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HS Rehabilitation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| disability | impaired physical or emotional functions |
| rehabilitation | the process of helping a person with a disability to return to his or her highest level of physical, emotional, or economic function |
| restorative care | measures that health care workers take to help a person regain health, strength, and function; the means by which rehabilitation is achieved |
| supportive devices | devices that help to stabilize a weak joint or limb; used in physical therapy to help a person with a disability regain function |
| assistive devices | Devices that make certain tasks (such as walking, eating, or dressing) easier for a person with a disability |
| prosthetic devices | artificial replacements for legs, feet, arms, or other body parts |
| frail | physically weak and fragile |
| physical therapy | treatment to prevent disability or to restore functioning through the use of exercise |
| occupational therapy | Therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life (as self-care skills - like dressing, bathing) especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities despite impairments or limitations in physical or mental functioning |
| chronic | continuing for a long time |
| acute | New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic |
| orthotic device | A device that helps support and align a limb and improve its functioning and helps prevent or correct deformities. |
| speech-language pathologist | assesses and treats persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders |
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