WEEK SIX TOPIC/FOCUS: LongTerm Care and Mental Health Services Learning Objectives 1) To become familiar with the long-term care delivery system and mental health services Learning Activities: 1) Read Chapters 9 and 10. Assignments: (30 Points) Due Week 6 1) More than three-fourths of the elderly needing assistance is cared for by family members, many of whom work outside the home. What implications does this have for employers? What types of employer policies might be appropriate regarding those engaged in providing long-term care for a family member? 2) In what ways does assuring quality in the long-term care industry pose special challenges to regulators and consumers? 3) Shortages of health care personnel in the long-term care industry pose critical future challenges to the health care system. Review reasons for these shortages. Suggest government and institutional policy changes that might help attract more workers to this industry. 4) The recipients of mental health services in the United States represent a small percentage of those in need of services. Discuss the factors that impede access to mental illness treatment. 5) In what ways did WW I and WWII affect awareness of mental health disorders among the federal government and the American public? With what results? 6) As mental illness treatment shifted from the institutional to the community setting, public dollars were allocated on the basis of units of service delivered, not on results of care. Discuss the implications of this policy on the deinstitutionalized severely mentally ill.