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| in medicine, places where health care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and treatment centers. |
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| a disease or a condition that is long-term or long-lasting and requires management of symptoms. |
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Health Maintenance Organization
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| a method of health insurance in which a person has to use particular doctor or group of doctors except in case of emergency. |
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| Providing care that is respectful of, and responsive, individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions. |
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Speech-Language
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| A speech language pathologist, or speech therapist, identifies communication disorders, addresses factors involved in recovery, and develops a plan of care to meet recovery goals. |
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| identifying with the feelings of others. |
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| care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled care. |
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| 24-hour skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short-term, immediate care illnesses and injuries. |
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Preferred Provider Organizations
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| a network of providers that contract to provide health services to a group of people. |
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| A Doctor diagnoses disease or disability and prescribes treatment. |
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Medical social worker
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| A Medical social worker determines residents needs and helps get them support services, such as counseling and financial assistance. |
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| sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others. |
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| medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist. |
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| the serious loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating |
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Activities of daily living
(ADLs) |
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| personal daily care tasks, such as bathing, dressing, caring for teeth and nails, eating, drinking, walking, transferring, and elimination. |
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Doctor of Osteopathy
(DO) |
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| A doctor of osteopathic medicine is a fully trained and licensed doctor who has attended and graduated from a U.S. osteopathic medical school. |
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Registered Dietitian
(RD or RDN) |
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| A registered dietitian assesses a resident's nutritional status and develops a treatment plan to improve health and manage illness. |
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| defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do as permitted by state or federal law. |
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| a disease or condition that will eventually cause death |
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| a system or strategy of managing health care in a way that controls costs. |
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| a term given to the process of transforming services for elders so that they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving care; core values include choice, dignity, respect, self-determination, and purposeful living. |
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Physical Therapist
(PT or DPT) |
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- A physical therapist evaluates a person and develops a treatment plan to increase movement, improve circulation, promote healing, reduce pain, prevent disability, and regain or maintain mobility.
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| Resident and Resident's Family. |
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| The resident is an important member of the care team. Also the resident's family may also be involved in the decision making. |
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| The quality or state of being in accordance with the law. |
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