Unit 1 UNderstanding Health Care Vocab

People or organizations that pay for health care services

• Providers

• Payers

• Facilities

An illness that will eventually cause death

• acute

• chronic

• terminal

• autoimmune

a ________________ is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs

• Policy

• Procedure

the process of transforming services for elders so that they are based on the values and practices of the person receiving care

• Policy

• Facility

• Procedure

• Culture change

a method or way of doing something. Specific instructions.

• Procedure

• Policy

Medical conditions that are determined by a doctor

• signs

• diagnosis

• prognosis

• symptoms

places where care is delivered or administered

• facilities

• providers

• payers

• insurance

the serious loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating

• terminal illness

• chronic illness

• dementia

• Acute illness

the number of days that a patient stays in a healthcare facility

• long-term care

• hospice care

• acute care

• length of stay

The term used for people receiving care in a Nursing Home

• client

• residents

• patients