Medicare
President that signed into law legislation that established Medicare and Medicaid programs on July 30, 1965.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D
What is osteoporosis?
A defined-contribution retirement account which allows employees to save a portion of their salary in a tax-advantaged manner
What is a 401(k) plan?
Necessary for tissue growth, repair, and maintenance. The average adult needs 45 to 60 grams per day.
What is protein?
A place for people who do not need to be in a hospital but cannot be cared for at home
What is a nursing home?
Healthcare Reform enacted in 2010 that was projected to reduce Medicare Advantage Plans by an estimated $156 billion from 2013 to 2022.
What is Obamacare?
Sixth leading cause of death with more than 122,000 deaths annually.
What is Alzheimer's?
In the United States it is projected that 1 of every 3 dollars spent in the United States will be spent on
What is Healthcare?
A natural protein found in skin, bones and tendons
What is collagen?
In December 2019, several cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were reported in Wuhan, China, leading to the identification of
What is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus type 2
Fiscal Year draft rule that proposed a 1.3 percent increase in Medicare rates for nursing homes released by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
What is the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System?
Continuing and ongoing stressful circumstances, such as conflictual marital and parental relations and persistent economic hardship
What is chronic stress?
Older consumers, as a distant social group are a target for this common scam
What is financial fraud?
The study of organisms at low temperatures
What is cryobiology?
Dominant government reimbursement systems for healthcare for older people
What is Medicare and Medicaid?
75% of the US Population is enrolled in Medicare due to
What is age?
The approach of the entire course of human life
What is Life Course Perspective?
Type of insurance that usually pays the remainder of the cost of care in a nursing home for individuals unable to pay
What is Medicaid?
Discovery that cells in laboratory culture have a fixed life span. Cells replicate themselves around 100 times.
What is the Hayflick limit?
Knowing residents strengths and life history, and incorporating interests and hobbies in individualized activities
What is patient-centered planning?
The Medicare Modernization Act was passed in 2003 to help seniors with what type of average?
What is Prescription Medication Coverage?
Process of aging and the two levels that construct the way we refer to our age and aging
What are social and cultural levels?
It is difficult to provide healthcare service to all those in need of such services due to lack of resources. In these situations, what concept must be applied?
What is the concept of rationing?
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an example of what type of disorder
What is an autoimmune disorder?
The level of regard, respect, and admiration for an individual by others in the same social context
What is social standing or status?