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Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards

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Long-Term Care (LTC)

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Care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care.

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Skilled Care

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Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist.

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Length of Stay

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The number of days a person stays in a care facility.

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Terminal Illness

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A disease or condition that will eventually cause death.

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Chronic

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Long-term or long-lasting.

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Diagnoses

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Medical conditions determined by a doctor.

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Home Health Care

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Health care that is provided in a persons home.

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Assisted Living

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Residences for people who do not need 24–hour skilled care, but do require some help with daily care.

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Adult Day Services

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Care for people who need some help during certain hours but who do not live in the facility where care is provided.

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Acute Care

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24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term immediate care for illness and injuries.

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Subacte Care

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Care given in hospitals or in LTC facilities for people who need less care than acute illness, but more care than for chronic illness.

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Outpatient Care

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Care given to people who have had treatments, procedures or surgeries and need short-term skilled care.

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Rehabilitation

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Care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function after illness or injury.

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Hospice Care

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Holistic, compassionate care given to people who have approximately six months to less to live.

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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

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Daily personal tasks such as bathing; dressing; care for skin, nails, hair, and teeth; eating; drinking; walking; transferring and elimination.

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Person-Centered Care

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A type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his/her individuality and capabilities.

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Trauma-Informed Care

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An approach to patient care that recognizes that people may have experienced trauma in their lives and that their trauma, experiences, and preferences should be considered while providing care.

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Medicare

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A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 and older, have certain disabilities, or permanent kidney failure, or are ill and cannot work.

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Medicaid

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A medical assistance program, for people who have a low income, as well as for people with disabilities.

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Charting

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Documenting info and observations about residents.

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Assistive Devices

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Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to preform activities for daily living.C

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Chain of Command

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The line of authority within a facility.

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Liability

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A legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else.

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Scope of Practice

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The range of tasks that health care providers are llegally allowed to do according to state or federal law.

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Care Plan

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A plan developed for each resident to achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps and tasks that the care team must preform.

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Policy

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A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs.

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Procedure

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A method or way of doing something.

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Professional

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Having to do with work or job.

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Personal

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Relating to ones life outside ones job, such as family, friends, and home life.

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Professionalism

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The act of behaving properly when working.

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Compassionate

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Being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and understanding.

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Empathy

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Identifying with the feelings of others.

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Sympathy

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Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others.

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Tactful

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Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others.

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Conscientious

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Guided by a sense of right and wrong; principled.

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Ethics

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The knowledge of right and wrong.

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Laws

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Rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure safety.

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

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Law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and info on rights for residents.

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Cite

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In a LTC, to find a problem through a survey.

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Residents’ Rights

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Numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how resident must be treated while living in a facility, they provide an ethical code of conduct for health care workers.

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Informed Consent

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The process in which a person with the help of a doctor makes informed decisions about his/her health care.

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Abuse

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Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.

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Physical Abuse

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Any treatment, intentional or not that causes harm to a persons body.

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Psychological Abuse

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Emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, huumiliating, intimidating, isolating or insulting a person, or by treating him/her as a child.

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Verbal Abuse

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The use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person.

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Sexual Abuse

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Non-consexual sexual contact of any type.

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Financial Abuse

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The improper or illegal use of a persons money, possessions, property, or other assets.

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Assault

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A threat or harm to a person resulting in the person feeling fearful that he/she will be harmed.

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Battery

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The intentional touching of a person without her/his consent.

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Domestic Violence

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Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members.

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False Imprisonment

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The unlawful restraint of some that affects a person’s freedom of movement; including both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.

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Involuntary Seclusion

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The separation of a person from others against the persons will.

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Workplace Violence

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Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors.

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Sexual Harassment

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An unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that created an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

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Substance Abuse

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The repeated use if legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others.

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Neglect

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The failure to provide needed care that results in physical or emotional harm to a person.

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Negligence

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A action, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, that results in unintended injury to a person.

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Malpractice

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Injury to a person sure to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill.

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Ombudsman

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A legal advocate for residents LTC facilities who helps resolve disputes and settle conflicts.

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Confidentiality

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The legal or ethical principle of keeping information private.

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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A federal law that requires health information be kept private and secure and that organization take special steps to protect this information.

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Protected Health Information (PHI)

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A persons private health information, which includes, names, addresses telephone numbers, social security numbers, email addresses, and medical record numbers.

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Minimum Data Set (MDS)

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A detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in LTC facilities.

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Incident

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An incidents, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine in health care facility.

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