Those we care for
Social behavior is an examples of this type of change.
What is developmental change?
According to standards, this level of care must be present at the nursing home at all times. 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.
What is Registered Nursing Personnel?
A resident that lives alone and has recently fallen and broken their hip and requires physical therapy to assist with exercises is an example of this type of admission.
What is a short-stay admission?
Abnormal protein deposits in the brain tissue is the primary underlying cause of this disease.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This piece of legislation ensures that people who have disabilities are treated the same as those without disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Encouraging the resident to decide what to wear for the day is one way to help meet which need for the resident?
What is self-esteem?
In terms of working in a CCRC (continuing care community), this term refers to delivery of care over time as a person moves from being independent to needing assistance with personal and medical care.
What is continuum of care?
This term describes when older adult parents become dependent and their children begin to parent (make decisions) for their own parents.
What is role reversal?
Peripheral Vascular Disease, Obesity, Smoking, and Diabetes Mellitus are all conditions that put a person at risk for developing this disease.
What is vascular dementia?
Using simple words and short phrases is an effective way to communicate with people with this.
What is a developmental disability?
Changes in height and weight is an example of this.
What is growth?
This is the name for regular cash payments paid to a person, usually after retirement. It was initiated after the Social Security Act was passed.
What is a pension?
An older adult who uses a magnifying glass to read adventure and romance novels and attends most of the activities provided has a high one of these.
What is quality of life?
This is a therapeutic communication technique used to help manage the importance of acknowledging the person's reality.
What is validation therapy?
This is the best way to tell if a resident with a developmental disability is in pain.
What is watch for changes in usual behavior.
It is defined as the beliefs, values, and traditions that are customary to a group of people.
What is culture?
This governmental act was passed as a result of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report to improve quality of life for residents of nursing homes by making sure a certain standard of care was being provided.
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
Providing the adaptive dressing tool a resident with rheumatoid arthritis and painful swollen joints asks for so they can dress without help is a great way to encourage this.
What is independence?
These are the 4 A's that people with people with dementia experience related to changes in the brain.
What are amnesia, aphasia, agnosia, and apraxia?
This action is imminent when a resident who is diagnosed with a developmental disability seems confused.
What is tell the nurse?
When dealing with a difficult resident, the nursing assistant (NA) reflects privately on how the NA would feel and behave in the resident's situation. This is an example of the NA showing this.
What is empathy?
This type of care facility is regulated by the state governments and has no federal laws that apply to its functioning.
What is Assisted Living Facility?
Helping a resident to personalize and organize their room they way the want it is a great way to assist this type of resident.
What is a new admit?
The abnormal proteins present in the brain with Alzheimer's Disease are known by these 2 terms.
What are plaques and tangles?
In order to best care for a resident with a developmental disability, the nursing assistant will focus on this.
What is abilities (rather than disbilities).