Long-term care is often needed for the elderly client. Select all the services that may be provided to the resident in a long-term care facility
A) Assistance with activities of daily living
B) Immediate post-op care
C) Mental disability services
D) Nonmedical care for chronic illness
E) Day care meals and services
Ans: A, C, D
Acute/immediate post-op care is a specific need/care immediately following surgery/procedures and is completed at the facility. Day care meals and services are separate services and are not provided to residents in a long-term-care facility. All the others are part of what a long-term care facility provides.
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