DHO Ch 1 Vocab

Care for the elderly. Examples include adult day care centers, retirement communities, assisted/independent living facilities, and  long-term care facilities.

• Holistic Health Care

• Integrative (Integrated) Health Care

• Home Health Care

• Geriatric Care

Care in the home. Examples include nursing care, physical and occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social services, as well as nutritional and food services.

• Holistic Health Care

• Integrative (Integrated) Health Care

  
  

• Home Health Care

• Geriatric Care

Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit.

• Holistic Health Care

• Integrative (Integrated) Health Care

• Home Health Care

• Geriatric Care

Uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative health care therapies to treat patients.

• Holistic Health Care

• Integrative (Integrated) Health Care

• Home Health Care

• Geriatric Care

Methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies.

• Alternative Therapies

• Complementary Therapies

• Biotechnology

• Outpatient Services

Patients receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities.

• Alternative Therapies

• Complementary Therapies

• Biotechnology

• Outpatient Services

The use of the genetic and biochemical processes of living systems and organisms to develop or modify useful products.

• Alternative Therapies

• Complementary Therapies

• Biotechnology

• Outpatient Services

Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.

• Alternative Therapies

• Complementary Therapies

• Biotechnology

• Outpatient Services

Requires states to establish training and competency evaluation programs for nursing and geriatric assistants and has led to the development of many regulations regarding long-term care and home health care.

• Cost Containment

• Energy Conservation

• Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs)

• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieve the maximum benefit for every dollar spent.

• Cost Containment

• Energy Conservation

• Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs)

• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)