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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

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