Long-term Care
Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist
What is skilled care?
Setting where people need 24-hour skilled care
What is long-term care?
Federal health insurance for persons 65 years and older, kidney failure and some disabilities
Medicare
Health care worker who performs assigned nursing tasks and provides personal care
Who is a Nursing Assistant?
Daily personal tasks
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility
What is Length of Stay (LOS)?
Care provided in a person's home
Home health care
Federal agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services that oversees Medicare and Medicaid
What is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)?
Person who creates diets for the residents and supervises the preparation of food
Who is a dietitian?
The tasks that health care providers are legally allowed to do according to state and federal laws
What is Scope of Practice?
Condition lasts a long period of time, even a lifetime
What is chronic condition?
Residence for people who need some help with activities of daily living (ADLs)
What is assisted living?
Federal and state funded health insurance for persons with low income and/or disabilities
What is Medicaid?
Coordinates, manages and provides skilled nursing care
Who is a RN?
Describes the line of authority and helps make sure residents get proper care
What is chain of command?
Illness that eventually will cause death
What is terminal illness?
Twenty four hour skilled care in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center for people who need short-term or immediate care for illnesses or injuries
What is an acute care setting?
Helps pay for care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility or care from a home health agency or hospice
What is Medicare Part A
Central member of the health care team in long-term care
Emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care and recognizes and develops the person's capabilities
What is Person-centered care?
Medical conditions determined by a doctor
What is diagnosis?
Care given in facilities or homes for people who have six months or less to live
What is hospice care?
Medicare will only pay for care it determines to be ___________ _______________.
Medically, necessary
Team members who diagnose diseases or disabilities, develop treatment plans and prescribe treatments (identify two of three for points to be awarded)
Who are physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice nurses?
Individualized plan to help residents achieve goals of care and help the resident be as healthy possible