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| Places where care is delivered or administered, including hospital, long-term care facilities, and treatment centers |
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| Is given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care. |
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| Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or Therapist |
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| A illness that will eventually lead to death |
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| A conditions last a long period of time, even a lifetime. Include physical disabilities, heart disease, and dementia. |
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| 24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term, immediate care for illnesses or Injuries |
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| As serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating. |
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| a system of healthcare in which patients agree to visit only certain doctors and hospitals, and in which the cost of treatment is monitored by a managing company. |
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| Health Maintenance Organization |
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| A method of health insurance in which a person has to use a particular doctor or group of doctors except in case of emergency |
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| Preferred Provider Organizations |
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| A network of providers that contract to provide health services to a group of people. |
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Activities of Daily living (ADL’s)
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| Personal daily care takes, such as bathing, dressing, caring for teeth and nails, eating, drinking, walking, transferring, and elimination. |
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| A term given to the process of transforming services for elders so that they are based on values and practices of the person receiving care; core values include choice, dignity, respect, self-determination, and purposeful living |
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| A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities |
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| A progressive, inherited disease that causes a gradual wasting away of muscle, weakness and deformity. |
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| Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) |
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| A doctor diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment. |
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| speech-language pathologist |
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| A speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a highly-trained professional who evaluates and treats children and adults who have difficulty with speech or language. Although people often think of speech and language as the same thing, the terms actually have very different meanings. |
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| A physical therapist evaluates a person and develops a treatment plan to increase movement, improve circulation, promote healing, reduce pain, prevent disability, and regain or maintain mobility. |
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| A Medical Social Worker determines residents needs and helps get them support services, such as counselling and financial assistance |
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| A registered dietitian assesses a resident's nutritional status and develops a treatment plan to improve health and manage illness |
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| Residence and Residence Family |
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| The resident is an important member of the care team. providing person-centred care means placing the residents well being first, and giving her the right to make decisions and choices about her own care. |
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| Identifying with the feelings of others. People who are compassionate understand other problems |
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| Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others. |
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| The tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do as permitted by the state or federal law. |
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| that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else. |
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