WGU C475 CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT/ HEALTH CARE POLICY & REFORM/ ASSESSMENT & ACRONYMS ETC. EXAM REVIEW.

WGU C475 CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT/ HEALTH CARE POLICY & REFORM/ ASSESSMENT & ACRONYMS ETC. EXAM REVIEW. AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication - -can both enhance (augmentative) & replace (alternative) conventional forms of expression for people who can't communicate through speech, writing, or gestures. USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - -an independent panel of private-sector experts in primary care and prevention whose mission is to evaluate the benefits of individual services & to create age, gender, and risk based recommendations about services that should routinely be incorporated into primary medical care. Healthy People 2010 - -utilized more than 350 national organizations and 250 state agencies to *develop a set of health care objectives to increase the quality and quantity of years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities.* Healthy People 2000 - -reduce preventable death and disability for Americans IADLS Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - -more complex activities Laundry, shopping for groceries, using a telephone, cooking, shopping, housekeeping, finances, taking medications, preparing meals, fixing things around the house, lawn care, AADLs Advanced Activities of Daily Living - -social, family, and community roles, occupation MMSE Mini Mental State Examination - -differentiate organic from functional disorders and to measure change in cognitive impairment. It is not used for diagnostics. It measures orientation, registration, attention and calculation, short-term recall, language, and visuospatial function