- (212)
- (185)
- everyday functions (56)
Dressing, eating, control and urine and bowel movements, washing, mobility in the home.
- Frail Persons (176)
Those whose health is poor as a result of chronic conditions, but who are mentally alert.
- impairment (55)
A physical, mental or emotional deficiency due to disease, accident or birth defect.
- Mentally Frail (177)
Those suffering from cognitive decline: memory problems or inability to locate themselves in time or place, or who suffer from apathy or behaviour disturbances that might endanger their safety. Cognitive decline may occur even if the person functions completely independently without any particular physical problems.
- nursing home (58)
A nursing home or nursing ward, in which people in need of long-term care, mentally incompentent people and infirm people are cared for.
- Nursing Services (173)
The services are designed to assist the elderly in nursing condition to execute activities of daily living and manage their household, as well as to supervise them. The services offered include: personal home care, Kehila Tomechet membership, day care, panic buttons, absorbent products and laundry services.
- Pre-Nursing Services (174)
Nursing services for the elderly offered according to a decision made by those providing the services, before eligibility has been established by the NII.
- Professional Local Committee (179)
The committee that decides the nursing services appropriate for those eligible for long-term care in the area. Committee members: the local authority's social worker, health services nurse, NII claims officer.
- Professional Worker in Charge (178)
Social worker from the Department of Social Services in the local authority or nurse from the general health services clinic, whose job it is to supervise the quality of service received by the elderly and their appropriateness over time. These workers are the contact people for the old person and his/her family for everything connected to long-term care.
- Residential Address (175)
The permanent or temporary address of the elderly person.
- service provider (172)
an organizations that won the tender put out by the National Insurance Institute and signed a contract with the Institute to provide long-term care services to the elderly in accordance with the decision of the professional local committee. These organizations are regulated and supervised.
- supervision (57)
Attendance and supervision over the insured person, to prevent damage or danger to himself or to others.