WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Rising costs of providing technology, drugs and services. Answer:
The most pressing cause of health care reform has been :
◉ Support services provided through home care DO NOT include.
Answer: Respiratory Therapy
◉ A holistic approach to health. Answer: Takes into account the
whole person
◉ Do people with strong emotional health show their emotions
easily?. Answer: People with strong emotional health do not show
their emotions easily.
◉ Acute Illness. Answer: Appears suddenly and lasts a short time
◉ People usually recover from chronic illness. Answer: This is not
true of chronic illness
◉ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: A system that arranges
human needs into categories
,◉ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Answer: the bill
identifying human rights that are guaranteed to everyone in Canada;
on every level and embedded in the Constitution of Canada
◉ Provincial Human Rights Codes. Answer: Freedom from
discrimination, harassment. Equal treatment with respect to
services and facilities, age, sex, ethnicity. Does not promote the right
to vote
◉ informed consent. Answer: Must include information about the
nature of the treatment, discuss potential risks and side effects,
likely consequences of not having the treatment. Does not include
reassurance that this is the best and only option.
◉ Negligence. Answer: careless neglect, often resulting in injury.
Prison term is unlikely.
◉ Assault. Answer: Intentional attempt or threat to touch a persons
body without the persons consent.
◉ False Imprisonment. Answer: the illegal restraint of another
person's movement
, ◉ prejudice. Answer: preconceived opinion that is not based on
reason or actual experience
◉ Activities of Daily Living. Answer: Self care activities that people
perform to remain independant and function in society
◉ Unregulated Health Care Provider. Answer: Personal Support
Worker
◉ Professionalism. Answer: An approach to work that demonstrates
a respect for others, commitment, competence and appropriate
behaviour
◉ Hospitals. Answer: Work settings that provide acute care
◉ respite services. Answer: service that provides a temporary break
to family caregivers
◉ Residents in retirement facilities. Answer: older adults with
limited care needs
◉ Membership of the healthcare team. Answer: determined by the
clients needs