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NURSING HOME ABUSE LEGAL GLOSSARY |
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Glossary of Nursing
Home Abuse Law Terms
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Abuse (Emotional/Verbal): Emotional and
verbal abuse occurs when a person says or does something that harm's the nursing
home resident's self-esteem, such as humiliating, ignoring, or frightening the
resident.
Abuse (Financial): Financial abuse occurs
when a person illegally or improperly uses a nursing home resident's money,
property, and/or possessions for personal gain.
Abuse (Mental): Mental abuse is sometimes
referred to as psychological or emotional abuse. Mental abuse is the intentional
infliction of anguish, degradation, fear, or distress through verbal or
nonverbal acts.
Abuse (Personal): Action by one person
purposely does something to another person that causes mental or physical pain.
Abuse (Physical): The intentional use of
physical force that may result in bodily injury or pain.
Abuse (Sexual): Any form of nonconsensual
sexual contact, including unwanted or inappropriate touching, rape, sodomy,
sexual coercion, sexually explicit photographing, and sexual harassment.
Access: A person's ability to get
necessary medical care and services.
Accessibility of Services: A person's
ability to get necessary medical care and services when needed.
Accredited or Accreditation: A facility is
accredited when a private, independent group has met certain quality standards.
Act: Legislation passed by congress.
Action: A formal complaint brought to
court.
Activities of Daily Living: Activities
done in a normal day, such as walking, eating, dressing, bathing, grooming, and
using the toilet.
Actual Charge: The dollar amount charged
for medical services or supplies.
Adjudication: The process of being decided
by a judge.
Admitting Physician: The doctor that
admits a person to a hospital or other in-patient health facility.
Advance Directives: Advanced instructions
telling how a person wants his or health care administered in the event that the
person is unable to make decisions for himself. Also called a "Living
Will."
Advocate: A person or group that supports
and/or protects another person's rights.
Allegation: The claim made in a pleading
by a party to an action setting out what he or she expects to prove.
Alzheimer's Disease: A disorder involving
deterioration of mental functions resulting from changes in brain tissues,
including shrinkage of brain tissues. The cause is unknown.
Ambulatory Care: Those health services
that do not require in-patient hospital care.
Ambulatory Surgical Center: The place in a
hospital where outpatient surgeries are performed.
Ancillary Services: Services given by a
hospital or other inpatient health program, such as x-rays, lab testing, and
drug administration.
Appeal: Request to a superior or higher
court to review and change the result in a case decided by an inferior or lower
court.
Appellate Court: A court having
jurisdiction to hear an appeal and review the decisions of a lower or inferior
court.
Approved Amount: The dollar amount
Medicare finds reasonable for a covered medical service.
Area Agency on Aging: Local programs that
offer help to older people, including transportation services, meals, personal
care, day health care, and skilled nursing care. Pennsylvania residents can
click here to find their Local Agencies on Aging.
Assault: A willful attempt or threat to
harm another person, coupled with the present ability to inflict injury on that
person, which causes apprehension in that person.
Assessment: The gathering of information
in order to evaluate a person's health and health-care needs.
Assignment: When a doctor agrees to accept
Medicare's fee as full payment under the original Medicare plan. You must still
pay your share of the fee for the doctor's visit.
Assisted Living Facility: A residence for
people needing assistance with certain such as dressing or eating. Assisted
Living Facilities provide a lesser skilled level of care than a person would get
in a nursing home. They also live more independently. Usually, residents pay a
monthly rent, plus additional fees for the services they require and Medicare
usually will not cover these expenses.
Attorney-Client Privilege: Client's
privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing
confidential communications between the client and his or her attorney.
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