gerontologic healthcare facilities

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primary function of which is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical and surgical conditions

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HOSPITAL / GENERAL HOSPITAL

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admits only certain types of patients or with specified illnesses or conditions.

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specialty hospitals

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Any facility or establishment that is engaged in direct patient care on site

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healthcare facilities

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Short period of time, acute care, and episodic care

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acute care / hospital providing

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ongoing provision of care provides medical, functional, psychological, social, environmental and spiritual care services

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chronic care

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Institutional organized health setting that provides outpatient basic health services (surgeries
and treatments)

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ambulatory care

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non-residential facility that offers daily nursing care and social opportunities for adults who cannot be left at home but do not need to be in an institution

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adult day care

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informal sources of help that has a goal of helping the older person maintain independence

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community support services

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Focuses on the promotion, improving or maintaining of quality of life, palliative care, supportive services, compassionate care to dying patients

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hospice care

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24 hour coverage that provide supportive residential housing and appealing housing alternative, a home-like environment to older adults with minor to moderate functional impairment

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assisted living facility

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specializes in services for older persons who can no longer live independently or can no longer live at home and provide specialized care to senior with severe illness or injuries

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nursing home

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Intermediate nursing care that provides 24-hour nursing care to older adults who
are unable to care for themselves

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skilled nursing facility

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Also known as retirement village, continuing care retirement communities

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retirement centers

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Residential aged care facilities with permanent/long-term care facilities

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extended care facilities

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people living in extended care facilities

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residents

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short term care for patients after surgery or medical illness to allow them to regenerate or rehabilitate

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respite care

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private duty nursing that has home as a care delivery site and offers temporary and intermittent delivery of health care

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home health care