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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Hospice? | Comprehensive services for persons with end-stage terminal illness; goal is to provide comfort and pain control |
| What is Probation? | Suspended sentence defers imprisonment |
| What is Parol? | Granting early release from prison; decision based evidence of good conduct and rehabilitation |
| What is Rehabilitation? | Encourages clients' participation in all aspects of decision making and provides opportunities for clients to assert increased autonomy and independence |
| What is an Adult Daycare? | A less expensive alternative to individual care and institutional placement along with more expansive possibilities for socialization, rehabilitation, and activities |
| What is Normalization? | People with developmental disabilities participate in age-appropriate activities in education, employment, and recreation |
| What is a Liberal POV? | Champions human rights and social equality; governmental solutions |
| What is a Conservative POV? | Promotes capitalistic free-market economy; old-school values |
| What is a Radical POV? | Acknowledges societal responsibility for inequalities and advocates social change; non capitalistic welfare state with equality in social benefits |
| What is Deinstitutionalization? | Provides care in less restrictive community-based services rather than in institutions |
| What is Mainstreaming? | Encourages enrollment of children who have developmental disabilities in regular classrooms |
| What is Workman's Compensation? | Benefits that cover individuals who cannot work because of work-related diseases or injuries |
| What is Unemployment? | Jobless |
| What is Ethnocentrism? | seeing the world only from one's own cultural perspective, and believing that this one perspective is both normal and correct |
| Different Types of Family | Nuclear, Single-Parent, Blended, LGBT, Multigenerational, and Grandparent-Headed |
| What is Social Policy? | Principles and courses of action that influence the overall quality of life as well as the circumstances of individuals in groups and their social relationships |
| Define Gerontological | Older adults |
| What is the Disability Act? | Indicates that the term "developmental disability" denotes a severe, chronic disability of a person 5 years of age or older |
| What is MedicAid? | Low income medical assistance program; Affordable Care Act |
| What is MediCare? | Insurance covering medical needs of those age 65 years and older and younger adults with disabilities |
| What does TANIF stand for? | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| What does SSI stand for? | Supplemental Security Income |
| What does SNAP stand for? | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| Child Maltreatment Types | Physical, Emotional, Neglect, and Sexual |
| What is the most prevalent form of child abuse? | Neglect |
| How many white people are considered to be in poverty? | 41.2% |
| Which group makes up the majority of the poverty population? | Women and children |
| What is Formal Kinship Care? | Placing children with relatives |
| What is the Purpose of Social Policy? | Redress inequalities in social institutions and provide assistance to persons in need |
| What is Victim Assistance? | Services for sexual assault, domestic violence, or aftermath of other crimes |
| What is General Assistance? | Local governments provide assistance for those requiring temporary or emergency relief; targets individuals not qualifying for other programs |
| How many Social Workers are in Healthcare? | 43% of all social workers |
| How many people suffer from a Mental Health disorder? | 1 in 4, or 25% |
| How many people, over the age of 18, provide unpaid care? | 43.5 million |
| Progressive Era | 1910-1920s |
| New Deal and the Great Depression | 1930s |
| Great Society Programs | 1960s |
| New Federalism | 1970s |
| Welfare Reform | 1990s |
| Health Care Reform | 2000s |
| What does policy focus on? | Specifications, feasibility, and merits |
| Policy influences practice | Practice informs policy |
| What is MediCare A? | Qualified hospitalization and in-patient care, skilled nursing care, home health services, and hospice care |
| What is MediCare B? | Medically necessary services and supplies, preventative care, durable equipment, ambulance fees, and mental health services |
| What is MediCare C? | Medicare advantage - combines Medicare A with supplemental insurance available through private insurance company |
| What is MediCare D? | Prescription drug coverage |
| How many African Americans are considered poor? | 24.1% |
| How many hispanics are poor? | 21.4% |
| How many asians are poor? | 11.4% |