Which of the following healthcare settings is for people who will die in approximately six months or less? - ✔✔ Hospice Care
_________ is care giv... [Show More] en by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury. - ✔✔ Rehabilitation
Another name for 24-hour skilled care that takes place in nursing homes, or extended care facilities, is called_______. - ✔✔ Long-term care
For what percentage of home care costs does Medicare pay? - ✔✔ 41%
Medicare will pay for - ✔✔ only care that is determined to be medically necessary
The abbreviation HMO stands for? - ✔✔ health maintenance organization
Which of the following factors helps explain the purpose of and need for home health care? - ✔✔ People who are ill or disabled feel more comfortable at home.
Which of the following is a key event in the history of home care services? - ✔✔ In 1959, a national conference on home-maker services was held
Which of the following is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding home health aides? - ✔✔ HHA must have completed at least 75 hrs of training before they can begin working.
What may be different about working in a home than working in a facility? - ✔✔ Home health aides have more contact with the client's family.
Which member of the care team diagnoses disease and prescribe treatment? - ✔✔ Physician (MD)
Which care team members are licensed professionals who may assign tasks to HHAs? - ✔✔ Nurses, occupational therapists
Which statement is true of a HHAs responsibilities if an activity is not listed in the care plan? - ✔✔ The HHA should not perform the activity if it is not listed on the care plan
Which statement is true of clients? - ✔✔ The care team revolves around the client and his or her condition, treatment, and progress.
What is one reason why reporting a client's changes and problems to the supervisor is a very important role of the HHA? - ✔✔ The care plan must be updated as the client's condition changes.
Which of the following is a typical task that a HHA performs? - ✔✔ Giving skin care
Which task is outside the scope of practive for a HHA? - ✔✔ Insterting a tube into a client's body
One basic federal regulation that applies to HHA is - ✔✔ HHAs must complete at least 75hrs of training and/or they must pass a competency evaluation before they begin working.
Which of the following statements is an example of a common policy at a home health agency? - ✔✔ HHAs must follow the client's care plan
A professional relationship between an HHA and a client includes - ✔✔ Keeping client information condidential
A client has purchased a special gift for his HHA. What would be the best response by the HHA? - ✔✔ The HHA should refuse the gift but thank the client for thinking of her
Which of the following is an example of a HHA behaving professionally with an employer? - ✔✔ Documenting carefully
The best type of jewelry for a HHA to wear to work is - ✔✔ a waterproof watch
Definition of empathy - ✔✔ being able to identify with the feelings of others
What is a responsibility of a Home health agency as an employer? - ✔✔ Employers must provide initial training and continuing in-service training
The most important member of the care team is - ✔✔ the client
The chain of command is - ✔✔ The line of authority in an agency
_______ have to do with the knowledge of right and wrong - ✔✔ Ethics
An example of ethical behavior by a HHA is - ✔✔ Protecting a clients privacy
Which term means purposefully causing physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone? - ✔✔ Abuse
What is required of an HHA if they suspect that a client is being abused? - ✔✔ The HHA should report immediatedly to his supervisor
Which term means the improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property, or other assets? - ✔✔ Financial abuse
Which of the following is an example of sexual abuse? - ✔✔ Rubbing up against a client inappropriately
Which of the following is an example of physical abuse? - ✔✔ Shoving a client
Threating to harm a client if they tell another caregiver about a problem is an example of what tyep of abuse? - ✔✔ Phychological abuse
For HHA, cofidentiality means - ✔✔ keeping client information private
With whom may an HHA share a client's medical information? - ✔✔ With other members of the care team
Which of the following is a term for a legal document that designates what kind of care a person wants if he is unable to make that decision himself? - ✔✔ Advance directive
Which of the following is an example of an advance directive? - ✔✔ Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Which of the following is the best way for an HHA to keep clients' health information confidential? - ✔✔ Store, file, or shred documents according to agency policy
Which of the following behaviors promoted clients' rights? - ✔✔ Encouraging a client to participate in care planning
What is the correct order of the 3-Step communication process? - ✔✔ Sender sends message, Receiver receives message. Receiver provides feedback
Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication? - ✔✔ Pointing to a cookie
Which of the following is an example is an example of a barrier to communication? - ✔✔ HHA uses medical terminology with the client
Which of the following are ways for HHAs to avoid barriers to communication? - ✔✔ The HHA should ask open-ended questions that require more than yes or no responses.
An example of active listening is - ✔✔ HHA focusing on the client and providing feedback
Which of the following sentences is an example of a fact? - ✔✔ Mr. Craig needed help to get to the bathroom today
If a clents makes a rewuest that an HHA cannot honor, what would be the best response by the HHA? - ✔✔ The HHA should explain why the request cannot be fulfilled and report to her supervisor [Show Less]
