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85 relations: Accessibility, Activities of daily living, Advance care planning, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, Antipsychotic, Assisted feeding, Attachment theory, Blood glucose monitoring, Blood pressure, Bone density, Breast cancer screening, Child custody, Choosing Wisely, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cognitive skill, Colonoscopy, Dementia, Dialysis, Dietary supplement, Dietitian, Dignity, Dignity of risk, Disability, Disease, DMOZ, Donepezil, Dorling Kindersley, Dysphagia, End-of-life care, Exercise, Falling (accident), Family law, Feeding tube, Food energy, Friendship, Grief, Hand washing, Healthy diet, Heart arrhythmia, Hobby, Hospice, Human body temperature, Human body weight, Human nutrition, Hygiene, Hypnotic, Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, Insulin (medication), Laundry, ..., Legal guardian, Low sodium diet, Memantine, Mental disorder, Mental health, Mind–body interventions, Misnomer, Multiple sclerosis, Old age, Orexigenic, Outline of relationships, Palliative care, Parkinson's disease, Physical security, Pressure ulcer, Prostate cancer screening, Quality of life, Respite care, Sandwich generation, Screening (medicine), Self-care, Sharps waste, Sleep hygiene, Smoke detector, Social network, Social support, Socialization, Stroke, Temperature control, Thermometer, Thirst, Unlicensed assistive personnel, Unpaid work, Wage, Young carer. Expand index (35 more) »
Accessibility
Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people who experience disabilities.
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Activities of daily living
Activities of daily living (ADLs or ADL) is a term used in healthcare to refer to people's daily self care activities.
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Advance care planning
Advance care planning is a process that enables individuals to make plans about their future health care.
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American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is a professional organization for physicians specializing in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.
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Antipsychotic
Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics or major tranquilizers, are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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Assisted feeding
Assisted feeding, also called hand feeding or oral feeding, is the action of a person feeding another person who cannot otherwise feed themselves.
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Attachment theory
Attachment theory is a psychological model that attempts to describe the dynamics of long-term and short-term interpersonal relationships between humans.
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Blood glucose monitoring
Blood glucose monitoring is a way of testing the concentration of glucose in the blood (glycemia).
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Blood pressure
Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels.
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Bone density
Bone density, or bone mineral density (BMD), is the amount of bone mineral in bone tissue.
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Breast cancer screening
Breast cancer screening is the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis.
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Child custody
Child custody and legal guardianship are legal terms which are used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and a child in that person's care, such as the right to make decisions on behalf of a child and the duty to care for and support the child.
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Choosing Wisely
Choosing Wisely is a United States-based health educational campaign, led by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term breathing problems and poor airflow.
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Cognitive skill
Cognitive functioning is a term referring to an individual’s ability to process to (thoughts) that should not deplete on a large scale in healthy individuals.
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Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy or coloscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.
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Dementia
Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning.
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Dialysis
In medicine, dialysis (from Greek διάλυσις, diàlysis, "dissolution"; from διά, dià, "through", and λύσις, lỳsis, "loosening or splitting") is the process of removing excess water, solutes and toxins from the blood in those whose native kidneys have lost the ability to perform these functions in a natural way.
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Dietary supplement
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement the diet when taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid.
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Dietitian
A dietitian (or dietician) is an expert in dietetics; that is, human nutrition and the regulation of diet.
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Dignity
Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically.
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Dignity of risk
Dignity of risk is the idea that self-determination and the right to take reasonable risks are essential for dignity and self esteem, thus should not be impeded by excessively cautious caregivers concerned about their duty of care.
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Disability
A disability is an impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these.
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Disease
A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.
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DMOZ
DMOZ (from directory.mozilla.org, an earlier domain name) was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links.
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Donepezil
Donepezil, marketed under the trade name Aricept, is a medication used in the palliative treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages.
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Dysphagia
Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing.
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End-of-life care
End-of-life care (or EoLC) refers to health care, not only of a person in the final hours or days of their lives, but more broadly care of all those with a terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive, and incurable.
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Exercise
Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
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Falling (accident)
Falling is the second leading cause of accidental death worldwide and is a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly.
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Family law
Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
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Feeding tube
A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation.
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Food energy
Food energy is chemical energy that animals (including humans) derive from food through the process of cellular respiration.
