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Accountable
answerable for one's actions
Activities of daily living ADL's
personal daily care tasks including bathing skin nail and hair care walking eating and drinking mouth care dressing transferring and toileting
acute care
24 hour skilled care for short term illnesses or injuries generally given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
adaptive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs also called assistive devices
adult daycare
care given to adults at a facility during day time work hours
assistive devices
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs also call adaptive devices
care team
the group of people with different kinds of education and experiences who provide residents care
chain of command
the order of authority within a facility
charge nurse
a nurse responsible o a team of healthcare workers
chronic
term for an illness or condition that is long term and long lasting
cite
in a long term care facility to find a problem through survey
conscientious
guided by a sense of right and wrong
continuity of care
coordination of care for a resident over time during which the care team is always exchanging info about the resident and working towards shared goals
delegation
transferring authority to a person for a specific task
dementia
the loss of mental abilities such as thinking remembering reasoning and communicating
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NA in long term care
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2/9/2014, 11:03:36 PM
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