Continence Sample Clauses

Continence the ability to voluntarily control bladder and bowel functions so as to be able to maintain personal hygiene;
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Continence. The ability to maintain control of bowel and bladder function or, when unable to maintain control of bowel or bladder function, the ability to perform associated personal hygiene (including caring for a catheter or colostomy bag).
Continence. A contract shall not be treated as a qualified long-term care insurance contract unless the determination of whether an individual is a chronically ill individual described in sub- paragraph (A)(i) takes into account at least 5 of such activities.
Continence. Bladder: Yes  No  If no, is incontinence managed? Yes  No  Bowel: Yes  No  If no, is incontinence managed? Yes  No  If no, recommendations for management: LABORATORY SERVICES: None New York State Department of Health ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE Division of Assisted Living MEDICAL EVALUATION Patient/Resident Name: _ Date: Activity Restrictions: No  Yes  (describe): Dependent on Medical Equipment: No  Yes  (describe): Level and frequency of assistance required/needed by the resident of another person to perform the following:
Continence is the ability to maintain control of bowel and bladder functions; or when unable to maintain control of bowel and bladder functions, the ability to perform associated personal hygiene (including caring for catheter or colostomy bag). Adult Day Care - A day program for four or more individuals, which provides social and/or health- related services, and supports frail, impaired, elderly or other disabled adults who can benefit from care in a group setting outside the Home, including assistance with the Activities of Daily Living and taking medications. Adult Day Care must be provided in an Adult Day Care Center. Adult Day Care Center - Is a licensed and/or certified facility which is established and operated in accordance with any applicable state or local laws required in order to provide Adult Day Care and is licensed and/or certified, if so required. Care Coordinator - Health care professional, usually a Registered Nurse, we employ or contract with to provide our Policyholders the Care SolutionsSM services described above. Care SolutionsSM - Free service we offer all of our Policyholders who need assistance making arrangements for care. Whether you use it is entirely up to you. Use of this service will not reduce, or be paid for through, the benefits of the Policy. Family Member - Your spouse, and your and your spouse’s respective parents, grandparents, siblings, children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces and in-laws. The Family Member can be skilled or unskilled. (Spouses, and other individuals that live with you and do not maintain a separate residence, will not be eligible for benefits under any circumstances.) Home - An unsupervised dwelling which is your personal residence, whether it is owned or leased by you. Home includes a home for the retired or aged. It does not include a hospital, sanitarium or Long Term Care Facility. Home Care Services - Homemaker Care, Home Health Care, and Hospice Care. Home Health Care - Can be personal care, which is assistance with the Activities of Daily Living and/or supervision that is required due to Severe Cognitive Impairment, which may be caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Organic Brain Syndrome, senile dementia, etc. This personal care may also include assistance with the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Home Health Care also includes skilled nursing services or other professional medical services, such as physical therapy and speech therapy. Home Health Care Agency - An organization t...
Continence your ability to control bowel and bladder function and perform personal hygiene (including care of catheter or colostomy bag).
Continence the ability to control bowel and bladder function.
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Continence. Disease diagnoses and health conditions.
Continence. 27.1 The Provider shall conduct effective bladder and bowel Assessments for all Residents, to include incontinence and constipation. 27.2 The Provider shall make referrals in a timely manner to the Specialist Services where appropriate. 27.3 The provision of continence aids will be arranged through the relevant Nursing Care Purchaser, but the Provider will provide necessary individual continence care as assessed by a health professional and/or detailed in the Care and Support Plan of a Resident, and provide continence aids and/or materials to suit the Resident's individual need.
Continence. Standards of care will be in line with the guidance set out in chapter 7 of the document linked from this page xxxx://xxx.xx.xxx.xx/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyA ndGuidance/DH_4005851 Service Users will be afforded support to maintain and improve their capacity to remain continent of urine and faeces whenever possible. Service Users will be helped to maintain their comfort and dignity to the maximum extent. Where continence problems arise, the Provider will make a referral to the local Continence Team. Every effort will be made to give ease of access to toilet facilities. Nursing Homes will have Staff trained to identify/assess incontinent patients. Residential Homes are not required to be able to assess for management but will be able to recognise problems needing further Assessment and treatment and make appropriate and timely referral using pathways agreed locally. Service User records will show i) presence and severity of symptoms, ii) whether an Assessment has been carried out, iii) whether a management plan has been prepared, iv) basic treatment and management provided, v) treatment outcome. The NHS will provide all assessed continence products to the Service User according to assessed need following a continence promotion assessment, at no additional charge.
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