disability and chronic illness Flashcards
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chronic disease
medical/health problem with associated symptoms or disabilities that require long term management
aka noncommunicable disease/chronic conditions/chronic disorders
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chronic illness
perception of living with chronic disease
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cognitive disability
limitations in mental functioning and difficulties with communication, self care, and social skills
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developmental disability
set of disorders characterized by diffuclty in one or more domains
may be cognitive, physical, or both and occur by age 22
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disability
restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a normal manner
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intellectual disability
occurs by age 18, significant limitations in both intellectual and adaptive behavior
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multiple chronic conditions
more than one chronic condition
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noncommunicable disease
conditions not caused by infection or microorganisms
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secondary conditions or disorders
conditions that result from an initial disabling condition
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sensory disability
the impariment of the sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch, or taste
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severe disability
may be defined as severe when the disbility is present and the person is unable to perform one or more activities, uses an assistive device, and needs help from others to accomplish basic activities
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WHO definition of disability
disability is an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, or envirnmental factors
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US definition of diability
one of these factors:
- physcial or mental impariment that limints one or more major activities
- recorded imparment
- is regarded as having an impairment
what are some reasons for the increase i prevalence of disability
early onset, chronic disorders, severe trauma survivors, obesity, immunizations, lifestyle factors
what populations have a higher prevalence of disability
men under 65
women over 65
name some different types of diabilities
cognitive, developmental, intellectual, sensory, psychiatric, acquired disabilites
name some different models of disabilities
- medical model
- rehab model
- social model
- biopsychosocial function model
- interface model
what model of disability is most aligned with nursing
interface model
wants patients to advance their independence as much as possible and embrace it
name and describe some federal legislation regarding disability
- rehabilitation act of 1973: protects people from discrimination
- the ADA of 1990: mandates access to jobs and community
- ADA amendments act 2008: defines disability to encompass impairments that limit major life activity
describe what the United nations convention on the rights of person with disabilities did
- right to receive highest standards of care without discrimination
- interacting and communicating with people who have disabilities
what are some barriers to health care
- structural (physcial things)
- lack of access to info, transportation, finances, difficulty finding knowledgeable HCP, previous negative encounters, dependency on caregivers, and demands of coping with disability
- cost of care
- rural settings
- race, gender, and type of disability
name some federal assistance programs
- medicare
- title II of the social security disability insurance (SSDI)
- title XVI
- medicaid
describe medicare
federal health insurance to those 65 or older, have permanent kidney injury, and/or have qualified disability
describe title II of the SSDI
benefits those who meet the criteria for disability who have worked 40 quarters of covered employment who paid social security taxes
goes to people who are disable since childhood, under 22 years of age who are dependent on a parent with a disability or are dependent on a parent who recently died
