Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
What is another name for people or organizations paying for healthcare services?
Payers
What is anther name for people and organizations that provide health care including doctors, nurses, and agencies?
Providers
What are places where care is delivered or administered including hospitals, long term care facilities, and treatment centers
Facilities
What is long term care?
Given in long term care facilities for people who need 24 hour skilled care
What is skilled care?
Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, I is available 35 hours a day and is ordered by a doctor and involves a treatment plan
What is length of stay?
Number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
What is terminal illness?
Illness will eventually cause death
Most people who live in long term care facilities have ______ conditions.
Chronic
What are diagnoses?
Medical conditions determined by a doctor
What is acute care?
24 hour skilled care given in hospitals an ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short term immediate care for illnesses or injuries
What is rehabilitation?
Care given by specialists for physical, occupational, or speech to restore or improve function after an illness or injury
What is hospice care?
Given to people who have approximately 6 months or less to live
What does HMOs stand for?
Health maintenance organizations
True or false: non profit companies or for profit companies can own long term care facilities
True
What are daily personal care tasks called?
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
What group has the longest average stay at long term care facilities?
Developmentally disabled
What is the course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs?
Policy
What is a method or way of doing something?
Procedure
What are surveys?
Inspections performed periodically by the state agency that licenses facilities
Wha does cite mean?
To find a problem through a survey
Wha so surveyors do?
Study how well staff care for residents and focus on how residents nutritional, physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs are being met
What is the joint commission?
An independent not for profit organization that evaluates and accredits healthcare organization. It’s goal is to improve the safety and quality of care given to patients
What is Medicare?
Health insurance program established in 1965 for people 65 and older or people with permanent kidney failure or certain disabilities
What is Medicaid?
Medical assistance program for low income people. Funded by federal government and each state. Eligibility is determined by income and special circumstances, people must qualify for this program
What is culture change?
Process of transforming services for elders so that they are based on the values and practices f the person receiving care. Involves respect and promotes dignity, respect, self determination and purposefully living
What is person directed care?
Emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care and seeks to build the community by recognizing and developing each persons capabilities
How any hours should NA have in training?
75
A RN does what?
Assigns tasks and supervises daily care of residents by NA