Healthcare System, C1; WB, P-LQ Flashcards
Week 1, 8/29-9/2
Client
person who receives Home Health Care agency services
A ____________ is a person who receives Home Health Care agency services.
Client
In U.S., 18th-20th centuries, health care delivery focused mainly around the . . .
. . . home and family.
A Holistic approach focuses on . . .
. . . the care of the whole person, not just the person’s physical condition or disease.
A ___________ approach focuses on the care of the whole person, not just the person’s physical condition or disease.
Holistic
Holistic
relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts
The family doctor who attended a person from birth to death is now called a “_______ ____________” or “_______ _________.”
often supported by specialists
general practitioner, family physician
another word for Mission
purpose
The primary mission of a University Hospital may be to . . .
. . . train people in the field of health care.
Primary mission of __________ Hospital may be to train people in the healthcare field.
University
A Patient receives __________ services.
hospital
Patient
person who receives hospital services
Residents are people cared for in ______-_______ _________ Facilities.
L-TC
Resident
people being cared for in L-TC facilities
Why’re people in L-TC called Residents?
Because the LTC Facility becomes the person’s home (temporarily/permanently).
L-TC stands for . . .
. . . Long-Term Care.
L-TC Facilities are also known as ___________ ______/________.
NH/F
NH/F are also known as ___-_____ ____ Facilities.
L-TC
__________ are a type of Acute Care Setting.
Hospitals
Hospitals are a type of ______ _____ _________.
Acute Care Setting
Skilled Nursing Unit/Facility is also called ___________ ______ Unit.
Subacute Care
Subacute Care Unit’s 2 other names:
Skilled Nursing Unit/Facility
People who’re unable to care for themselves at home but don’t need hospitalization can go to a _____-___ ____ _______ or ________ _________/_________.
L-TCF, NH/F
L-TCF or NH/F is for people who are . . .
. . . unable to care for themselves at home but don’t need hospitalization.
____-____ _____ _________ provide care for people who’re unable to care for themselves but don’t need hospitilization.
L-TCF
_______ ______ ______ provides rehabilitation & other skilled care; helps person advance from hospital care to home care.
Subacute Care Unit
Subacute Care Unit
provides rehabilitation & other skilled care; helps person advance from hospital care to home care
Assisted-Living Facility is a type of ______-______ care facility.
long-term
A-LF host people who’re able to provide most of their own care, but may need help with . . . (4)
- medications
- transportation
- meals
- housekeeping
Assisted-Living Facilities host people who’re . . .
. . . able to provide most of their own care, but may need help with medications, transportation, meals, & housekeeping.
________-______ ________ provides help with medications, transportation, meals, & housekeeping.
Assisted-Living Facility
______ Health Care agencies provide skilled care in a person’s _____.
Home, home
Home Health Care agencies provide . . .
. . . skilled care in a person’s home.
______ ______ ______ provides skilled care in person’s home.
Home Health Care
Inpatient
care for Patient who stays in hospital 1 or more nights
Outpatient
care for Patients who return to hospitals everyday for a time period
no overnighters
In a healthcare setting, the _________/________ is always the health care team’s focus.
Patient/Resident
Physicians earned a _______ degree, are ___________ experienced, & are ____________- to practice medicine.
medical, clinically, licensed