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Nursing Assistant
Understanding Healthcare settings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Healthcare system? | It refers to the different kinds of providers, facilities and payers involved in delivering medical care. |
| Describe long-term care and what type of care it involves | it is given in long-term care facilities to people who need 24-hours skilled care |
| Another name for long-term care facility is | skilled nursing facility |
| Describe Adult day service | it is a type of care for people who need some assistance and supervision during certain hours |
| Acute care | it is 24 hours skilled care given in hospitals for people who require short term and immediate care for illness or injury |
| Subacute care | it is care given in hospitals or long term facilities for people who need less care than for an acute illness but more care than for a chronic illness |
| Rehabilitation | Care given by specialists to restore or improve function after and illness or injury |
| Hospice care | Care given to people who have approximately six months or less to live |
| People who live in long term care facilities are usually called | Residents |
| Chronic illnesses or conditions means | the illness or condition last a long time |
| A form of health insurance in which patients are encouraged to receive care from a network of approved providers, but can see other providers at an additional cost | PPOs (preferred provider organizations) |
| People or organizations paying for healthcare services | Payers |
| A form of health insurance in which the cost of care is covered only when a person uses a particular doctor or group of doctors except in case of emergency | HMOs (health maintenance organizations) |
| Places where health care is delivered or administered | facilities |
| Cost control strategies for health care | Managed care |
| List five services commonly offered at long-term care facilities | |
| Who makes up the majority of residents in long-term care | |
| what are two general categories of residents who stay in a care facility for less than six months | |
| List five common policies ta long-term care facilities | |
| when surveyors visit a facilities, what do they study and observe | |
| whom does Medicare insurance cover | |
| Define person-centered care | |
| what is home health care | |
| List a fact about assisted living facilities | |
| List a fact about adult day service | |
| List a fact about acute care | l |
| List a fact about subacute care | l |
| List a fact about outpatient care | l |
| list a fact about rehabilitation | l |
| List a fact about hospice care |