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Nursing Homes
Assisted Living
Home Health Care
Adult Day Care
The Elderly
100
A facility which provides ongoing skilled care to residents with chronic illnesses or who need assistance with multiple activities of daily living
What is a nursing home
100
A long-term care alternative for seniors who need more assistance than is available in a retirement community, but who do not require the heavy medical and nursing care provided in a nursing facility
What is assisted living
100
A type of medical service which provides care to patients who are homebound
What is home health care
100
community-based group programs designed to meet the needs of functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care
What is Adult Day Care Services
100
The elderly population is quickly growing to become the largest age demographic due to which generation of people.
Who are the Baby Boomers
200
Many nursing homes contain these areas to protect residents who frequently get disoriented and may wander away.
What is a secure dementia unit
200
Some candidates for assisted living experience early stages of this type of brain disease which typically manifests in elderly individuals.
What is dementia
200
Need of rehabilitation from broken bones is the primary reason why many consumers seek out home health care services for this type of musculoskeletal disorder
What is osteoporosis
200
All consumers of adult day care services suffer from at least one of these two things
What is physical or mental impairment
200
Physically disabled elderly adults require long-term care because of a need for assistance with one or more of these everyday tasks. (Name one)
What is Bathing, Dressing, Eating, Toileting, Transferring P.S. All of these tasks are called Activities of Daily Living or (ADLs)
300
The stigma nursing home have received due to the nature of their care. Increases in rehabilitative care and recreational services have been used to combat this idea
What is a "place where people go to die"
300
A majority of assisted living residents need assistance with this activity of daily living
What is bathing
300
Through a means of dual certification, home health care systems may apply to this financial assistance program which typically services those of low income
What is Medicaid
300
What type of care, typically given by a family member is often supplemented by adult day care services
What is informal care
300
An environment created within long-term care facilities where residents dignity is protected, and their previous living schedules are honored
What is a home like environment
400
Due to a growing "culture change" movement, more and more nursing homes are moving away from a structured/ institutionalized environment, and instead implementing this type of care culture.
What is person centered care
400
$2100 per month
What is the average cost of assisted living services
400
Like every other type of long term care, the largest group of home health care service patients belong to this racial and gender demographic
Who are caucasian women
400
These provided services are a distinguishing factor between adult day care centers and a typical senior center
What is medication managment, skilled nursing, and/or rehabilitative services
400
This type of infection may elicit drastic behavioral changes in older adults. It is often misdiagnosed because its symptoms manifest differently in younger individuals.
What is a Urinary Tract Infection
500
Almost half of a nursing home's finances are reimbursed by this financial assistance program.
What is Medicaid
500
Although Medicare will pay for the first 100 days of a residents stay, this is the primary method of payment for assisted living
What is out of pocket/ private pay
500
This financial assistance program is the primary payer of fome health care services
What is Medicare
500
Typically adult day care consumers use this type of payment for their care.
What is out of pocket payment/ private pay
500
This type of caregiver exists in every type of formal long-term care, and frequently provides the most amount of care while receiving the least amount of of personal and financial recognition.
Who are certified nursing assistants or nurses aides