Care providers Flashcards
What is Primary care?
What is Secondary care?
Secondary Health Care is the specialist treatment and support provided by doctors and other health professionals for patients who have been referred to them for specific expert care, most often provided in hospitals.
What is Tertiary or ongoing care?
highly specialized medical care usually over an extended period of time that involves advanced and complex procedures and treatments performed by medical specialists in state-of-the-art facilities
What is a Hospice care?
Hospice care aims to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of adults, children and young people who have a terminal illness or a long term condition ..
Name Five Health professional roles
Counsellor Art Therapist Dietician Paramedic Physiotherapist Occupational Therapist Speech and language Therapist
What is Informal care?
Care provided by members of family or friends
Describe two barriers to accessing care
Physical Geographical Intelectual Social Cultural Psychological Language Resource availability
Where would you look to check a companies credentials in care?
The CQC website
