Author Question: The nurse discusses home care options with an 85-year-old client who recently fractured her humerus ... (Read 86 times)

Bob-Dole · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse discusses home care options with an 85-year-old client who recently fractured her humerus in a fall in her house. She is recovering well now but says the experience has made her see that it is time for her to change her living arrangements.

The client can still bathe herself and cook meals on occasion but says she would like to live where nursing care is available onsite and where communal dining and recreation options are offered. Which of the following living arrangements could the nurse recommend?
A) Assisted living facility
B) Independent living in a senior living facility
C) Nursing home
D) Apartment located near a hospital

Question 2

A community care nurse at a healthcare agency assists in coordinating a plan for providing health services in the most cost-effective way possible to a large number of members living in the region. This work is known as:

A) Case management
B) Home healthcare
C) Interdisciplinary collaboration
D) Care management

carlsona147 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Assisted living is a type of community-based care that combines quasi-independent living with the availability of nursing care onsite and through home care visits. It is generally a level of care for people who cannot live on their own, but are not yet ready for a nursing home. This type of living arrangement is different from living independently in one's own apartment, such as living in a senior living facility, in that many activities are provided communally (e.g., eating, recreation) and there is an organized effort to create a caring community where residents' needs are supervised and met.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Feedback:
Care management is the coordination of a plan or process to bring health services together as a common whole in a cost-effective way. Case management is the development and coordination of care for a selected client and family. Home healthcare is a provision of healthcare that occurs in the setting clients consider their home. Interdisciplinary collaboration is the sharing of evidenced-based practice and skills as an integration strategy with clients and families in homes and other healthcare settings.