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Assignment DescriptionAssuming that you have been appointed to a position of administrator in a geriatric care facility (e.g., nursing home, assisted living facility, continuing care community, or other), please complete the following 2 tasks:Assignment DetailsDevelop a list of the top 3 challenging issues related to case management that you might face as an administrator based on the lessons and readings in this course.For each issue, you will assess the benefits and drawbacks of at least 2 options to remedy each challenge from 3 main stakeholder perspectives (e.g., patient, provider, or third-party payer). Be sure to include considerations from legal, social, and ethical perspectives.Include details of each option’s impact on the costs, quality, and access to health services for the geriatric population served at the long-term care organization identified for this assignment.Each option’s impact should support a conclusion of prioritization (i.e., what would you do first, why; second, why; and so on).

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HEALTHCARE		2
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Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Challenging Issues related to Geriatric Care Management	3
Physical and Mental Health	3
Health Care Costs	3
Social Isolation, Bereavement and Loneliness	3
Benefits and Drawbacks of Remedies to the Challenges	3
Impacts of Issues on the Costs, Quality and Access to Health Services	4
Conclusion	4
References	5
Introduction
Geriatric care management is the care of elderly adults with age-related health issues. There are several challenges faced by managers, which show lack of practices in this field.
Challenging Issues related to Geriatric Care Management
Physical and Mental Health 
According to Ramaswamy et al. (2015), the many elders are capable of maintaining good health. Aging is a biological process, which leads to physical and mental health problems. As the ages of elders increase, the bones and muscles begin to weaken and sometimes become nonfunctional. In some cases, loss of hearing or eyesight take place. In high-risk cases, the mobility of a patient becomes very limited.
Health Care Costs
As stated by Suijker et al. (2017), healthcare service cost is very expensive in the healthcare system. The Medicare service does not cover the cost of long period care, or home care or mental and emotional health service. Many nursing homes struggle with under-staffing issues, which can lead to negligence or abuse of the residents.
Social Isolation, Bereavement and Loneliness
As mentioned by Kim, Nakaoka and Underwood (2017), elderly adults are less connected with social activities and enjoyments than younger aged people are. Retirement, migration of children, spouses and friends passing away are some reasons behind the loneliness as well as the isolation of elderly people, which make geriatric case management even more difficult.
Benefits and Drawbacks of Remedies to the Challenges
The mental and physical health can be maintained through geriatrician by medication classes. The main drawback of this remedy is difficulty in getting trust for treatment. Hence, it can be done by understanding the mental situation of the patient.

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