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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Everyday functions of activities individuals usually do without help. ADL functions include bathing,
continence, dressing, eating, toileting, and transferring.
Adult Day Care
Care during the day for adults, usually at senior or community centers.
Assisted Living Facility
A residential living arrangement that provides individualized personal care and health services
for people who require assistance with activities of daily living.
Care Management Services
A service in which a professional, typically a nurse or social worker, may arrange, monitor, or
coordinate long-term care services.
Cognitive Impairment
A deficiency in a person’s short-or-long-term memory; orientation as to person, place and time;
deductive or abstract reasoning; or judgment as it related to safety awareness.
Community-Based Services
Services designed to help older people stay independent and in their own homes.
Custodial Care (Personal Care)
Care to help individuals meet personal needs such as bathing, dressing, and eating. Care may be
provided by someone with professional training.
Daily Benefit
The amount of insurance benefit in dollars a person chooses to buy for long-term care expenses.
Elimination Period
A type of deductible; the length of time and individual must pay for covered services before
the insurance company will begin to make payments. (The longer the elimination period in a
policy, the lower the premium).
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Federal health insurance legislation passed in 1996 that allows, under specified conditions,
long-term care insurance policies to be qualified for certain tax benefits.
Home Health Care
Services for occupational, physical, respiratory, speech therapy, or nursing care. Also included
are medical, social worker, home health aide, and homemaker services.
Homemaker Services
Household services done by someone other than yourself because you’re unable to do them.
LTC Definitions Provided by The National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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