Table 1.

Geriatrics sites of care and services in a jigsaw learning activity for medical students

Site/service	Patient description (‘One-Liner’)
1. Independent Living	Eight six-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension who lives independently and would like to continue doing so, while having access to social groups and activities in her community.
2. Assisted Living Facility	Ninety-two-year-old woman who is looking to live somewhere where meals are provided, and assistance is available for bathing and dressing. She manages her own finances.
3. Home with services (Visiting Nurse Agencies, Area Agencies on Aging/Elder Services)	Seventy-five-year-old previously functionally independent community-dwelling man with diverticulitis status post end colostomy wanting assistance with colostomy care as he returns home.
4. Post-acute care (Skilled Nursing Facility/Sub-Acute Rehab)	Eighty-four-year-old previously functionally independent community-dwelling woman status post hip fracture repair who needs strengthening before she is ready to return home.
5. Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)	Sixty-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, CHF, aortic stenosis, stage 4 CKD and osteoporosis who continues to live safely in her community and is dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
6. Long-term care (Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Home)	Eighty-five-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer’s dementia and diabetes who needs assistance with iADLs and several ADLs, 24 hour supervision and medication management.
7. Hospice	Seventy-two-year-old man with metastatic colorectal cancer and expected prognosis less than 6 months.

Legend: ADL = activity of daily living; CHF = congestive heart failure; CKD = chronic kidney disease, iADL = instrumental activity of daily living.