Contemporary Health Care-ch8: Home Care

Question 1

companies that provide health care equipment for the client at home

Answer 1

Durable medical equipment (DME) companies

Question 2

providing care in the client’s home

Answer 2

Home care

Question 3

services and products provided to clients in their homes that are needed to maintain, restore, or promote their physical, psychologic, and social well-being

Answer 3

Home health care nursing

Question 4

care frequently given to terminally ill clients in their home; often considered a subspecialty of public health nursing

Answer 4

Hospice Nursing

Question 5

private duty agency which contracts with individual practitioners

Answer 5

Registry

Question 6

delivery of services in the client’s home

Answer 6

Visiting Nursing

Question 7

physical, emotional, social, and financial burdens that can seriously jeopardize the caregiver’s own health and well-being

Answer 7

Caregiver role strain