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| places where health care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and treatment centers |
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Chronic Condition |
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| a disease or illness that is long-term and requires management of symptoms |
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Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO's) |
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| a method of health insurance in which a person has to use a particular doctor or group of doctors except in a case of emergency |
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Patient Centered Care
(person directed care) |
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| emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care, and recognizes and develops their capabilities |
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Speech Language Pathologist
(SLP) |
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AKA a speech therapist
indentifies communication disorders, adresses factors involved in recovery, and develops a plan of care that meets recovery goals |
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| indentifying with the feelings of others |
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Long Term Care
(LTC) |
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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 for illnesses and injuries |
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Preferred Provider Organizations
(PPO's) |
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| a network of providers that contract to provide health services to a group of people |
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Medical Doctor
(MD) |
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| diagnose disease or disability and prescribes treatment |
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Medical Social Worker
(MSW) |
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| determine a 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 : available 24/7 |
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Doctor of Osteopathy
(DO) |
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| a physician who diagnose disease or disability and prescribes treatment |
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Registered Dietition
(RD/RDN) |
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| assesses a residents nutritional status and develops a treatment plan to improve health and manage illness |
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Scope of Practice |
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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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Terminal Illness |
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| a disease or condition that will eventually cause death |
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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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| evaluates a person and develops a treatment plan to increase movement, improve circulation, promote healing, reduce pain, prevent disability, and regain/maintain mobility |
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Residence & Residence Family |
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| helps plan care that revolves around the residents condition, goals, priorities, treatment, and progress |
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