Regulations in Long-Term Care

• What are the benefits and shortcomings of your identified regulations? Which of these shortcomings have an effect on the quality and the cost of health care services? How?
• Do you believe there is a link between regulations and better care? Why or why not?
• Why do you think long-term care services are subjected to so much external control by government agencies? Provide a rationale for your responses.
• How is quality measured in long-term care? Is there only one, or are there several approaches to measure quality? What are they? Who should be given the responsibility to measure quality?