Chapter 1 Flashcards
Providers
Give services and provide healthcare
Facilities
Helps patients Who need ADLs
Examples: Hospitals, long-term care facilities and treatment centers
Long-term care
For people who need 24 hour skilled care
Terminal illness
illness will eventually cause death
Chronic conditions
Condition will last long period of time
Home healthcare
Care provided in people’s home
Assisted living
People who need some help with daily care
Adult day services
People who need some assistance and supervision during certain hours
Acute care
24 hour skilled care given to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short term immediate care for illness or injury’s
Subacute care
Care given in hospitals or long-term care facilities for people who need less care than for acute care
Outpatient care
Is usually given to people who have had treatment procedures or surgeries and need short-term skilled care
Rehabilitation
Physical,occupational and speech therapy is helping restore or improve function after an illness or injury
Hospice care
For people who have approximately less than six months to live
What is ADl
Activities of daily living
Adult diapers are called
Depends or attend