Chapter 9: Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

Question 1

Rehabilitation

Answer 1

Care given by specialists and professionals intended to improve or restore function after illness or injury

Question 2

Restorative Care

Answer 2

Care that is designed to maintain a resident’s functioning, to improve their quality of life, and to increase independence

Question 3

List ways a lack of exercise can diminish health

Answer 3

• Loss of self esteem
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Boredom
• Pneumonia
• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
• Skin breakdown and pressure ulcers
• Constipation
• Blood Clots
• Dulling of the senses
• Muscle atrophy
• Contractures

Question 4

Ambulation

Answer 4

Refers to moving or walking, with our without an assistive device

Question 5

Ambulatory

Answer 5

A patient or resident that is able to get out of bed and move or walk

Question 6

Cane

Answer 6

An ambulatory device that is used when residents can bear weight on both legs, but with a weaker side. It should be used on the strong side

Question 7

Walker

Answer 7

An ambulatory device that is used when residents can bear some weight on both legs, but not all

Question 8

Crutches

Answer 8

An ambulatory device that is used when residents can bear no weight on one leg. Some residents may prefer one while others may use two

Question 9

Assistive Devices

Answer 9

Any device that is designed to help residents perform their Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)

Question 10

Amputation

Answer 10

The surgical removal of some or all of a body part, usually an arm, hand, leg, or foot

Question 11

Phantom Sensation

Answer 11

The term used when a person has sensations from a body part that is no longer there

Question 12

Phantom (Limb) Pain

Answer 12

Specifically used when a person feels pain in a limb or extremity that has been amputated

Question 13

Prosthesis

Answer 13

A device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because of an accident, injury, illness, or congenital defect. These devices improve or restore function and/or appearance

Question 14

Range of Motion (ROM)

Answer 14

Exercises that put a joint through its full range of motion. These exercises are intended to decrease or prevent contractures or atrophy, improve strength, and increase circulation

Question 15

Active Range of Motion (AROM)

Answer 15

ROM exercises that are done by the resident themselves

Question 16

Passive Range of Motion (PROM)

Answer 16

ROM exercises that are done for a resident by a staff member

Question 17

Abduction

Answer 17

Moving a body part away from the midline of the body

Question 18

Adduction

Answer 18

Moving a body part toward the midline of the body

Question 19

Extension

Answer 19

Straightening a body part

Question 20

Flexion

Answer 20

Bending a body part

Question 21

Dorsiflexion

Answer 21

Bending backward

Question 22

Rotation

Answer 22

Turning a joint

Question 23

Pronation

Answer 23

Turning downward

Question 24

Supination

Answer 24

Turning upward

Question 25

Opposition

Answer 25

Touching the thumb to any other finger