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Rehab and End-of-Life Care
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abduction | moving a body part away from the midline of the body |
| Active Assisted Range of Motion | exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are done by a resident with some help from a staff member |
| Adaptive Devices | special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADLs; also called assistive devices |
| Adduction | moving a body part toward the midline of the body |
| Dorsiflexion | bending backward |
| Extension | straightening a body part |
| Flexion | bending a body part |
| Foot Drop | weakness of muscles in the feet and ankles that interferes with the ability to flex the ankles and walk normally |
| Hyperextension | extending a joint beyond its normal range of motion |
| Opposition | touching the thumb to any other finger |
| Orthotic Devices | devices applied externally to limbs to support, protect, improve function, and prevent complications |
| Physiatrists | doctors who specialize in rehabilitation |
| Pronation | turning downward |
| Rehabilitation | care that is managed by professionals to restore a person to the highest possible level of functioning after an illness or injury |
| Restorative Care | care used after rehabilitation to maintain a person's function and increase independence |
| Rotation | turning the joint |
| Supination | turning upward |
| Anticipatory Grief | a period of mourning when the dying person or his family is expecting the death |
| Bereavement | the period following a loss in which mourning occurs |
| Complicated Grief | grief complicated by disorders or conditions, such as depression and substance abuse |
| Grief | a deeply emotional process that is a response to loss |
| Mourning | the period in which people work to adapt a loss; influenced by culture, tradition, and society |
| Palliative Care | care given to people who have serious, life-threatening diseases; goals are to control symptoms, reduce suffering, prevent side effects and complications, and maintain quality of life |
| Postmortem Care | care for the body after death |
| Rigor Mortis | Latin for "stiffness of death;" refers to the stiffness that occurs after death due to muscles becoming rigid |
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