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HTCA 445 - Long Term Care and Administration (3)


This course provides an overview of the long term care industry and its market for services and supports for individuals needing long term care. Topics include understanding the needs of older people and those with disabilities, health policy shaping the industry, the growing need for post-acute services, and issues of quality, safety, and financing of long term care services (for providers and consumers, alike). The course also addresses the managerial perspective of long term care administration, including long term care environments, human resources issues, marketing of long term care services, legal and ethical issues, and regulation of the industry.