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Look for long-term care facility listings in your area. Long-term care facilities are those that offer rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or residents who require assistance with daily activities. Nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, and long-term chronic care hospitals are all examples of long-term care facilities. Choose one of these facilities and request an interview with the facility’s administrator.

Describe the admissions criteria, the programs and services offered by the facility, the monthly costs of living in the facility, and how residents can afford to cover the costs.

Describe the Administrator’s career path that led to his/her current position, as well as the professional requirements that the Administrator must meet in order to qualify for his/her occupation/position.

Describe the current challenges that the Administrator perceives to be confronting his/her facility, as well as how these issues are being addressed. What changes does the Administrator see on the horizon (particularly with the Baby Boomers on the horizon) that will have an impact on his or her industry?

Inquire about the Administrator’s thoughts on any of the topics covered in the course (societal attitudes toward old age, end-of-life decisions, caring for older adults, and so on).

In conclusion, describe your own thoughts and feelings about this experience, and explain how it affected you (any insights, new ideas, issues, points of confusion, etc.)

Step 4: Write a report (minimum of 1,000 words) that addresses the questions listed above. Take note of the grammar and sentence structure.

Your report should include responses to the following questions:

Include the Administrator’s name, phone number, and e-mail address, as well as the date and time of the interview.