Long Term Care

Vocabulary flashcards related to long term care options and associated definitions.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 25

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being for himself and his family.

Acute Care Hospital

Comprehensive medical management for acute conditions or exacerbation of chronic conditions.

Rehabilitation Facility

Provides complex medical management or intensive rehabilitation services; patient must be able to tolerate and benefit from a minimum of 3 hours of therapy per day.

Skilled Nurse Facility (SNF)

Provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative services; also referred to as an extended care facility

Nursing Home

Provides unskilled care; patients may receive a functional maintenance program carried out by certified nursing aides; Medicare NOR insurance pays

Hospice Care

Covered by insurance and Medicaid; covered under Medicare if patient has been deemed with less than 6 months to live; includes intermittent nursing, PT, OT (if at home), home health aide and homemaker, and drugs including outpatient drugs.

Home Health (Medicare Coverage Conditions)

Needs intermittent skilled nursing, is homebound, and certified there is a reasonable expectation that significant functional improvement will result from treatment

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Set standards for nursing homes, including 24-hour care.