CAREGIVERS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS TEST #2
CAREGIVER: - Answers - A person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly
people, or the chronically ill)
-Anyone who provides assistance to someone else who
is, in some degree, incapacitated and needs help
Formal Worker - Answers - Paid/Volunteer
Formal Worker - Answers - Skilled/Trained
Formal Worker - Answers - Non skilled
Informal worker - Answers - Family or friend
Informal worker - Answers - Unpaid worker
Informal worker - Answers - No training received
Which worker is the main one to give assistance to the ill patients? - Answers - Nurses
What is a skilled worker? - Answers - They are considered to be an professional
-Nurse, Physicians, dietitians and social workers
What is a direct care workers? - Answers - Home health aides and patient care
attendants
What is a non skilled worker? - Answers - Homemakers, companions, transportation
services
Where are formal caregivers provided through? - Answers - Home care/ home health
care aide
Community/ social service agency
For profit organization
Why did formal care services increase? - Answers - Due to the increased:
• Senior population
• Desire to stay home
• Prevalence of chronic disease
What is the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)? - Answers
- Added provisions in the Medicaid program to incent states to improve LTSS
infrastructures & expand HCBS
CAREGIVER: - Answers - A person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly
people, or the chronically ill)
-Anyone who provides assistance to someone else who
is, in some degree, incapacitated and needs help
Formal Worker - Answers - Paid/Volunteer
Formal Worker - Answers - Skilled/Trained
Formal Worker - Answers - Non skilled
Informal worker - Answers - Family or friend
Informal worker - Answers - Unpaid worker
Informal worker - Answers - No training received
Which worker is the main one to give assistance to the ill patients? - Answers - Nurses
What is a skilled worker? - Answers - They are considered to be an professional
-Nurse, Physicians, dietitians and social workers
What is a direct care workers? - Answers - Home health aides and patient care
attendants
What is a non skilled worker? - Answers - Homemakers, companions, transportation
services
Where are formal caregivers provided through? - Answers - Home care/ home health
care aide
Community/ social service agency
For profit organization
Why did formal care services increase? - Answers - Due to the increased:
• Senior population
• Desire to stay home
• Prevalence of chronic disease
What is the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)? - Answers
- Added provisions in the Medicaid program to incent states to improve LTSS
infrastructures & expand HCBS
