Module 1 HHA TERMS
Abandonment of care - answer Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and
before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical
training. (no call no show) or walking off job without a CNA or HHA replacement to care
for resident
Adult Protective Services - answer The primary agency that investigates claims of elder
abuse and neglect.
abuse - answer any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - answer law passed to expand access to insurance,
address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and
introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
Battery – answer unlawful touching of another person without consent
case management - answer A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN)
coordinates a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home
setting
CA Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) - answerAgency that is involved in monitoring
training of CNA's and HHA's and regulations for training and care or patients in
California
CA Dept. Of Social Services (CDSS) - answerThe California Department of Social
Services is one of 16 departments and offices in the California Health and Human
Services Agency. The Department is comprised of more than 4,200 employees who are
responsible for the oversight and administration of programs serving California's most
vulnerable residents.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - answera US government
organization that oversees services for the federally sponsored Medicare and Medicaid
insurance programs
Certification - answerA process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe
and ethical care.
commission - answerauthorization; act of giving authority to an individual
Community - answerAll the different populations that live together in an area
Abandonment of care - answer Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and
before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical
training. (no call no show) or walking off job without a CNA or HHA replacement to care
for resident
Adult Protective Services - answer The primary agency that investigates claims of elder
abuse and neglect.
abuse - answer any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - answer law passed to expand access to insurance,
address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and
introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
Battery – answer unlawful touching of another person without consent
case management - answer A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN)
coordinates a person's care from admission through discharge and into the home
setting
CA Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) - answerAgency that is involved in monitoring
training of CNA's and HHA's and regulations for training and care or patients in
California
CA Dept. Of Social Services (CDSS) - answerThe California Department of Social
Services is one of 16 departments and offices in the California Health and Human
Services Agency. The Department is comprised of more than 4,200 employees who are
responsible for the oversight and administration of programs serving California's most
vulnerable residents.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - answera US government
organization that oversees services for the federally sponsored Medicare and Medicaid
insurance programs
Certification - answerA process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe
and ethical care.
commission - answerauthorization; act of giving authority to an individual
Community - answerAll the different populations that live together in an area
