01 Oct Management Challenges in Operating Long-Term Care
HP626 Sociological, Political, and Economic Perspectives in Gerontology
Week 6 Discussion
Management Challenges in Operating Long-Term Care
If your first name begins with the letters A-M: Topic 1 – Challenges Operating Long-Term Care Organizations
Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your initial post:
Discuss challenges that long-term care communities face. What makes these challenges more prevalent in long-term care?
Identify trends and root causes of these challenges. Are there possible solutions to these causes?
Analyze labor challenges within long-term care and possible causes of the challenges.
Explain federal policy gaps for addressing disparities among long-term care organizations.
Are there solutions you would implement as a leader in a long-term care facility? Provide examples of how you would lead an aging service organization through these challenges.
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 – Disparities Within Long-Term Care
Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post:
Identify differences in the quality of care residents receive in long-term care facilities and discuss why.
Discuss the disparities within long-term care and what factors you find surprising as an aging servie provider.
Discuss root causes connected to these factors, and discuss why.
What differences between rural and urban health care offerings did you find interesting? Why?
Identify unique challenges aging veterans experience in long-term care settings. Discuss possible strategies you would explore as an aging service provider.
Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included
