is for Activities of Daily Living

Activities of daily living are used to measure disability.

The six basic activities measured are eating,bathing,dressing, using the toilet, maintaining continence, and getting in and out of bed/chair.

is for board-and-care homes

Board -and-care homes are basic long term care homes. They provide many services including physically supportive dwelling units, assisting with medication, and light care with ADLs, but do not provide nursing care.

A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is a nurse aide who assists patients with healthcare needs.

Their duties include:

*Taking Vitals

*Serve meals and help patients eat

* Bathe and dress patients

*Help patient move

is for Certified Nursing Assistant

is for Disability

Disability is a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more of a person's ability to complete basic life activities.

is for Eldery

The elderly are people who are 65+ older

*13 percent of the elderly need long term care

*13 percent of men 65+ report needing assisting for ADL

*62 percent need assistance in bathing

*40 percent suffer from Alzheimer or dementia

is for Focus Group

Focus group is a group of people who participate in unstructured session with a skilled moderator to discuss their thoughts and feelings on an issue.

is for Group Homes

Group homes are small, family-run homes licensed to provide room, board,supervision,and personal care to non-related adults who can not live independently.

is for Home Health

Home health is the delivery of services like nursing care and rehabilitation care to patients in their own homes because the patients do not need to be in an assisting living institute.

is for Informal Care

Informal care are those unpaid services provided by family or others .

is for Joint Commission

Joint Commission accredits and certifies health care organization creating a check and balance for health organizations. It creates a standard in which we all health care facilities must follow.

is for Kickback Provision Laws

Kickbacks where process where a doctor will reffed a patient to certain doctors for personal gain. In which the government created the Anti-Kickback provisions laws is a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange , of anything of value, in an effort to induce the referral of federal health care program business.

is for long term care facility

A long term care facility is an institution,commonly referred to as a nursing home, that is a duly licensed to provide long-term care services.

is for Meals on Wheels

Meals on wheels is a home-delivered meal service.

Nationally

*1 in 6 seniors struggle with hunger

*126,065 senior are isolated, living aloone

*74,945 senior are threaten by hunger

is for Nursing Home Compare

Nursing Home Compare is is a CMS program that provides Web-accessible information on all Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities in the nation.

is for Occupational Therapists

These are therapists who provide a broad range of therapies that help patients recover or maintain the daily living and work skills.

The goal of these therapist are to help patients achieve independence and satisfaction in all facets of their lives.

is for Provider

Providers are all organizations or individuals that deliver Long Term Care services.