Human Needs
Food, water, sleep, and comfort from pain belong to this category of basic physical needs.
What are physiological needs?
This approach to healthcare means caring for the whole person/mind as well as the body?
What is holistic care?
This term typically refers to physical characteristics shared by people with common ancestry, while ethnicity involves a combination of nationality, culture, and language.
What is race?
Physical development in this first stage of life (Birth to 12 months) moves from the head down toward the limbs.
What is infancy?
While normal aging causes bones to lose density and muscles to weaken, this psychological issue is not a normal part of aging and must be reported.
What is depression (or suicidal thoughts)?
Love, acceptance, and self-esteem are examples of these types of social and emotional needs.
What are psychosocial needs?
The abbreviation ADLs stands for these daily tasks, which include bathing, dressing, eating, and drinking.
What are Activities of Daily Living?
This type of care compassionate, respectful, and accounts for how resident‘s background shapes their worldview and daily habits.
What is culturally sensitive care?
Gaining coordination of their limbs, learning to speak, and asserting independence through “no” are hallmarks of this stage (Ages 1 to 3).
What is the toddler stage?
These types of disabilities are present at birth or emerge during childhood up to age 22, restricting physical or mental ability.
What are developmental disabilities?
This researcher mapped human behavior into famous “Hierarchy of Needs,” stating physical needs must be met before psychoosocial ones.
Who is Abraham Maslow
Poor self-image, increased dependence, and feelings of helplessness can result when a resident loses this trait.
What is independence?
This dynamic, involving physical proximity during a conversation, varies drastically among cultures and should be approached with sensitivity.
What is personal space?
Peer acceptance, rapid mood swings, and body image concerns occur during this stage when changing hormones influence development.
What is adolescence?
As people age, these physical responses and reflexes naturally do this, making safety protocols vital.
What is slow down?
This top tier of Maslow’s pyramid represents a person’s need to learn, create, and realize their full potential.
What is the need for self-=actualization?
Allowing residents to choose their own outfits or decide where to sit at dinner promotes this type of person-centered care.
What is promoting independence and choice?
Because many religious beliefs dictate dietary restrictions, followers of this specific religion traditionally do not eat pork.
What is Judaism ( Jewish people)?
Selecting an occupation, choosing a mate, and learning to live with a partner are major life tasks during this specific adults phase (Ages 18 to 40).
What is young adulthood?
Due to aging, this vital organ pumps less efficiently, and oxygen levels in the blood begin to decrease.
What is the heart?
This term describes touching or rubbing sexual organs for pleasure, an activity residents retain the right to perform in privacy.
What is masturbation?
This acronym represents the federal law requiring facilities to provide and activities program designed to meet a resident’s physical and psychosocial interest.
What is OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)?
This term means having a prejudice or fixed negative attitude toward a person or group before knowing the facts.
What is bias (or prejudice)?
This term refers to prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination directed against older persons.
What is ageism?
This language-related term was formerly known as “mental retardation” and impacts and individual‘s ability to learn, communicate, and live independently.
What is an intellectual disability?