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Friendship
Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people.
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Grief
Grief is a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed.
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Hand washing
Hand washing, also known as hand hygiene, is the act of cleaning hands for the purpose of removing soil, dirt, and microorganisms.
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Healthy diet
A healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health.
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Heart arrhythmia
Heart arrhythmia (also known as arrhythmia, dysrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat) is a group of conditions in which the heartbeat is irregular, too fast, or too slow.
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Hobby
A hobby is a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time.
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Hospice
Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs.
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Human body temperature
Normal human body temperature, also known as normothermia or euthermia, is the typical temperature range found in humans.
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Human body weight
Human body weight refers to a person's mass or weight.
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Human nutrition
Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and health.
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Hygiene
Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.
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Hypnotic
Hypnotic (from Greek Hypnos, sleep) or soporific drugs, commonly known as sleeping pills, are a class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or surgical anesthesia.
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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) is a device implantable inside the body, able to perform cardioversion, defibrillation, and (in modern versions) pacing of the heart.
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Insulin (medication)
Insulin is a protein hormone that is used as a medication to treat high blood glucose.
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Laundry
Laundry refers to the washing of clothing and other textiles.
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Legal guardian
A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward.
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Low sodium diet
A low sodium diet is a diet that includes no more than 1,500 to 2,400 mg of sodium per day.
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Memantine
Memantine is used to treat moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease. It acts on the glutamatergic system by blocking NMDA receptors. It was first synthesized by Eli Lilly and Company in 1968 as a potential agent to treat diabetes; the NMDA activity was discovered in the 1980s.
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Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Mental health
Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness.
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Mind–body interventions
Mind–body interventions are medical and pseudomedical interventions based on the idea of the mind influencing the physical body.
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Misnomer
A misnomer is a name or term that suggests an idea that is known to be wrong.
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Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.
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Old age
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle.
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Orexigenic
An orexigenic, or appetite stimulant, is a drug, hormone, or compound that increases appetite and may induce hyperphagia.
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Outline of relationships
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to interpersonal relationships.
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Palliative care
Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical and nursing care for people with life-limiting illnesses.
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Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system.
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Physical security
Physical security describes security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to facilities, equipment and resources and to protect personnel and property from damage or harm (such as espionage, theft, or terrorist attacks).
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Pressure ulcer
Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, pressure injuries, bedsores, and decubitus ulcers, are localized damage to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of pressure or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction.
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Prostate cancer screening
Prostate cancer screening is the screening process used to detect undiagnosed prostate cancer in those without signs or symptoms.
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Quality of life
Quality of life (QOL) is the general well-being of individuals and societies, outlining negative and positive features of life.
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Respite care
Respite care is planned or emergency temporary care provided to caregivers of a child or adult.
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Sandwich generation
The Sandwich Generation is a generation of people (usually in their 30s or 40s) who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.
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Screening (medicine)
Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used in a population to identify the possible presence of an as-yet-undiagnosed disease in individuals without signs or symptoms.
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Self-care
In health care, self-care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated.
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Sharps waste
Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin.
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Sleep hygiene
Sleep hygiene is the recommended behavioral and environmental practice that is intended to promote better quality sleep.
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Smoke detector
A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire.
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Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.
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Social support
Social support is the perception and actuality that one is cared for, has assistance available from other people, and most popularly, that one is part of a supportive social network.
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Socialization
In sociology, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.
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Stroke
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.
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Temperature control
Temperature control is a process in which change of temperature of a space (and objects collectively there within) is measured or otherwise detected, and the passage of heat energy into or out of the space is adjusted to achieve a desired average temperature.
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Thermometer
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient.
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Thirst
Thirst is the craving for fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink.
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Unlicensed assistive personnel
Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is a class of paraprofessionals who assist individuals with physical disabilities, mental impairments, and other health care needs with their activities of daily living (ADLs) and provide bedside care—including basic nursing procedures—all under the supervision of a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or other health care professional.
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Unpaid work
Unpaid labor is defined as labor that does not receive any direct remuneration.
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Wage
A wage is monetary compensation (or remuneration, personnel expenses, labor) paid by an employer to an employee in exchange for work done.
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Young carer
A young carer is a young person who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who has any type of illness, disability or addiction and cannot manage without the young carer's support.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caregiver
