Ideal Criteria
Ideal Criteria
Discussion Topic: Ideal Criteria.
The “ideal” long-term care system discussed in Chapter Three would base eligibility for services on functional needs rather than financial needs. Find the criteria for eligibility for Medicaid coverage for a nursing facility in your state (NYC) (you can get the eligibility standards directly from the state or from a nursing facility).
Do you think they measure functional need vs. financial need? How close do they come to the “ideal” criteria? How would you change them if you could?
**You are free to answer this question based on your home country (which is New York) with regards to long-term care in general OR you can use online resources.**
At least 275 words**
Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum, Fourth Edition John R. Pratt
CHAPTER THREE: TOWARD AN IDEAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
Introduction
The basis for our discussion is a document titled Criteria for Designing or Evaluating a Long-
Term Care System developed by Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Use the Criteria as a
foundation for construction of a long-term care system as it should be.
While each of the criteria is important in its own right, it is only when taken as a whole
that they represent an optimum system.
It is recognized that there is some duplication and overlapping of criteria, but that serves
to emphasize the importance of certain aspects of long-term care.
The criteria are stated as general precepts against which a long-term care system should
be measured.
Each of them is accompanied by several statements identifying the benchmarks a system
must accomplish to meet that particular criterion.
Criterion I. The long-term care system should be based on recognition of the needs, rights,
and responsibilities of individuals
