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1.
Medicare provides very limited long-term care services.
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True. These services are very limited and do not last long.
2.
Long-term care always requires a medical setting.
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False. Long-term care is distinct from healthcare and therefore does not always require a medical setting.
3.
Bathing, eating, dressing, toileting, transferring, and continence are referred to as _______.
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Activities of daily living. Bathing, eating, dressing, toileting, transferring, and continence are functions referred to as the activities of daily living, or ADLs.
4.
Which of the following is probably the highest priority expressed by those planning for long-term care?
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Having the ability to stay at home. The desire to stay at home without creating stress for loved ones is probably most peoples highest priority in long-term care planning.
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Addressing long-term care should be a part of your financial planning because paying for long-term care is going to be problematic for most people.
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True. Medicaid requires impoverishment, Medicare and traditional medical insurance dont cover long-term care, and long-term care insurance costs money. Therefore, paying for long-term care is something you should treat as part of your financial planning.