Long-Term Care Administration
GENERAL INFORMATION
Opportunities abound in the rapidly growing long-term care field. Long-term care no longer refers exclusively to nursing facilities, but now includes the ever-expanding constellation of services of personal care, assisted living, home health care, day services, retirement living, and specialized services, including rehabilitation, sub acute, and special care units. The spectrum of ages being served is also shifting, as people of young ages are receiving care in these modalities. With the challenges of managed care, Medicare and Medicaid reform, ever changing regulations, and new paradigms of service-delivery, well prepared professionals are in demand.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Upon graduation, students in Long-Term Care Administration gain employment in nursing facilities, retirement communities, mental health institutions, personal care facilities, insurance firms providing Long-Term Care needs, pharmacy sales that market to Long-Term Care, and other provider and vendor entities that service Long-Term Care. Entry-level positions include Administrator- in- Training, Assistant Administrator, Admissions Director, Social Worker, Special Unit Manager, Marketing, Documentation Coordinator, Financial Assistant, Resident Services Coordinator, Human Resource Manager, Quality Assurance Coordinator, and Business Office Manager.
OBJECTIVES
The Long-Term Care Administration Program offers coursework and an Administrator-in-Training experience that will prepare students for career opportunities in Long-Term Care and provide the necessary academic background for graduate school. Graduates of this program will have completed the necessary coursework required by the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators in Pennsylvania. The sixteen core knowledge areas recognized by the National Association of Boards of Nursing Home Administrators are included in the course requirements. Each student is provided with academic guidance including assessment of the student's goals and academic progress. Assistance is given in selection of appropriate coursework that will prepare the student in meeting his/her goals.
COURSES OFFERED
The required courses are combined of the sciences, business administration, and behavioral sciences. Students must complete the general education requirements of York College in addition to the following Long-Term Care support courses:
Regulatory Issues in Long-Term Care
General Administrative Issues in Long-Term Care
Fiscal Issues in Long-Term Care
Resident Services in Long-Term Care
Administrator-in-Training
Social Aspects of Aging
Human Services Techniques
Clinical Aspects of Aging
Statistics
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Management
Human Resource Management
Financial Accounting
Personal Care and Assisted Living Administration
Marketing Perspectives in Personal Care/Assisted Living
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
Faculty in long-term care are highly qualified and take a genuine interest in the students. In addition to teaching responsibilities, they are involved in professional activities and regularly lead and participate in conferences and workshops. The high level of professional and community involvement translates into opportunities for students to become assimilated into the profession before graduation.
Sarah H. Glover, NHA, MSW, LSW, Coordinator of the Long-Term Care Program is a licensed nursing home administrator and licensed social worker. She has had experiences as an administrator, in profit and not-for-profit nursing facilities and retirement communities. She also serves as a consultant in both Administration and Social Work for Long-Term Care facilities. She serves as adjunct faculty in Long-Term Care, Gerontology, and Sociology.
William Davis, MBA, NHA, CEO of the Masonic Homes in Pennsylvania, is a licensed nursing home administrator and serves as adjunct faculty in Long-Term Care.
G. Frank Lindenmuth, Ph.D., Former CEO of Rest Haven-York, is a licensed nursing home administrator and psychologist. He serves as adjunct faculty in Gerontology and in Long-Term Care.
Christine M. Ransier, RN, NHA, PCHA, BS, MA is currently the Director of Operations for United Church of Christ Homes. She also serves on the Public Policy Committee for The Pennsylvania Association of Not-for-Profit Homes for the Aging. She serves as adjunct faculty in Long-Term Care.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
A requirement of the Long-Term Care Administration Program is to participate in a 480-600 hour Administrator-in-Training program during the senior year. This experience is completed at licensed health care facilities in the York area. Upon approval of the Long-Term Care Coordinator, students can make arrangements to complete this requirement in other areas.
Students in Long-Term Care have a student organization that is very active in volunteer work in York Long-Term Care community as well as planning and hosting an annual conference for area professionals. Conference topics have included End-of-Life Issues, Alzheimer and Other Related Dementias, and Confrontation and Crisis. This conference offers CEU's for Administrators. It is an effective way for students to experience a professional conference and to network with area professionals.
