Life Care Planning Is a Tool Used by Case Management

question 3

Multiple Choice

Life care planning is a tool used by case management. It assesses the current and future needs of a client for catastrophic or chronic disease over a life span. Which of the following is true about life care planning?

• A) It provides a timeline of life events.
• B) It dictates what patients request at all phases of their illness
• C) It is a customized, medically based document that provides assessment of present and future needs.
• D) Plans are based on set costs for medical care.

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