5.1.1 Module Objectives

5.1.2 Definition of Public Policies

5.1.3 Domestic Policies

5.1.4 Definition of Health Care Policies

5.1.5 Impact of Health Care Policies

5.1.6 Definition of Long Term Health Care

5.1.7 Activities of Daily Living I

5.1.8 Activities of Daily Living II

5.1.9 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

5.1.10 Groups Targeted for Long Term Care

5.1.11 Definition of Long Term Care Policies

5.1.12 Utilization of Long Term Care Services by Older Adults

5.2.1 Major Policy-Making Processes: Legislative Actions

5.2.2 Major Policy-Making Processes: Administrative Policies

5.2.3 Major Policy-Making Processes: Budgetary Policies I

5.2.4 Major Policy-Making Processes: Budgetary Policies II

5.2.5 Federal Expenditures: National Defense vs. Health Care

5.2.6 Major Policy-Making Processes: Judicial Policies

5.2.7 Components of the Policy-Making Process

5.2.8 Steps in the Policy-Making Process

5.2.9 Interest Groups in Health Care Policy-Making

5.2.10 Health Economics in the Policy-Making Process

5.2.11 Basic Assumptions in Health Economics

5.3.1 Sources for Financing Long Term Care I

5.3.2 Sources for Financing Long Term Care II

5.3.3 Spending for Nursing Home Care as a Percentage of LTC

5.3.4 Medicare

5.3.5 Medicare Coverage (Part A)

5.3.6 Medicare Coverage (Part B)

5.3.7 Medicare Coverage (Part D)

5.3.8 What Medicare Does Not Cover

5.3.9 Issue 1: Cost Containment

5.3.10 Issue 2: High Out-Of-Pocket Costs

5.3.11 Issue 3: Lack of Long Term Coverage I

5.3.12 Issue 3: Lack of Long Term Coverage II

5.3.13 Issue 4: Outpatient Prescription Drug Costs I

5.3.14 Issue 4: Outpatient Prescription Drug Costs II

5.3.15 Social Security I

5.3.16 Social Security II

5.3.17 Who are Social Security Beneficiaries?

5.3.18 Medicaid

5.3.19 Medicaid Coverage

5.3.20 Medicaid: Primary Payer for Long Term Care

5.3.22 Issue 1: Cost Containment I

5.3.23 Issue 1: Cost Containment II

5.3.24 Issue 2: Expanding Home & Community-Based Services

5.4.1 Nursing Facilities and Quality of Care

5.4.2 Residents of Nursing Facilities

5.4.3 Regulatory Requirements for Nursing Facilities: OBRA '87

5.4.4 Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities I

5.4.5 Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities II

5.4.6 Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities III: Relation to Inadequate Staffing

5.4.7 Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities IV

5.4.8 Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities V: Policy Recommendations

5.4.9 Are Staffing Levels at Nursing Facilities Adequate?

5.4.10 Resource Guide to Quality in Nursing Facilities, Home Health and Hospice

5.4.11 Medicare Reimbursement Issues for Nursing Facilities

5.4.12 Medicaid Reimbursement Issues for Nursing Facilities

5.5.1 Demand for Long Term Care Facilities

5.5.2 Payment for Residential Care Facilities

5.5.3 Quality Issues in Residential Care

5.5.4 Demand for Home Health & Hospice Care I

5.5.5 Demand for Home Health & Hospice Care II

5.5.6 Payment for Home Health Care

5.5.7 Payment Issues for Home Health and Hospice Care I

5.5.8 Payment Issues for Home Health and Hospice Care II

5.5.9 Access Issues for Personal Assistance Service (PAS)

5.5.10 Expanding Optional Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

5.5.11 Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) Waiver Programs I

5.5.12 Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) Waiver Programs II

5.5.13 Waivers Under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) Program

5.5.14 Personal Assistance Services by Informal Caregivers I

5.5.15 Personal Assistance Services by Informal Caregivers II

5.5.16 Lack of Access to Appropriate Care: Legal Considerations

5.5.17 The Labor Market in Long Term Care I

5.5.18 The Labor Market in Long Term Care II

5.5.19 Percentages of Long Term Care Workers

5.5.20 Labor Market Problems in Long Term Care

5.5.21 Labor Market Policy Issues in Long Term Care

5.5.22 What Can Be Done to Address LTC Policy Issues?