Caregiver Complete Set: (Complete set
of glossary of terms for Caregiver
program)
Abuse
(Ans- The intentional infliction of physical harm; injury caused by negligent
acts or omissions; unreasonable confinement; sexual abuse or sexual
assault; or a pattern of ridiculing or demeaning a resident, making
derogatory remarks, verbally harassing, or threatening to inflict physical
harm on a resident
Accept
(Ans- An individual begins living in and receiving services at an assisted
living facility; or<br /> b. An individual begins receiving adult day health
care services or respite care services from an assisted living facility
Accident
(Ans- means an unexpected occurrence that causes harm to a resident
Activities of daily living
(Ans- Bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, mobility, transfer, and toileting.
Adult day health care services
(Ans- A program that provides planned care supervision and activities,
personal care, personal living skills training, meals and health monitoring in
a group setting during a portion of a continuous twenty-four hour period.
Adult day health services may also include preventive, therapeutic and
restorative health related services that do not include behavioral health
services.
Adult foster care
(Ans- A residential setting which provides room and board and adult foster
care services for at least one and no more than four adults who are
participants in the Arizona long-term care system pursuant to Chapter 29,
Article 2 of this title and in which the sponsor or the manager resides with
the residents and integrates the residents who are receiving adult foster
care into that person’s family.
Applicant
(Ans- An individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that has
submitted an application for,
a. An assisted living facility license; b. Department approval of an
exemption in R9-10-702; or c. Department approval of an assisted living
training program.
Assessment
(Ans- A written analysis of a resident’s abilities; preferences; and need for
supervisory care services, personal care services, or directed care
services.
Assistance
(Ans- The help or aid necessary to complete a function or a task.
Assistant Caregiver
(Ans- An assisted living facility that provides resident rooms or residential
units to eleven or more residents.
Assisted living facility
(Ans- A residential care institution, including adult foster care, that provides
or contracts to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or
directed care services on a continuing basis.
Assisted living home
(Ans- An assisted living facility that provides resident rooms to ten or fewer
residents.
Bathing
(Ans- Washing, rinsing, and drying all parts of an individual’s body.