Home Care and Hospice Care industry Definitions

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Accreditation	Activities of Daily Living (ADLs):
Acute Care	ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Administrator	Adult Day Care
Advance Directives	Aging in Place
Alzheimer's	Alzheimer's Association
Ambulatory	Assisted Living
Assisted Living Facilities	Assisted Living Facility
Assistive Technology	Care Plan
Caregiver	Caregiver Burnout
Case Management	Certificate of Need
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)	Charge Nurse
Companion Services	Companions
Congregate Housing	Conservatorship
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)	Continuum of Care
Dementia	Developmental Disability (DD)
Diabetes Care	Director of Nursing (DON):
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)	Durable Medical Equipment (DME)?
Face Sheet	Geriatric Care
Geriatric Care Manager	Geriatric Home Care
Guardian	Guardianship
HMO	Home Care
Home Health	Home Health Agency
Home Health Aide	Home Health Care
Home Health Care Agencies	Home Health Care Provider
Home Infusion Therapy	Hospice
Hospice Care	Hospice Care Providers
Independent Living	Independent Living Communities
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)	Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Life Care Community	Long-Term Care
Long-term Care Insurance	Managed Care
Medicaid	Medicaid
Medical Director	Medical Social Workers
Medicare	Medications Management
Medigap Insurance	Medigap Insurance
Non-Ambulatory	Nurse Assistant
Nursing Home	Occupational Therapy
Outpatient Therapy	Palliative Care
Paratransit	Peer Review Organization (PRO)
Physical Therapy	Power of Attorney
Private Duty Nursing	Registered Nurse (RN):
Rehabilitation	Respiratory Therapy
Respite Care	Reverse Mortgages
Skilled Nursing Facility	Speech Therapy
Subacute Care	Sundown Syndrome

Home Care and Hospice Care industry Definitions

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