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Long-term care (LTC) is given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour skilled.
Skilled care is medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist; it is available 24
hours a day.
-Nursing homes was once widely used to refer to these facilities.
Subacute care is given in hospitals or long-term facilities.
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Outpatient care is usually given to people who have had treatments, procedures, or surgeries and
need short-term skilled care.
Rehabilitation is care given by a specialist
Hospice care is given in facilities or homes for people who have about six months or less to live.
Length of stay is the number of days a person stays in a care facility. -It can be days to years.
terminal illness is when a illness will eventually cause death.
Chronic Conditions means that the condition last a long period of time, even a lifetime. Include:
Physical disabilities, heart disease, and dementia or examples of chronic
conditions.
Long-term care facilities are businesses that provide skilled nursing care 24 hours a day
.-The typical long-term care facility offers personal care for all residents and
focused care for residents with special needs.
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Activities of daily (ADL) are personal care includes bathing; skin, nail, and hair care; mouth care; and
assistance with walking, eating and drinking, dressing, transferring, and
elimination.
Common services that are offered at a long-term care -Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
-Wound care
-Care of different types of tubes, such as catheters
-Nutrition therapy
-Management of chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, diabetes,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer, and congestive heart
failure (CHF)
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