Graduate Long-Term Care Cluster

Regulation and Management (3) As "boomers" age across America, changes are being implemented that will affect the way long term care (LTC) is delivered. LTC environments are variable, and adaptable while still being highly regulated. Current strategies will be reviewed that will help individuals meet changing health and personal needs across the LTC continuum. Knowledge of LTC services will be provided; from roots to requirements and from regulations to innovations. Students will discuss diverse perspectives on the transitions of aging, from the caregivers' and care recipient's vantage as they confront complex LTC issues.

This course will explore various "hot button" ethical practice issues that professionals and caregivers encounter in the provision LTC. Topics explored will include, but are not limited to, end-of-life preferences and preparation, intimacy and sexuality concerns, autonomy, safety and cross cultural issues and access to spiritual and religious practices.

This course will focus on topics of special interest and relevance to in LTC. Topics may include financing, public policy debates, and disease- specific information such as care models for persons with dementia and developmental disabilities, and other topics of particular current significance. Students will review relevant literature and news events effecting long term care as well as listen to presentations given by experts in the field.