1. Situation in which an individual is normally unable to leave home unassisted and to try to leave home takes considerable and taxing effort. Such a person may leave home for medical appointments; medical treatment; or short, infrequent absences for nonmedical reasons such as a trip to the barber or to attend a religious service. 2. In Medicare, one of the requirements to qualify for home health care.

In-home health with meal preparation, shopping, light housekeeping, money manage- ment, personal hygiene, grooming, and laundry.

One of the official compendia in the United States. Also see compendium, National Formulary , and United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) .

System of therapeutics based on the theory that was advanced in the late eighteenth century by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, who believed that a large amount of a particular drug may cause symptoms of a disease and moderate dosage may reduce or relieve those symptoms; thus some disease symptoms could be treated by small doses of medicine.

Package policy that provides both property and personal liability insurance. It may cover the house, garage, other structures on the property, personal property inside the house and offer protection against fire, windstorm, riot or civil commotion, theft, vandalism, and accidental water damage from plumbing, a heating or air conditioning system, or a domestic appliance depending on the extent of the policy. Also called homeowner’s multiperil insurance .

Cost of homeowner’s insurance, which may depend on its location, age, construction, and replacement costs.

Merger between health care facilities that provides the same level of services (e.g., hospital with outpatient clinic).

1. Public agency or private organization primarily engaged in providing pain relief, symptom management, counseling, and supportive services to terminally ill patients and their families in their own homes, in a homelike center, or inpatient or outpatient hospital facility. The whole family is considered the unit of care and care extends through their period of mourning. 2. In the Medicare program, when a beneficiary chooses hospice benefits, all other Medicare benefits are discontinued except physician services and treatment of conditions not related to the terminal illness. Hospice care is covered under Medicare Part A (hospital insurance). The eligible beneficiary must have a life expectancy of 6 months or less. 3. Facility, other than a patient’s home, in which palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families are provided.
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An organization which is primarily designed to provide pain relief, symptom management and supportive services for the terminally ill and their families.

Special manner of caring for people who are terminally ill and their families. This care includes home health services, volunteer support, physical care, pain management, and grief counseling. Hospice care is covered under Medicare Part A (hospital insurance). Also called hospice services .