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54 Cards in this Set
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Physical Needs
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Food and water
Protection and shelter Activity Sleep and rest Comfort, especially freedom from pain |
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Psychosocial Needs
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Love and affection
Acceptance by others Safety and security Self-reliance and independence in daily living Contact with others Success and self esteem |
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Bottom to Top:
Physical Needs Safety and security Need for love Need for self-esteem Need for self-actualization |
Order of Importance
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Masturbation
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To touch or rub sexual organs to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure.
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Respecting Sexual Needs
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If you encounter a sexual situation between consenting adult residents, provide privacy and leave the room.
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Holistic Care
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Caring for the whole person, the mind as well as the body.
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Activities of Daily Living ADL's
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Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) are the personal care tasks a person does every day to care for himself.
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Cultural Diversity
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Refers to different groups of people with varied backgrounds and experiences living together in the world.
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Activity
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An essential part of a person's life; improves and maintains physical and mental health.
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Families Roles
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Help residents make care decisions.
Communicating with the care team. Giving support and encouragement. Connecting resident to the outside world. Offering assurance to dying residents that family memories and traditions will be valued and carried on. |
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7 Stages of Human Development
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Infancy (Birth to 12 months)
Toddler (1-3) Preschool (3-6 years) School-Age (6-10) Preadolescence (10-13) Adolescence (13-19) Young Adulthood (19-40) Middle Adulthood (40-65) Late Adulthood (65+) |
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Cephalocaudal
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Head to feet
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Infancy (Birth to 12 Months)
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From total dependence to the relative dependence of moving around, communicating basic needs, and feeding himself. Physical movement moves from the head down. Example, gain control over the neck before the shoulders.
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Toddler (1-3)
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Independence, new control over body, learn to speak, gain coordination in limbs, and control bladder and bowls.
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Coordination
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Preschool (3-6)
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Develop new skills that will help them become more independent and have social relationships. Learn new words, language skills, and how to play in groups.
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Preadolescence (10-13)
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A growing sense of self-identity and a strong sense of identity with their peers.
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Adolescence (13-19)
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Puberty, secondary sex characteristics, such as body hair appear. Reproductive organs begun to function.
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Young Adulthood (19-40)
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Physical growth usually complete, psychological and social development continues. Selecting education, occupation, mate, children, etc.
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Middle Adulthood (40-65)
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More comfortable and stable, major life decisions usually already made, physical changes due to aging occur.
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Late Adulthood (65+)
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Adjust to the effects of aging.
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Ageism
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Prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older persons or the elderly.
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Developmental Disabilities
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Disabilities that are present at birth or emerge during childhood, it is a chronic condition.
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Intellectual Disability
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A type of development disability, people develop at a below-average rate.
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Formerly called mental retardation.
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Apathy
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Lack of interest in activities.
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Major Depressive Disorder
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Major depression, may cause a loss of interest in everything that was once cared about.
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Bipolar Disorder
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Manic-depressive illness; causes a person to swing from deep depression to extreme activity.
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Anxiety
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Uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition.
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Phobia
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Intense form or anxiety or fear.
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Claustrophobia
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Claustrophobia
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The fear of being in a confined space.
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Panic Disorder
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When a person has repeated episodes of intense fear that something bad will occur.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD
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An anxiety disorder characterized by obsessive behavior or thoughts.
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Schizophrenia
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A brain disorder that affects a person's ability to think and communicate early.
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Hallucinations
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False or distorted sensory perceptions.
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Delusions
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Persistent false beliefs.
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Psychotherapy
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A method of treating mental illness that involves talking about one's problems with mental health professionals.
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Intellectual Disability vs. Mental Illness
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About intellectual disability is a development disability that causes below-average mental functioning that may affect a person's ability to care for himself. Mental illness may or may not affect mental ability. Many mental illnesses can be cured with treatment, intellectual disabilities cannot, although they can be helped.
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Terminal Illness
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Disease or condition that will eventually cause death.
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Grief
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Deep distress or sorrow over a loss.
Five Stages: 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance |
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Denial Stage
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May refuse to believe they are dying, believe a mistake had been made, may avoid discussion, may act like it's not happening.
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Anger Stage
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Angry that they're dying, that they're too young, that they've always taken care of themselves.
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Bargaining Stage
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May make promises to God, care providers, or others, may somehow try to bargain for their recovery.
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Depression Stage
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Deeply sad or depressed, may cry or withdrawl, or be unable to do even simple things.
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Acceptance Stage
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Accepting death or even preparing for it, may arrange with loved ones for the care of important things, make plans for their last days or for ceremonies that may follow their death.
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Advance Directives
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Legal documents that allow people to choose what medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
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Living Will
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Outlines the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions.
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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
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Sometimes called a health care proxy; is a signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do it.
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Do-Not Resuscitate DNR
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Another tool that helps medical providers honor wishes about care.
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Hearing
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Usually the last sense to leave the body.
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Legal Rights for Dying Residents
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The right to refuse treatment.
The right to have visitors. The right to have privacy. Die in peace and dignity. Etc. |
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Cheyne-Stokes
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Alternating periods of slow, irregular respirations, and rapid, shallow respirations.
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Respirations
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Postmortem Care
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Care of the body after death.
Rigor Mortis is Latin for the temporary condition, stiffness of death. |
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Hospice Care
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Term for special care that a dying person needs, a compassionate way to care for dying people and their families. Uses a holistic approach, it treats the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.
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Palliative Care
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The goals are the comfort and the dignity of the patient in hospice care.
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Palliative Care
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The goals are the comfort and the dignity of the patient in hospice care.
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