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Answerable for one’s actions

Personal daily care tasks, including bathing, dressing, mouth care, hair care, toileting, and eating and drinking

24-hour skilled care for temporary illness or injuries; generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers

Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADL’s; also called assistive devices

A setting for people who require some help with daily care, but who need less care than a long term-care facility offers

The group of people with different kinds of education and experience who provide resident care

The order of authority within a facility

A nurse responsible for a team of healthcare workers

The term for an illness or condition that is long-term or long-lasting

To find a problem through a survey

Coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward shared goals

Polite, kind, and considerate

Transferring authority to a person for a specific task

The loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating

The identification of a disease by its signs and symptoms and from the result of different tests

Identifying with and understanding another’s feelings

A way of classifying or categorizing people at the first meeting

Method of care assigning specific tasks to each team member

Care that involves the whole person; this includes his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs

Care that takes place in a person’s home

Care for people who have six months or less to live

Mixing children and the elderly in the same care setting

A non profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of health care facilities

The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility

A legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else

Licensed nurse who has completed one to two years of education; passes medications, gives treatments, and may supervise daily care of residents

24-hour care provided usually in a nursing home for people with ongoing conditions

A registered nurse with advanced education who is able to see patients and write prescriptions

An important member of the care team who perform assigned nursing tasks and gives personal care

Care usually given for less than 24 hours to people who have had treatment or surgery

The practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship

A course of action to be followed

Method of care in which the registered nurse give much of the daily care to residents

A method, or way, of doing something

A licensed nurse who has completed 2 to 4 years of education; RN’s assess residents, monitor progress, provide skilled nursing care, give treatments, and supervise the care given by nursing assistants and other members of the care team

A program of care given by a specialist to restore or improve function after an illness or injury

A person living in a long-term care facility

A method of care in which a resident is the primary focus; team members are cross trained in skills, allowing residents to see many of the same people performing
their care

People responsible for the care of both their children and aging relatives

Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist

Care given in a nursing home or a hospital; used for people who need a higher level of care and observation than some long-term facilities can give

A nurse in charge of a group of residents for one shift of duty

Method of care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care

Deserving the trust of others