| A | B |
|---|
| philosophy | search for a general understanding of values |
| rehabilitation | restoration of the individual to fullest capacity |
| contracture | shortening of the muscles from inactivity |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| quality of life | a concept that includes all the aspects that make life worth living |
| psychosocial | individual's mental or emotional processes w/ability to interact and relate to others |
| physical needs | basic human needs: food, water, oxygen, rest, exercise, and sex |
| security needs | basic human needs for physical safety: shelter and protection |
| social needs | basic human need for approval and acceptance |
| status needs | basic human needs for recognition and respect |
| self-fulfillment needs | basic human need to reach the highest potential and to accomplish one's life goals |
| informal consent | permission obtained from a resident to perform |
| role | part one plays in relationship to others |
| well role | behaviors including independence, increased responsibility, usefulness, control, and decision making |
| sick role | behavior such as dependence, weakness, control by others, decreased responsibility, and uselessness |
| disabled | limitation in the ability to function normally |
| age appropriate | appropriate to the chronological age of a person |
| heredity | traits we are born with |
| environment | means of providing a safe environment that is as free as possible of pathogenic organisms |
| culture | specimen of body tissue or fluids kept under special lab condicitions to detect presence of microorganisms |
| interests | those things we enjoy or care about |
| feelings or emotions | outward expression of mood including happiness, grief, anger, etc. |
| values | what we consider to be most important |
| standards | what is acceptable and unacceptable to us |
| spiritual needs | need to find meaning in life |
