| A | B |
|---|
| Acute Illness | Sudden disease from which a person should recover |
| Alzheimers Disease | disease that affects brain tissue; increasing memeory loss until cannot tend to simple personal needs |
| Assisted Living Facility | provides housing, personal care, support services, health care and activities in home-like setting |
| Case Management | a case manager (RN) coordinates a persons care from admission through discharge and into the home setting |
| Chronic Illness | ongoing illness slow or gradual in onset, has no cure , the ilness can be controlled and complications prevenyted with proper treatment |
| Deconditioning | process of becoming weak from illness or lack of exercise |
| Hospice | A health care agency or program for persons who are dying |
| Independence | not relying on or requiring care from others |
| Interdisciplinarinary Health Care Team | many health care workers whose skills and knowledge focus on the persons total care; health team |
| Incvoluntary Seclusion | seperating a from others against his/her will; confining a person to a certain area; keeping a person from his/her room without consent |
| Licensed Practical Nurse | nurse that has completed a 1 year nursing program and has passed a a licensing test; called a licensed vocatinal nurse in some states |
| Medicaid | health care payment program sponsored by the federal goverment and operated by the states |
| Medicare | federal insurance program for persons older than 65 or younger with certain disibilities |
| Nursing Assistant | person who gives basic care under the supervision of a licensed nurse. AKA nurse aide, nursing attendant or health care assistant |
| Nursing Center | provides health care and nursing care to persons who need regular or continous care; licensed nursing are required . AKA nursing home o nursing facility |
| Nursing Team | those who provide nursing care; RN's Lpn's and nursing assistants |
| Ombudsman | someone who supports or promotes the needs and intrests of another person |
| OBRA | federal law that requires nursing centers to provide care in a mamnner and setting that maintains or improves each persons quality of life, health and safety |
| Registered Nurse | a person that has completed a 2, 3 or 4 year nursing program and has passed a licensing test |
| Residental Care Facility | a board and care home |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | provides health care and nursing care for residents who may have many or severe health problems or who need rehabilitation; may be part of a nursing center or hospital |
