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Holistic Care

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Focuses on the physical and emotional care of a person

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OBRA

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Improves conditions for people in long-term care facilities.

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DHHS

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Primary government agency responsible for protecting the Nation’s health

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OSHA

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Government agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of American workers by enforcing standards and providing education and improve working conditions

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Medicare

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Type of insurance plan that is federally funded by Social Security, for people 65 years or older or younger people who have disabilities

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Medicaid

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Federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low-incomes to pay for health care

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Primary nursing

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One nurse is assigned to several patients or residents and is responsible for all of their care

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Functional (modular) nursing

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Each member of the nursing team carries out the same assigned task for each patient

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Team Nursing

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A team leader determines all of the nursing needs of the patients and assigns tasks to each member of the team based on that individual’s skill level and level of responsibility

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Patient-centered care

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Designed around the needs of the patient and works to meet that persons needs more efficiently. Members of the team are cross-trained to preform various tasks.

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Delegation

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To give another person permission to perform that task on your behalf

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Scope of practice

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The range of tasks the assistant is legally permitted to do

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Professionalism

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Having a professional attitude

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Attitude

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The side of ourselves that we display to the world, communicating outwardly how we feel about things

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Work ethic

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It relates to your attitude toward your work

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Empathy

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You are able to try and imagine what it would feel like to be in another person’s situation

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Advanced directive

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A document that allows a person to make their healthcare wishes known to family members and healthcare workers, in case the time comes that the person is no longer able to make those decisions

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Durable Power of Attorney

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Transfers the responsibility of making medical decisions on the persons behalf to a family member, friend or trusted individual, in case the time comes that the person is no longer able to make those decisions

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Living will

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Allows the person to give instructions about what medical treatments they would or would not want done in an effort to save their life

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Civil law

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Laws concerned with relationships between individuals

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Criminal Law

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Laws concerned with the relationship between the individual and society

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Unintentional tort

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Occurs when a person causes harm or injury to another person or that person’s property without the intention to cause harm

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Intentional tort

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A violation of civil law committed by a person with the intent to do harm

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Defamation

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Making untrue statements that hurt another persons reputation

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Assault

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Threatening or attempting to touch a person without his consent, causing that person to fear bodily harm

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Battery

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Touching a person without their consent

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Informed consent

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Implies a person has been informed of the need for a procedure or treatment and has given permission to perform that treatment

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Fraud

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Deception that could cause harm to another person

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False imprisonment

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Confining another person against their will

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Invasion of Privacy

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Violating another person’s right to keep certain information and aspects of themselves away from the examination of others

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Confidentiality

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Keeping personal information that someone shares with you to yourself

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HIPAA

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A federal privacy regulation that helps to keep a person’s protected health information private and secure

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Larceny

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Stealing

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Abuse

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The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury to another person

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Physical abuse

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The use of force to cause pain or injury to another person’s body

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Neglect

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Failure to provide for a dependent person’s basic physical needs

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Abandonment

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Withdrawing support or help from another person in spite of duty or responsibility

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Psychological (emotional) abuse

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The use of words or actions to cause emotional pain or injury

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Sexual abuse

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Subjecting a person to unwanted attention of a sexual nature, forcing a person to engage in unwanted sexual activity, or sexually exploiting a person

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Financial abuse

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Misusing or stealing another person’s money or property

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Ethics

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Moral principles or standards that govern conduct

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Value

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A cherished belief or principle

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Verbal communication

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Involves the use of language, either spoken or written and sign language

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Nonverbal communication

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Subtle communication that involves a person giving information through the use of facial expressions, gestures, body language and tone of voice

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Conflict

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Results from differences between people and can occur when one person is unable to understand or accept the ideas or beliefs of another, a misunderstanding or differing expectations

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Observations

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Something you notice about the patient, typically related to a change in physical or mental condition

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Objective data

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Information that you obtain directly, through measurement or by using one of your five senses (sight, hearing, touch, and smell)

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Subjective data

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Information that cannot be objectively measured or assessed; usually a person’s complaint or description of symptoms

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Nursing care plan

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A specific plan of care for each patient

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Nursing process

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The communication used to develop the nursing care plan

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Assessment

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Gathering information about the patient

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Nursing diagnosis

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Using information obtained from the patient to develop a statement that describes the individual’s problem and the cause

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Planning

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Making a plan for the person’s care

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Intervention

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Actions taken to help a person

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Goals

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Description of what the interventions are meant to acheive

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Implementation

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The interventions are carried out

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Evaluation

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Checks the effectiveness of the nursing care plan and revises it as necessary

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Acute illness

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A condition characterized by rapid onset and a relatively short recovery time

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Chronic illness

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A condition that is ongoing

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Terminal illness

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An illness or condition from which recovery is not expected

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Culture

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Is made up of the beliefs (religious or spiritual), values and traditions that are customary to a group of people

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Growth

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Changes that occur physically

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Development

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Changes that occur psychologically or socially

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Degenerative condition

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A condition that gets progressively worse overtime

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ADL (Activity of daily living)

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Routine tasks of daily life (bathing, dressing, eating, going to the bathroom, etc.)

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IADL (Instrumental activities of daily living)

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More complex tasks that a person must be able to do in order to continue to live independently (using the phone, handling money, going shopping, etc.)

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Cognitive impairment

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Problems processing, learning or remembering information)

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Co-existing medical conditions

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More than one medical condition at the same time

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Delirium

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Temporary state of confusion

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Alzheimer’s disease

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The most common cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of abnormal deposits of plaques and tangles

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Dementia

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Temporary state of confusion

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Alzheimer’s disease

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The most common cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of abnormal deposits of plaques and tangles

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Dementia

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The permanent and progressive loss of mental functions caused by damage to brain tissue

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Vascular dementia

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Mental functions are lost because multiple areas of the brain tissue die due to inadequate supply of oxygen and nutrients

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Lewy Body Dementia

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Caused by the buildup of abnormal proteins in areas of the brain that are responsible for thinking and moving

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Frontotemporal dementia

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Caused by damage to the frontal and temporal loves of the brain which are responsible for personality, behavior and language

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Amnesia

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Difficulty remembering

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Aphasia

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Difficulty using language

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Agnosia

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Difficulty recognizing information obtained from the five senses

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Apraxia

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Difficulty coordinating steps needed to complete a task

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Validation therapy

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A therapy that stresses the importance of acknowledging the person’s reality

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Expressive aphasia

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Difficulty expressing thoughts and feelings through verbal communication

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Receptive aphasia

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Difficulty receiving and processing information obtained through verbal communication

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Wandering

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When an individual strays away from their primary location

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Pacing

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Purposeful movement back and forth, may be done when a physical need is not being met

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Repetition

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Doing the same thing over and over

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Rummaging

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Going through drawers or closets searching for an item you are never able to find

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Delusion

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The belief that you are someone that you are not (ex: the Queen of England)

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Hallucination

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Seeing, hearing, tasting or smelling something that is not really there

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Agitation

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Becoming upset and excited

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Catastrophic reaction

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An overreaction to something that would cause a healthy person minimal or no stress

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Sundowning

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The worsening of a person’s behavioral symptoms as the sun goes down

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Inappropriate sexual behaviors

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Behaviors of a sexual nature that are inappropriate such as undressing in public

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Reminiscence therapy

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Encouraging a person to share experiences from their past with others

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Activity therapy

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Exercise of the body and mind for the individual or group

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