A long-term care facility's purpose is to:
1. rehabilitate clients to their former level of functioning.
2. restore clients to their optimum level of independence.
3. offer care to clients who do not need hospitalization but cannot care for them-selves.
4. care exclusively for clients with dementia.
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Long-term care facilities care for clients who do not need to be hospitalized but who cannot care for themselves. Although many demented clients are found in a long-term care facility, such facilities are not exclusively for their care.
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