Chapter One
Coordinated Care
This chapter contains questions and answers from the following topic areas:
* Advance Directives
* Advocacy
* Client Care Assignments
* Client Rights
* Concepts of Management and Supervision
* Confidentiality
* Consultation with Members of the Health Care
Team
* Continuity of Care
* Establishing Priorities
* Ethical Practice
* Informed Consent
* Legal Responsibilities
* Performance Improvement (Quality Assurance)
* Referral Process
* Resource Management
1. A 97-year-old man has severe coronary artery disease. His daughter informs you that he has a living will and a
durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC). These documents allow the daughter to:
1. sell her father's house for funds to be used in his care.
2. make all decisions if her father becomes incompetent.
3. make health care decisions based on her father's designated wishes if he is not competent or able to speak
for himself.
4. have no say in her father's care because the documents do not convey legal authority.
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