1. Describe the global trends and projections of population aging describe existing public long-term care systems in different countries. Explain their similarities and differences.

2. Please, explain the relationship between hospice and palliative care. How are these two concepts, which are related to end-of-life care, similar and different? What is the key distinction between the hospice philosophy and the traditional model of medicine? What are stages of grief?

3. Please, define quality and describe the importance of IOM's six aims for quality improvement. And discuss the PDCA cycle and describe how this tool can be used.