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Acute illness

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Illness has severe symptoms, short term, treated immediately

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Chronic illness

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Short term or long lasting. Managed

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Scabies

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Skin infections n caused by a tiny mites. Contagious and spread through direct contact

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Wound

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Type of injury to the skin

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Dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin. Eczema and stasis dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis

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Not contagious

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Stasis dermatitis

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Is a skin condition that commonly affects the lower legs and ankles

Due to build up of fluid under the skin

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Early signs of dermatitis

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include rash, scaly red area and itching

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Arthritis

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Inflammation or swelling of joints.

Decreased mobility

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Autoimmune illness

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Causes body’s immune system to attack normal tissue

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Osteoarthritis

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Hips and knees which are weight bearing joints are usually affected

Stiffness, cold or damp

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Auto immune disease

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Osteoporosis

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Causes bone to become porous and brittle

Low back pain, stoooped posture

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Closed fracture bone

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Broken bone that does not break the skin

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Open fracture

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Compound fracture; penetrates the skin

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To help stop swelling

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Elevate the extremity

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Partial weight bearing

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Is able to support some body weight on one or both legs

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None weight bearing

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Resident is unable to touch the floor or support any weight on one or both legs

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Read and remember

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Residents should not sit with legs crossed

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Phantom sensation

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When a person feels the body part is still there. Warmth, tingling or itching

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Phantom limb pain

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Person feels pain that’s been amputated. Remaining damaged nerve ending

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Read

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Herbs and other dietary supplements may be taken for prevention as well as treatment

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Read

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When helping resident transfer, support the weaker side while leading with stronger side

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Parkinson’s disease

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Progressive, incurable, causes brain to degenerate
Progressive: worse over time
Affects muscles to become stiff
Pillrolling: rolling a pill bug

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Myocardial infarction
Heart attack
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When one or both sides of the heart stop pumping blood
Congestive heart failure Apply elastic stockings to reduce swelling in feet and ankle
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Bronchitis
Irrational and inflammations of the lining of the bronchi
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If resident is breathing differently
Help residents sit upright or lean forward
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Asthma
Chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the respiratory system is hyperactive Bronchi becomes irritated
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Bronchiectasis
Condition in which the bronchial tubes are abnormally enlarged Abnormal state of the tubes is permanent
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Lung cancer
Growth of abnormal cells or tumors in lungs
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Tuberculosis
Lung disease
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Type 2 diabetes
Called adult onset diabetes, most common form. Body does not produce enough insulin/ fails to use Insulin resistance
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Diabetes symptoms
Sores that are slow to heal
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Changes in the circulatory system can cause
Heart attack and stroke. Poor wound healing | May cause foot ulcers
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Proper foot care is important for people with diabetes
Read
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Never trim residents toenails, especially diabetics
Read
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Aids: read
As the infection worsens, the immune system overreacts and attacks not only virus but normal tissue
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Read:
Residents who have mild diarrhea may have small frequent meals that are low in fat, fiber and milk products (T)
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Neuropathy
Numbness in feet: a bed cradle can keep sheets and blankets from resting on legs and feet
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Malignant Timor’s
Cancerous
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Front line defense for most cancer
Surgery
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Chemotherapy
Medications given usually intravenously to fight cancer
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Radiation therapy
Directions radiation treatment a limited area to kill cancer cells Area expose: may become sore irritated and sometimes burned
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Residents may want to talk or may avoid talking
Read
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Cancer causes great pain
Help with repositioning and providing distractions
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When applying lotion
Do not: apply to areas receiving radiation
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Read
When a person ages some ability to think and talk clearly may be lost
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Cognition
Ability to think logically | Cognition impairment
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Confusion
Inability to think clearly. Interferes with the ability to make decisions
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Causes of confusion
Dehydration and fever
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Delirium
Severe confusion | Temporary
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Dementia
General term that refers to a serious loss of mental abilities Not normal part of aging
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Alzheimer’s disease
Causes tangled nerves fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain
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Read
Don’t take things personally, person with AD cannot control what they’re saying
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Best plan is to work with the behaviors that are seen on any particular day
Read
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Preservation
Repeating words, phrases, actions, questions
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Intervention
A way to change an action or development
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Agitation
Excited, restless for troubled
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Situations that lead to agitations are
Triggers
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Subdowning
When a person is restless and agitated late afternoon evening or night
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Catastrophic reactions
Person with AD reacts to something
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Mental illness
A disease
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Situation response
Signs and symptoms are temporary
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Defense mechanism
Unconscious behavior to cope with stress
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Regression
Going back to old habits
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Apathy
Lack of interest in activities
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Atrophy
Muscle wastes away | Occurs when people are bedridden
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Never soak glass eye in rubbing alcohol
Read
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Subacute people require more treatment
Read
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Pulse oximeter
Noninvasive device that uses light to determine the amount of oxygen in blood
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Intubation
Involved the passage of a plastic tube through the mouth nose orchestrated to bing in the neck intoctrachea
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Tracheostomy
Surgically created opening through the neck into trachea
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Respiratory distress
Gurgling, difficulty breathing, elevated respiratory rate
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Palliative Care
Goals are the comfort and dignity of resident

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