UPDATE 2026
HVAC - Answers heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
abuse - Answers use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
accessibility - Answers handiness: the quality of being at hand when needed
accident reporting - Answers In a health care facility, such as a hospital, nursing home, or assisted
living, an incident report or accident report is a form that is filled out in order to record details of an
unusual event that occurs at the facility, such as an injury to a patient.
accounting - Answers the action or process of keeping financial accounts.
accounting methods - Answers Two primary accounting methods, cash and accrual basis, are used to
calculate taxable income for U.S. federal income taxes.
accounts receivable - Answers money owed to a company by its debtors.
addressing staff problems - Answers a formal speech delivered to the staff as a result of troubles
brought up regarding the staff
ADL's - Answers Activities of Daily Living. Routine activities that people tend do everyday without
needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs
administration - Answers the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc
Administrator's duties - Answers the moral or legal obligations, responsibilities, that are done by a
person (the administrator) responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
administrator's responsibility - Answers the moral or legal obligations, responsibilities, that are done
by a person (the administrator) responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
administrator's responsibilities - Answers the moral or legal obligations, responsibilities, that are
done by a person (the administrator) responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
administrator's role - Answers the part the administrator is in charge of
admission - Answers the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or
institution.
admission agreement - Answers A contract that is drawn up between the facility (community) and
the resident specifying the services that will be provided by the facility, the monthly rates, the house
rules, the visitor policy and conditions under which a resident may be asked to leave the facility.
admission policies - Answers a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government,
party, business, or individual in regards to admission to a facility
advance directives - Answers a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment,
often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable
to communicate them to a doctor.
advocate - Answers a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
age discrimination - Answers Ageism, also called age discrimination is stereotyping of and
discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age. It is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms,
and values used to justify age based prejudice and discrimination. This may be casual or systematic.
aging - Answers the process of growing old.
aging in place - Answers According to AIPatHome Aging in place (aka 'age in place') is the ability to
live in one's own home - wherever that might be - for as long as confidently and comfortably possible.
Alzheimer's - Answers progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to
generalized degeneration of the brain. It is the most common cause of premature senility.
Alzheimer's disease - Answers Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.
Alzheimer's disease (AD), is one form of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. It affects
memory, thinking, and behavior.
approach to staff - Answers a way of dealing with the staff
arteriosclerosis - Answers he thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring typically
in old age.
arthritis - Answers painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
assessment - Answers the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or
something.
assets - Answers a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality.
at will and just cause - Answers A reasonable and lawful ground for action. Appearing in statutes,
contracts, and court decisions,
, balance sheet - Answers a statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business or other
organization at a particular point in time, detailing the balance of income and expenditure over the
preceding period.
balancing books - Answers Closing up of accounts at the end of an accounting period, by bringing the
totals of their debit and credit sides into agreement
behavior - Answers the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, esp. toward others.
behavior management - Answers Behavior management is similar to behavior modification. It is a less
intensive version of behavior therapy. In behavior modification the focus is on changing behavior,
while in behavior management the focus is on maintaining order.
benefits - Answers an advantage or profit gained from something.
blood sugar - Answers the concentration of glucose in the blood.
budget - Answers an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
budgeting - Answers allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget.
calculations - Answers a mathematical determination of the size or number of something.
care - Answers the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and
protection of someone or something.
care models - Answers A model that represents the ideal system of healthcare for people with
chronic disease and an approach to re-designing healthcare to mirror that ideal system.
cash flow - Answers the total amount of money being transferred into and out of a business, esp. as
affecting liquidity.
cause of disability - Answers the reason for the resident's physical or mental condition that limits
their movements, senses, or activities.
CEU - Answers One CEU = ten contact hours of participation in organized continuing
education/training experience under responsible, qualified direction and instruction.
chronic disease - Answers In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that is long-lasting or recurrent.
The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development.
cleaning - Answers to make free from dirt, marks, or stains.
compensation - Answers (of a payment) intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss,
suffering, or injury.
components of marketing program - Answers elements of a marketing program
congestive heart failure - Answers a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs
and surrounding body tissues.
cooking temperature - Answers the degree or intensity of heat needed for cooking certain foods
corrective action - Answers A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness
identified in a management system.
CQI - Answers Continuous Quality Improvement. An approach to quality management that builds
upon traditional quality assurance methods by emphasizing the organization and systems
current asset - Answers cash and other assets that are expected to be converted to cash within a
year.
debits and credits - Answers Debit and credit are formal bookkeeping and accounting terms. They are
the most fundamental concepts in accounting, representing the two sides of each individual
transaction recorded in any accounting system.
dehydration - Answers dryness resulting from the removal of water
delegating - Answers entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less
senior than oneself.
delegation - Answers the act or process of entrusting a task or responsibility to another person less
senior than oneself
delinquent - Answers (typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized
by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
democratic management style - Answers Democratic leadership, also known as participative
leadership, is a type of leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role
in the decision-making process.
diabetes - Answers a metabolic disease in which the body's inability to produce any or enough insulin
causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood .
diet manual - Answers a food guide
direct mail - Answers unsolicited advertising sent to prospective customers through the mail.
disagreement - Answers lack of consensus or approval.