Healthy Denbighshire Glossary

Glossary of Terms

Assessment	The overall process for identifying and recording the health and social care risks and needs of an individual and evaluating their impact on daily living and quality of life, so that appropriate action can be planned.

Care Home	The Care Standards Act 2000, which came into effect in April 2002, classifies all types of residential homes as ‘care homes’. The Act distinguishes those offering nursing care as ‘care homes with nursing’.

Continuing Health Care

Critical Response Service

Denbighshire Rehabilitation Support Service

Extra-Care Housing

Independence	The ability to carry out activities that support one’s own lifestyle and to control the care given by others.

Intermediate Care Beds

NVQ

Pathway	The care journey an individual can expect, when it involves more than one professional group or is across organisational boundaries.

Person-Centred Care

Protocol	A protocol is a rule which guides how an activity should be performed.

Rapid Response

Reablement	A process which supports an individual to achieve their maximum potential to function physically, socially and psychologically through support and intervention

Rehabilitation	An active process by which those disabled by injury/disease achieve a full recovery, or if full recovery is not possible, realise their optimal physical, mental and social potential and are integrated into their most appropriate environment.

Social Care	Care provided to support an individual’s social as opposed to health care needs, whether by statutory or non-statutory organisations. Social care is one of the major public service areas. Adults can be supported in the community through home care, sitting, meals and day services or through residential or nursing home care. Social care services are provided for people who need help to live their lives as independently as possible in the community (either at home or in care settings), people who are vulnerable and people who may need protection . Each Local Authority will tailor its services to meet the needs of local people. It does this within a framework of duties, responsibilities and national standards laid down by central Government.

Step Down

Step Up

Treatment	Health care that is intended to relieve illness, injury, mental health problems etc.

Voluntary Sector	Organisations, often registered as charities, which operate on a non profit-making basis, to provide help and support. They may be local or national, and they may employ staff, or depend entirely on volunteers.

Well-being	Health and ‘well-being’ are linked and are about people having their basic needs met – safety, shelter, warmth, water and food – and being able to: Undertake work and other regular daily activities Join in social, leisure and recreational events with family friends, neighbours and others Learn to change or cope with their surroundings Carry out basic physical activities e.g. climbing stairs, getting to the shops, bathing and dressing Not feel bodily pain or have pain interfere with everyday life Feel peaceful and happy rather than ‘down in the dumps’, sad or nervous