with activities of daily living( Bathing , Dressing, Eating etc) personalised care plan are designed for the specific needs.
• Senior rehabilitative therapies including physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Reimbursement for the services for LTC

There is a big relationship between the reimbursement and quality long term care which includes flat rate, proper payment and type of casemix adjustments.Here the reimbursement act as an input and quality long term care is the outcome.

• The effect of low rembursement rates resultes to low quality long term care.
• Under this type of payments higher cost facilities recieves higher payment than lower cost facilities. under flat rates , nursing homes are paid a rate that is based on the individual facility's costs.
• Almost all the states use prospective payment system to pay nursing homes.
• Under this payment providers receive a rate set in advance for a bundile of services , without adjustments for actual costs. Tax qualified long term insurance benefits come to you tax free.
• Insurance companies that pay long term care insurance benefits are required by the Internal Revenue Service( IRS) to provide claimants with a 1099-LTC.
• Inssurance companies usually issue these 1099-LTC form in January for the prior tax year.