Competency 16 Section 4

Question 1

1. Geriatric care managers are professionals who coordinate home health care, inform clients about home health care options, and put together a care plan for how things will be handled

Answer 1

True. (LO 16-4-1)

Question 2

2. The eldercare locator is an internet source that lists the resources that are available in the community for a senior who chooses to age in place

Answer 2

True. (LO 16-4-1)

Question 3

3. Medicaid Home and Community Based Funds may be available to cover home modifications

Answer 3

True. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 4

4. Payments for home modifications are always deductible in the year they are made

Answer 4

False. Some home modification expenses (like putting in a wheel chair ramp) may be deductible as a medical expense but they are typically capitalized over several years. Other expenditures, however, such as adding extra lighting, may not be deductible because it is a personal and not a medical expense. It is also important to realize that some elderly clients do not itemize deductions and therefore will not be able to take medical deductions. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 5

5. An Occupational Therapy Assessment is a generic assessment regarding how to adapt the home to live with a physical limitation provided by National Association of Home Builders

Answer 5

False. An Occupational Therapy Assessment is a client specific recommendation provided by an occupational therapy practitioner who assesses the client’s condition and makes recommendations about how the individual can modify their home to meet the needs of their physical limitations. The National Association of Home Builders can help the client to identify a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS). (LO 16-4-2)

Question 6

6. The Fair Housing Act requires a landlord to make reasonable accommodations for a tenant with disabilities like waiving a “no pet” clause to allow for a service animal.

Answer 6

True. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 7

7. The Fair Housing Act requires the landlord to pay for and install modifications such as bathroom grab bars or wheel chair ramps to outside doors for any rental house, coop, or condominium occupied by a disabled older person

Answer 7

False. The Fair Housing Act requires housing providers to allow your client to make reasonable modifications to their apartment, rental home, coop, or condominium like
grab bars and access ramps. The expenses are paid for by the client, not the landlord. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 8

8. Universal design features include such designs as at least one no-step entry to the house and doorways that allow ample room for wheelchair passage

Answer 8

True. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 9

9. Frailty design modifications are often made to prevent falls, enable wheelchair accessibility, foster safety in the bathroom, create one floor living or easier access to the second floor, and provide for the client’s safety and convenience

Answer 9

True. (LO 16-4-2)

Question 10

32. Which of the following statements about the people and policies involved with aging in place is correct? (LO 16-4-1 & 16-4-2)
    A. Geriatric care managers provide an Occupational Therapy Assessment.
    B. The National Association of Home Builders can help the client to identify a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS).
    C. The Fair Housing Act requires the landlord to pay for and install modifications such as wheel chair access ramps for any rental house, coop, or condominium occupied by a disabled older person.
    D. The eldercare locator identifies home modifications that are deductible on a client’s federal tax form.

Answer 10

32. The answer is B. Statement A is incorrect because geriatric care managers are professionals who coordinate home health care, inform clients about home health care options, and put together a care plan for how things will be handled. The Occupational
    Therapy Assessment is a client specific recommendation provided by an occupational therapy practitioner who assesses the client’s condition and makes recommendations about how the individual can modify their home to meet the needs of their physical limitations. Statement C is incorrect because the Fair Housing Act requires housing providers to allow your client to make reasonable modifications to their apartment, rental home, coop, or condominium like grab bars and access ramps. The expenses are paid for by the client, not the landlord. Statement D is incorrect because the eldercare locator is an internet source that lists the resources that are available in the community for a senior who chooses to age in place.