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- Advance Directives
- Document authorizing another person to make desicions for person unable to make or communicate decisions regarding health care.
- Client
- Person who purchases health care services, term often used by social workers and home health agencies.
- Confidentiality
- Holding in trust, keeping private, not sharing spoken and written words about a resident.
- Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Document authorizing another person to make desicions for person unable to make or communicate decisions regarding health care.
- Ethincs
- Standards of behavior and moral judgement to evaluate right and wrong.
- Ombudsman
- An advocate or representative who speaks or writes in support of residents for their cause or complaint.
- Etiquette
- Acceptable manners or social behavior in public or work places.
- Job Description
- Duties and responsibilities involved in a work position.
- Living Will
- Document authorizing another person to make health care decisions according to document instructions in terminal conditions when a person is unable to make or communicate decisions.
- Patient
- Person having physical or emotional illness who receives care from health care workers.
- Resident
- Person living in long term care facility; often elderly; usually a permanent home.
- Team Work
- Joint action by a group of people with individual and group skills to coordinate efforts to efficiently complete tasks.