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Long Term Care Management Minor

CCAPS Applied Professional Studies
College of Continuing and Professional Studies
  • Program Type: Undergraduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Required credits in this minor: 19
This minor utilizes existing courses in the Health Services Management program to prepare students to lead in the burgeoning field of long-term services and supports. Graduates may lead a nursing home, assisted living facility, independent senior housing, home care, hospice, or other nonprofit that serves older adults and their families. Through this minor, students will be eligible to obtain Licensed Nursing Home Administrator and Assisted Living Director credentials in Minnesota. The minor will be open to undergraduate students across the University.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • primarily online (at least 80% of the instruction for the program is online with short, intensive periods of face-to-face coursework)
Admission Requirements
Students must complete 45 credits before admission to the program.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
  • 2.50 already admitted to the degree-granting college
  • 2.50 transferring from another University of Minnesota college
  • 2.50 transferring from outside the University
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
Minor Requirements
Students who wish to obtain the minor AND qualify for a nursing home administrator license must also complete a 1,000 hour practicum: Students should take HSM 4582. Graduate students should take the 6xxx versions of HSM 4541, 4586, 4682, 4683, and 4684.
Core Requirements
Students must complete 7 courses.
HSM 3040 - Dying and Death in Contemporary Society: Implications for Intervention (2.0 cr)
HSM 4531 - Human Resources in Health Care Settings (3.0 cr)
HSM 4541 - Health Care Finance (3.0 cr)
HSM 4586 - Management in Assisted Living and Senior Care Settings (3.0 cr)
HSM 4682 - Long Term Care, Services, and Supports (3.0 cr)
HSM 4683 - Long Term Care Environment and quality (3.0 cr)
HSM 4684 - Long Term Care Leadership and Strategy (2.0 cr)
 
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HSM 3040 - Dying and Death in Contemporary Society: Implications for Intervention
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: HSM 3040/PubH 5040/6040
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course provides basic background information on concepts, attitudes, ethics, and lifestyle management related to dying, death, grief, and bereavement. The emphasis is on preparing teachers, community health professionals, and other helping professionals for educational activities in this area. Prerequisite: sophomore
HSM 4531 - Human Resources in Health Care Settings
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: 45 cr
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Basic understanding of human resources issues within health care organizations--management of human capital to meet organizational objectives, and building and motivating an engaged workforce. Legal principles; labor supply and demand; sourcing, recruitment, selection and orientation; compensation; benefits; diversity; performance management. prereq: 45 cr
HSM 4541 - Health Care Finance
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: HSM 4541/HSM 6541
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
General principles of financial management for health care industry. Operational knowledge of financial management theory, esp., how hospitals and their departments develop/balance operating/capital budget for business growth/development. Governmental policies, procedures, and ethical issues controlling the health care industry. prereq: Basic accounting knowledge, a course such as ACCT 2050, and knowledge of Microsoft Excel are strongly recommended. HSM pre-majors should wait for major status to take this course.
HSM 4586 - Management in Assisted Living and Senior Care Settings
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Assisted living directors increasingly lead complex organizations that provide many different types of services to residents and their families. This course helps students understand aging as well as the operations and functions of assisted living communities, governance and leadership, administrative structures and responsibilities, and the roles of professional and nonprofessional staff. In 2019, the Minnesota State Legislature passed historic regulatory reform in assisted living, culminating in a new facility license and a new director license. State statute sets forth domains of practice for assisted living directors. Education in these domains is required prior to licensure. This course is designed to meet the Assisted Living Director license requirements of the State of Minnesota Board of Examiners for Long Term Services and Supports. Prerequisites: While there are no formal prerequisites, the successful student must have some basic knowledge of aging services and/or the long term care field. Students who are unfamiliar with this field are encouraged to meet with the instructor prior to registering for this course.
HSM 4682 - Long Term Care, Services, and Supports
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Long term care organizations provide housing, services, and supports to older adults and others with complex medical and health care needs. Part health care facility and part home, skilled nursing facilities need administrators with a core understanding of gerontology and geriatrics. This course is designed to provide an overview of the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging and, in turn, how long term care responds to needs through services and supports. This course meets national and state requirements for licensure as a nursing home administrator. Prerequisites: None.
HSM 4683 - Long Term Care Environment and quality
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Long term care organizations must continue to evolve based on consumer demand and regulatory frameworks. To achieve continuous quality improvement, administrators must understand the fundamentals of quality as well as how the regulatory environment impacts quality. This course is designed to explore the regulatory framework in which skilled nursing facilities operate as well as the concept of quality. It meets national and state requirements for licensure as a nursing home administrator. Prerequisites: None.
HSM 4684 - Long Term Care Leadership and Strategy
Credits: 2.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Long term care organizations operate within a dynamic environment of changing care demands, regulatory requirements, and financial constraints. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of leadership principles, organizational governance and change management, advocacy and public relations, and strategic business planning within the context of nursing homes. This course meets national and state requirements for licensure as a nursing home administrator. Prerequisites: None.