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accountable |
answerable for one's actions |
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activities of daily living (ADLs) |
personal daily care tasks, including bathing, dressing, mouth care, hair care, toileting and eating and drinking |
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acute care |
24 hour skilled care for temporary illness or injuries. Generally given in hospital and surgical centers. |
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adaptive devices |
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs. |
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adult daycare |
care given to adults at a facility during daytime work hours. |
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assistive devices |
special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs. Also called adaptive devices. |
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assisted living |
a setting for people who require some help with daily care, but who need less care than a long term care facility offers. |
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care team |
a group of people with different kind of education and experience who provide resident care. |
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chain of command |
the order of authority within a facility. |
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charge nurse |
a nurse responsible for a team of health care workers. |
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chronic |
illness or condition that is long term or long lasting. |
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cite |
to find a problem through a survey. |
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conscientious |
guided by the sense of right and wrong; principled. |
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continuity of care |
coordination of care for a resident over time, during which a care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward shared goals. |
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courteous |
polite, kind, considerate. |
