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2. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. [1] Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and ...

3. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Cost may vary by geographical location. Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance plans often pay for nursing home care; personal assets are also used. Personal needs may dictate which nursing home is most cost-effective for any given person. Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for Americans 65 or older.

4. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   Activities of daily living ( ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...

5. SCAN Health Plan - Wikipedia

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   1,465. Website. www.scanhealthplan.com. SCAN Health Plan ( SCAN) is a not-for-profit, Medicare Advantage based in Long Beach, California. Founded in 1977, SCAN provides healthcare coverage to Medicare beneficiaries in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada, serving more than 285,000 members. It is one of the largest not-for-profit Medicare ...

6. 18 food deals for National Nurses Week - AOL

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   To celebrate National Nurses Week, Moe’s is offering anyone who spends $300 or more on catering a $50 e-gift card in return. The single-use offer is valid at participating locations between May ...

7. Nursing care plan - Wikipedia

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   A nursing care plan provides direction on the type of nursing care the individual/family/community may need. [1] The main focus of a nursing care plan is to facilitate standardised, evidence-based and holistic care. [2] Nursing care plans have been used for quite a number of years for human purposes and are now also getting used in the ...

8. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care ), serves the needs of old adults. It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care ), hospice care, and home care .

9. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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   Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, [1] is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly. [2] The term geriatrics originates from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". It aims to promote health by preventing, diagnosing and treating disease in older ...