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Accountable

Back 1

Answerable for one action's

Front 2

Activites of daily living (ADLs)

Back 2

Personal daily care task, including bathing,skin,.nail and hair care, walking,eating and drinking,mouth care, dressing transfering, and toileting.

Front 3

Acute care.

Back 3

24 hour skilled care for short term illnesses or injures; generally given in hospitals and and abulatory surgical centers.

Front 4

Adaptive devices

Back 4

Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs also called assistive devices.

Front 5

Adult daycare

Back 5

Care given to adults during daytime work hours.

Front 6

Assistant living

Back 6

Resident for people who require some help

Front 7

Delegation

Back 7

Transferring authority to a person

Front 8

Dementia

Back 8

Loss of mental abilities

Front 9

Diagnosis

Back 9

Identification of a disease

Front 10

Epathetic

Back 10

Identify with someone's feeling

Front 11

First impressions

Back 11

Classifying a person at first meeting.

Front 12

Assistive devices

Back 12

Special equipment to help people who are ill or disabled

Front 13

Care team

Back 13

Group of people who provide resident care

Front 14

Chain of command

Back 14

Order of authority within a facility

Front 15

Charge nurse

Back 15

Nurse responsible for the team

Front 16

Chronic

Back 16

illness or condition that is long term or long lasting

Front 17

Cite

Back 17

Long term care facility find problem through survey

Front 18

Conscientious

Back 18

Guided by right and wrong principled

Front 19

Continuity of care

Back 19

Coordination of care the team is always exchanging info about the resident and work toward shared goals.

Front 20

Courteous

Back 20

Polite kind and considerate