describe the fiscal impact of the growth and aging of the population on long-term care services

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Do No Harm and Financing for an Aging Population
“Do No Harm and Financing for an Aging Population” Please respond to the following:

  • Take a position as to whether or not nursing homes should have the authority to restrain a resident.
  • Next, determine who should be held liable if the resident sustains injuries while being restrained. Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Next, describe the fiscal impact of the growth and aging of the population on long-term care services, and take a position as to whether or not the federal government should continue to provide subsidies to offset the cost to families utilizing long-term care services. Provide support for your response.

What was the most interesting thing you learned about culturally competent nursing from watching the videos?

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There are many videos on the Web that demonstrate culturally competent nursing care. Explore your favorite video archive, such as YouTube, and watch some of these videos (you can use the keywords “cultural care nursing”).
Identify the videos you watched. Provide a list of the titles and the URL. In a 1-2 page Word document, answer the following questions about the video(s) you viewed.
What was the most surprising thing you learned about culturally competent nursing care from watching the videos?
What was the most interesting thing you learned about culturally competent nursing from watching the videos?
What are some challenges and/or barriers in being culturally competent in nursing practice?
In what ways did the videos provide you with an understanding about the relationship between cultural competence and client quality and safety?
After watching the videos, describe two areas of awareness you gained about being more open to cultural diversity in clients and populations?

Explain the role quality plays in evidence-based practice

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Explore the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) website: http://www.ninr.nih.gov/ Review their publication Bringing science to life: NINR strategic plan (2011, p. 7) to identify the current priorities for nursing research. Do you agree with the priorities or would you recommend addition or elimination of some of the priorities? What effect do the nursing research priorities have on nursing researchers?What criteria must be met in order to consider a practice, evidence-based? Provide examples. Explain the role quality plays in evidence-based practice? Based on the information you’ve learned to this point, write a research proposal that relates to the topics you chose for a previous assignment. Be sure to include the following information in your proposal:HypothesisTheoryDesign modelMethodAnticipated resultsPotential Dissemination Avenues The assignment should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length and contain at least two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and provided material. Please submit your assignment in one APA formatted document. Turnitin needs to be less than 25%

Describe the ways in which quality and cost are controlled in your chosen facilities

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Choose two long-term care facilities—one from nursing facilities, assisted living, or subacute care and another from adult day care, home health care, or hospice care, prepare a 8 page report in a Microsoft Word document including the following:Describe the roles and responsibilities of the administration in each department of your chosen facilities.Identify and list the sources of financing available to consumers for the various programs provided by your chosen facilities. Identify the key public and private sources of reimbursement available. Also discuss the role played by managed care and its impact on long-term care reimbursement.Describe the various government and private resources available that assist in developing and maintaining quality improvement programs in your chosen facilities. Describe the ways in which quality and cost are controlled in your chosen facilities. Also discuss the ethical aspect of access to care in the facilities, including rationing.Based on your observations and learning from the two facilities, discuss the changes brought in the long-term care system to make it reach full status as a competition-driven system. You may include the following points in your discussion:Discuss the changes made in the control mechanisms (external and internal) in order to control the management, financing, and quality in the long-term care systems.Discuss the changes taking place in long-term care reimbursement system in order to provide better reimbursement options both to consumers and providers.Discuss the changes made in the efforts of providers to accommodate changing magnitude of the day-to-day needs of long-term care consumers.Support your responses with examples.Cite any sources in APA format. Submission Details