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Legal term meaning that a person with mental capacity or their legal guardian has given permission for medical treatment once the provider has explained options, risks, and benefits
Informed Consent
Prejudicial treatment of the elderly based on stereotypes
Ageism
License facility that provides nursing and personal care to those who are chronically ill or unable to take care of daily living needs
Long Term Care Facility
Extent or magnitude of deficient facility practice on care recipients/client/patient outcome. There are three levels
Scope
Services or supplies that are needed for the diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition and meet accepted standards of medical practice
Medically Necessary
Accommodating the changing needs of older adults while living in a familiar surroundings
Aging in Place
End points that activities are directed toward. They should be specific measurable and attainable
Goals or Objectives
Deliberate misplacement, explortation, or wrongful, temporarily, permanent use of a resident’s belongings or money without the residents consent
Misappropriation
Sudden emergency occurrence beyond the control of the licensee whether natural, technological or man-made that renders the licensee unable to operate the facility or make facility uninhabitable
Disaster
A move from one care setting to another. Care during the move involves coordination and communication among patient, providers, and family caregivers
Transition
The process that a manager uses in assigning duties and responsibilities to subordinate and give the subordinate the authority necessary to accomplish the assignment
Delegation of Authority
Planned and systematic patterns of all actions necessary to ensure that service conform to establish technical requirement or standards
Quality Assurance
Step-by-step guides to action that establish a required method for handling activities
Procedures
Duty to have and to use the degree of knowledge and skill that is usually prossessed and used by competent, prudent similar healthcare providers in like or similar circumstances
Standard of Care
Income standard that the federal government issues annually that reflects increases in price, measured by the consumer price index
Federal Poverty Level
Physical or mental feature that my indicated a disorder or disease
Symptom
Fair market value of property minus any liabilities on a property such as mortgages or loans
Equity Value
Information technology that is designed to be used by various clinicians to support the delivery of patient care
Clinical Information System
Current set of requirements in guidelines to surveyors
State Operational Manual (SOM)
Process in which the court appointed guardian. The process may take a long time and is often complex in costly
Guardianship
Written summary of noncompliance with regulations found during a provider survey or complaint investigation
Statement of Deficiency (SOD)
To provide a measure of independence to the individual walk here she is still relatively dependent on someone else for care
Intermediate Care
AAA
Area Agency on Aging
ADR
Adverse Drug Reaction
ADRCs
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ALF
Assisted Living Facility
CAA
Care Assessment Area
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CCRC
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
CQI
Continuous Quality Improvement
DAVE
Data Assessment and Verification
DNS
Director of Nursing Services
DNI
Do Not Intubate
EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
FCSP
Family Caregiver Support Program
FDA
Food and Drug Administration