| A | B |
|---|
| lasts a long time, ex. heart disease | chronic |
| not enough proper nutrition | malnourished |
| occurs when a person does not have enough fluid in the body | dehydration |
| being able to enter into the feelings of others | empathy |
| staff member who meets the eating/drinking assistance needs of residents to reduce unintended weight loss and dehydration | dining assistant, paid feeding assistant, feeding assistant, feeding aide, nutritional assistant. |
| RN | registered nurse |
| LPN | licensed practical nurse |
| CNA | certified nursing assistant |
| NA | nursing assistant |
| inhaling food or drink into the lungs | aspiration |
| rules that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility | Resident's Rights |
| law established in 1987 to give Resident's Rights as a minimum standard | OBRA, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| right to the best care available | quality of life |
| purposely causing harm, pain or injury to someone in your care. Something you do. | abuse |
| harming someone by failing to provide needed care. Somthing you do NOT do. | neglect |
| a legal advocate for resident | ombudsman |
| PHI | protected health information |
| information that can only be revealed to someone who needs to know to provide care or process records, should not be shared with anyone else | PHI, protected health information |
| law that said PHI must be protected | HIPAA, Health Information Protection and Accountability Act |
| documents that allow people to choose what kind of care they wish in the future | advance directives |
| a loss of function or damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | impairment |
| violent or hositle behavior | combative |
| occurs when a clot or a ruptured blood vessel suddently cuts off the blood supply to the brain | CVA, stroke, cerebral vascular accident |
| weakness on one side of the body | hemiparesis |
| paralysis on one side of the body | hemiplegia |
| difficulty speaking | dysphasia |
| inability to speak | aphasia |
| difficulty swallowing | dysphagia |
| encourage the resident to drink more fluids | force fluids order |
| limit the daily amount of fluids to a level set by the doctor | restrict fluids order, or fluid restrictions |
| food that is blended into a paste | puree |
| nothing by mouth, nothing to eat or drink | NPO |
| fluids that are thicker than water | thickened liquids |
| thickened liquid to a thick juice consistency (like tomato juice) | nectar thick |
| thickened consistency to a semi-solid, a spoon in it will stand up) | pudding thick |
| thickened liquids to a slow pour consistency, may drink or spoon it | honey thick |
