Discussion 6.1: Week 6 Management Challenges in Operating Long-Term Care/HP 626

Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 4, and reply to at least two of your classmates, on two separate days, by Day 7.

Note: In this type of discussion, you will not see the responses of your classmates until after you have posted your own response to the question below.

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Initial Post

If your first name begins with the letters A–M: Topic 1 – Challenges Operating Long-Term Care Organizations

Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your initial post:

Discuss challenges that long-term care communities face. What makes these challenges more prevalent in long-term care?
Identify trends and root causes of these challenges. Are there possible solutions to these causes?
Analyze labor challenges within long-term care and possible causes of the challenges.
Explain federal policy gaps for addressing disparities among long-term care organizations.
Are there solutions you would implement as a leader in a long-term care facility? Provide examples of how you would lead an aging service organization through these challenges.

Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.

If your first name begins with the letters N–Z: Topic 2 – Disparities Within Long-Term Care

Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post:

Identify differences in the quality of care residents receive in long-term care facilities and discuss why.
Discuss the disparities within long-term care and what factors you find surprising as an aging servie provider.
Discuss root causes connected to these factors, and discuss why.
What differences between rural and urban health care offerings did you find interesting? Why?
Identify unique challenges aging veterans experience in long-term care settings. Discuss possible strategies you would explore as an aging service provider.

Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.

Replies

If your first name begins with the letters A–M: Reply to at least two of your classmates whose first names begin with the letters N–Z. In your reply posts, identify possible policy solutions or industry changes that are needed in response to these problem factors. What are barriers to these policy solutions? Is it lack of need, financial resources, leadership recruitment, etc.? Your reply posts should be 200 to 400 words, with a minimum of one supporting reference included.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

If your first name begins with the letters N–Z: Reply to at least two of your classmates whose first names begin with the letters A–M. In your reply posts, identify solutions to the challenges presented by your peers. Are there root causes of these challenges that your peers did not identify? Are there some challenges that do not have a solution, and if so, why? How do these challenges impact identifying aging service leaders to manage long-term care organizations? Your reply posts should be 200 to 400 words, with a minimum of one supporting reference included.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Posting to the Discussion Forum

Select the appropriate Thread.
Select Reply.
Create your post.
Select Post to Forum.

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Graduate Program in Health Administration Discussion Question Rubric

Note: The value of each of the criterion on this rubric represents a point range (example: 25–20 points, 20–15 points, 15–10 points, 10–0 points).

Discussion Board Rubric – 100 Points
Criteria	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Needs Improvement	Inadequate	Total Points
Quality of Initial Post	Initial post is on time and of the correct length (500–750 words). All components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is applied. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 25 points	Initial post is on time and of the correct length (500–750 words). Most components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is applied but limited. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 20 points	Initial post is one day late. Does not meet the correct length (500–750 words). Some components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is weak or missing. References are included but not according to the Discussion instructions. 15 points	Initial post is more than one day late. Initial post much fewer than (500–750 words). Few components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is missing. References are not included. 10 points	25
Peer Replies	On time. There was substantial evidence and synthesis of course content utilizing course topics and the introduction of questions and new information. Replies are 200–400 words. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 25 points	On time. There was some evidence and synthesis of course content utilizing course topics and the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are 200–400 words. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 20 points	There was either some synthesis of course content or the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are less than 200 words. References are included but not according to the Discussion instructions. 15 points	There was little or no evidence of course content utilizing course topics or the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are less than 200 words References are not included. 10 points	25
Frequency of Contribution	Initial post with two peer replies posted on two separate days. 25 points	Initial post with two peer replies posted on the same day. 20 points	Initial post with one peer reply. 15 points	Only initial post submitted or only replied to peers. 10 points	25
Organization, Writing Mechanics, and APA Format	Clearly organized, no or limited writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 25 points	Clearly organized, few to some writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 20 points	Poorly organized, several to moderate writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 15 points	Poorly organized, many writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 10 points	25
Total points