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Grade A+
a health care residential facility that provides care for individuals with chronic diseases or
with disabilities.
Ans: long-term care facility
group that provides specialized care for dying clients and their families; primary concern is
the quality of life, not prolonging length of life; goal is to keep client as pain-free and as
comfortable as possible.
Ans: hospice
Duties of home care workers fall into two main categories-
Ans: care of the person and care of the home
designs a separate care plan to be followed for each client
,Ans: case manager
What is the purpose of the care plan designed by the case manager?
Ans: outlines the home care worker's responsibilities
keeps client company or maintains safety; usually doesn't provide personal or homemaking
services
Ans: companion
performs household duties, such as laundry and cooking, as well as light housecleaning
Ans: homemaker
assists with a minimal level of daily living activities, such as meal preparation and
companionship, as well as minimal assistance with personal care.
Ans: personal care worker
provides substantial assistance with personal care, such as bathing and dressing, as well as
supervised health assistance, such as assistance with rehabilitation activities and self-
administered medication
Ans: home health aide
,person who assists with general household tasks, personal care, and simple nursing duties,
such as feeding and bathing the client
Ans: homemaker/home health aide
works with the client with the goal of assisting the client with independent living under
professional supervision
Ans: home care aide
all those services that promote, maintain, and/or restore physical, social, or emotional health
to clients in the home setting
Ans: home health care
The entire health care team relies on the home health aide to provide-
Ans: vital observations, documentation, and communication
assesses overall needs of the client and decides what services should be provided; usually
performed by a nurse or social worker; may supervise the home care worker
Ans: case manager (CM)
general term for an agency, institution, or member of the health care team who provides
medical care for the consumer
, Ans: health care provider
a specialist who works with clients who have ostomies or clients who require special skin or
wound care
Ans: enterostomal therapist (RN, ET)
provides direct care to the client, such as treatments and medication; may supervise home
care workers.
Ans: licensed practical nurse (LPN)
specializes in additional training in physical examination and assessment [and works under a
health care provider's supervision]; may work with children, infants, clients who are
pregnant, older adults, and clients with cancer.
Ans: nurse practitioner (NP)
evaluates client's ability to perform skills necessary for independent daily living, such as
bathing, dressing, cooking; works with client to improve abilities; develops plan of care to be
assisted by family and home health aide.
Ans: occupational therapist (OT)