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Home Health
Primary
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language...
taxonomy 251E00000X
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Adult Companion
An individual who provides supervision, socialization, and non-medical care to a functionally impaired adult. Companions may assist or supervise the individual with such tasks as meal preparation, laundry and shopping, but do not...
taxonomy 372600000X
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Alzheimer Center (Dementia Center)
A freestanding facility or special care unit of a long term care facility focusing on patient care of individuals diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's Disease or their related diseases. Six elements of the facility/unit set it apart...
taxonomy 311500000X
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Case Management
An organization that is responsible for providing case management services. The agency provides services which assist an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services. Case management...
taxonomy 251B00000X
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Clinic/Center
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic, treatment, and prescriptive services related to mental and behavioral disorders in adults.
taxonomy 261QM0850X
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Community/Behavioral Health
A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals...
taxonomy 251S00000X
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Custodial Care Facility
A custodial care facility providing supportive and personal care services to disabled and/or elderly individuals who cannot function independently in most areas of activity and need assistance and monitoring to enable them to remain in...
taxonomy 311ZA0620X
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Day Training, Developmentally Disabled Services
These agencies are authorized to provide day habilitation services to developmentally disabled individuals who live in their homes. The function of day habilitation is to assist an individual to acquire and maintain those life skills...
taxonomy 251C00000X
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Foster Care Agency
A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as "24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes." Foster care settings include, but are not limited to,...
taxonomy 253J00000X
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Home Health Aide
A person trained to assist public health nurses, home health nurses, and other health professionals in the bedside care of patients in their homes.
taxonomy 374U00000X
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In Home Supportive Care
An In Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient's home with the goal of enabling the patient to remain at home. The services provided may include personal care services such as hands-on assistance with activities of...
taxonomy 253Z00000X
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Respite Care
Definition to come.
taxonomy 385H00000X
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Technician
An individual who provides assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, activities of daily living as specified in the plan of care. Services which are incidental to the care furnished, or essential to the health and...
taxonomy 3747P1801X