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Part 1: Spend 30 days in the shoes of someone who has experienced a job loss and homelessness. Apply for a job, navigate healthcare choices, and prioritize expenses in this activity. Access the ‘Spent’ simulation hereLinks to an external site..
After you complete your ‘Spent’ simulation, answer the following questions on this template Download template.
1. Before the activity starts, you find out you lost your home, your job, and your savings, and you are down to your last $1,000. What were your initial thoughts or feelings before you even start the activity?
2. Every ‘Spent’ journey is different depending on the choices you made. Describe your choices. On what did you choose to spend money and what did you decline? How did you decide to prioritize those decisions?
3. “Person-centered care allows patients to make informed decisions about their treatment and well-being. They have a team of primary care providers, specialists, and other health care providers who know them, listen to them, and are accountable for their care. Doctors and other healthcare professionals who provide person-centered care help patients manage their health care by providing tools and services that align with their patients’ preferences and values so they can reach their health goals” (CMS.gov, n.d., para 3). Do you believe person-centered care is possible when a client is living below the poverty line and prioritizing resources as in the ‘Spent’ simulation? Why or why not? Discuss access to healthcare and cost of insurance or care in your answer. Part 2: In 2022, 37.9 million people were living in poverty (Census.gov, 2024). Every day millions of Americans have to decide if they will buy groceries or pay their utility bill.
Research your community and identify:
1. food resources
2. utility payment assistance
3. housing assistance
Find at least 3 resources for each of those categories. Document the name of the resource, a brief description of services, how to qualify for assistance, and contact information on this template Download template.
Download the template and record your answers to Parts 1 and 2.
No resources are required for this assignment, but your answers in Part 1 should be professional and written in complete sentences.
Submit your completed template below.
Rubric
Person-Centered Care and Poverty
Person-Centered Care and Poverty
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 1: ‘Spent’ simulation question 1
5 pts
Exemplary
Based on the pre-simulation information provided, learner shares their thoughts and feelings.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This section is omitted.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 1: ‘Spent’ simulation question 2
10 pts
Exemplary
After completion of the ‘Spent’ simulation, learner discussed their choices of how to spend their money. Included in this submission was a descriptive discussion behind the strategy of prioritizing money spending.
6 pts
Proficient
After completion of the ‘Spent’ simulation, learner discussed their choices of how to spend their money. The submission could benefit from the inclusion of more details, examples, and discussion to support the decision of prioritizing money spending.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
The learner did not discuss their choices of how to spend their money.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 1: Person-Centered Care and Poverty
10 pts
Exemplary
Learner engaged in a discussion about person-centered care and poverty. Learner offered their opinion to the question if person-centered care is possible for clients living under the poverty line. Discussion demonstrates insight into how the cost of healthcare and/or insurance and access to care are related to or affected by person-centered care and poverty.
6 pts
Proficient
Learner engaged in a discussion about person-centered care and poverty. Learner offered their opinion to the question if person-centered care is possible for clients living under the poverty line. Discussion of how the cost of healthcare and/or insurance and access to care are related to or affected by person-centered care and poverty could benefit from the inclusion of more details, examples, and discussion to support the decision of prioritizing money spending.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
Learner did not engage in a discussion about person-centered care and poverty.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 2: Community Resources
10 pts
Exemplary
Learner researched local, community resources available to lower income families and submitted a comprehensive overview of available resources. Identified were 3 resources from each category: food resources, utility payment assistance, and housing assistance. Learner compiled information on the provided template to identify the name of the resource, a brief description of services, how to quality for assistance, and contact information.
6 pts
Proficient
Learner researched local, community resources available to lower income families and submitted a comprehensive overview of available resources. Identified were 1-2 resources from each category: food resources, utility payment assistance, and housing assistance. Learner compiled information on the provided template to identify the name of the resource, a brief description of services, how to quality for assistance, and contact information.
4 pts
Developing
Learner researched local, community resources available to lower income families and submitted a comprehensive overview of available resources. Identified were 1-3 resources from each category: food resources, utility payment assistance, and housing assistance. Learner compiled information on the provided template, but key information was omitted (the name of the resource, a brief description of services, how to quality for assistance, or contact information).
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
One or more required category is missing (food resources, utility payment assistance, and housing assistance).
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProfessionalism of writing
5 pts
Exemplary
The submission represents a professional writing submission. Complete sentences are used, and the paper is free of grammatical and spelling errors.
3 pts
Proficient
Complete sentences are used, and the paper contains 1-2 grammatical and spelling errors.
2 pts
Developing
Complete sentences are used, and the paper contains 3-4 grammatical and spelling errors.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
Question responses are not all phrased in complete sentences. Entire submission contains numerous (5 or more) grammatical or spelling errors.
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