Terms Flashcards
Activities of daily living
ADL
legal document allowing ppl if they become incapacitated to give instruction to others about their preference
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
This is a group of disease (including alzheimer’s) characterized by memory loss, decline in mental & emotional functioning. It is part of the aging process
DEMENTIA
It can either be formal (paid) or informal (unpaid)
CAREGIVER
It is a limitation in physical, mental, or social activity
DISABILITY
Knowing, intentional, negligent act by a caregiver or other people that causes serious risk or harm to vulnerable adult
ELDER ABUSE
It is a branch of medicine focusing on the physiology & ailments associated w/ aging process
GERIATRICS
A document stating a person’s preferences for future medical decisions
LIVING WILL
General term describes range of medical, nursing, custodial, social, community services designed to help people with chronic health impairments or forms of dementia
LONG-TERM CARE
Measure of the degree to which delivered health services meet established professional standards & judgments of value to the clients
QUALITY OF CARE
It is a normal process of time related change, begins with birth & continuous throughout life
AGING
Evaluation of a person’s physical/ mental status. used to create a care plan and to make decisions about possible need for care
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
A facility licensed by the state to offer residents personal care & skilled nursing care on a 24 hr basis
NURSING HOMES
Branch of medicine concerned with problems & care of older people
Scientific studies of aging process
GERONTOLOGY
Geriatric nursing was previously called _____ in the 1970s
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING
