Glossary

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b
Baptism
Bipolar disorder
Bizarre Delusion

c
Cardiovascular
Care Agreement
Care Coordination
Care Plan
Caregiver
Caregiver Burden
Caregiver Burnout
Caregiver Stress
Case Manager
Chemotherapy
Chronic
Compassion Fatigue
Competent
Comprehensive health insurance
Compulsion
Consumer-directed services (CD)
Continuum of care
Counselors
Countable assets

d
Decision-Making Authority
Deductible
Delusions
Dementia
Depersonalization Disorder
Depression
Developmental milestones
disability
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Disorder
Diversity
do not resuscitate
durable medical equipment and supplies
durable power of attorney
durable power of attorney for health care

e
Eating Disorders
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Endocrine System
essential
external

f
Factitious disorders
family
family dynamics
firewall
fitness
forum
functional
fundamental

g
Gastrointestinal System
general power of attorney
grooming
guilt

h
Hallucinations
healthcare
hierarchy
homecare
hospice
Hypothermia

i
Immersion
Impulse Control and Addiction Disorders
indwelling
instrumental activities
Integumentary System
Intellectually Disabled
internal

l
limitation
living will
Lymphatic System

m
Mania
median
Medicaid
Medicaid Community Waiver
Medicaid eligibility
Medicaid look-back period
Medicaid spend down
Medical Power of Attorney
Medically Needy Pathway Program
Medicare
Mentally Challenged
Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA)
monitoring
Mood Related Disorders
Muscular System

n
nebulizer
neglect
Nervous System
next-of-kin
Non-Bizarre Delusion
non-countable assets
non-essential

o
Obsession
Obstetrics and Gynecology
oral hygiene

p
Palliative Care
Paranoia
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Personal care
Personality Disorders
Physician
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Postpartum depression
Power of Attorney
Pre-existing Condition
Primary Care
Professional Judgement
Provider of Care
Psychosocial Interaction
Psychotic depression
Psychotic Disorders
Public Accommodation

r
Radiation Therapy
Reaffirmation
Registered Dietitian
Remission
Reproductive System
Respiratory System
Respite Care
Responsibility
Risk

s
Schizoaffective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Sensory System
Sexual and gender disorders
Side Effect
Skeletal System
Slider Board
Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Income
Socialization
Somatic symptom disorders
Stress response syndromes
Substance-induced mood disorder
Sundowning
Supplemental Security Income

t
Tic disorders
Toileting
Tracking
Transfer
Trauma
Treatment

u
Urinary System

w
Wellness