Continence Clause Samples

Continence. The ability to maintain control of bowel and bladder function or, when unable to maintain control of bowel or bladder function, the ability to perform associated personal hygiene (including caring for a catheter or colostomy bag).

Continence. Bladder: Yes  No  If no, is incontinence managed? Yes  No  Bowel: Yes  No  If no, is incontinence managed? Yes  No  If no, recommendations for management: LABORATORY SERVICES: None New York State Department of Health ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE Division of Assisted Living MEDICAL EVALUATION Patient/Resident Name: _ Date: Activity Restrictions: No  Yes  (describe): Dependent on Medical Equipment: No  Yes  (describe): Level and frequency of assistance required/needed by the resident of another person to perform the following:

Continence. A contract shall not be treated as a qualified long-term care insurance contract unless the determination of whether an individual is a chronically ill individual described in sub- paragraph (A)(i) takes into account at least 5 of such activities.

Continence is the ability to maintain control of bowel and bladder functions; or when unable to maintain control of bowel and bladder functions, the ability to perform associated personal hygiene (including caring for catheter or colostomy bag). Adult Day Care - A day program for four or more individuals, which provides social and/or health- related services, and supports frail, impaired, elderly or other disabled adults who can benefit from care in a group setting outside the Home, including assistance with the Activities of Daily Living and taking medications. Adult Day Care must be provided in an Adult Day Care Center. Adult Day Care Center - Is a licensed and/or certified facility which is established and operated in accordance with any applicable state or local laws required in order to provide Adult Day Care and is licensed and/or certified, if so required. Care Coordinator - Health care professional, usually a Registered Nurse, we employ or contract with to provide our Policyholders the Care SolutionsSM services described above. Care SolutionsSM - Free service we offer all of our Policyholders who need assistance making arrangements for care. Whether you use it is entirely up to you. Use of this service will not reduce, or be paid for through, the benefits of the Policy. Family Member - Your spouse, and your and your spouse’s respective parents, grandparents, siblings, children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces and in-laws. The Family Member can be skilled or unskilled. (Spouses, and other individuals that live with you and do not maintain a separate residence, will not be eligible for benefits under any circumstances.) Home - An unsupervised dwelling which is your personal residence, whether it is owned or leased by you. Home includes a home for the retired or aged. It does not include a hospital, sanitarium or Long Term Care Facility. Home Care Services - Homemaker Care, Home Health Care, and Hospice Care. Home Health Care - Can be personal care, which is assistance with the Activities of Daily Living and/or supervision that is required due to Severe Cognitive Impairment, which may be caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Organic Brain Syndrome, senile dementia, etc. This personal care may also include assistance with the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Home Health Care also includes skilled nursing services or other professional medical services, such as physical therapy and speech therapy. Home Health Care Agency - An organization t...

Continence. Standards of care will be in line with the guidance set out in chapter 7 of the document linked from this page ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyA ndGuidance/DH_4005851 Service Users will be afforded support to maintain and improve their capacity to remain continent of urine and faeces whenever possible. Service Users will be helped to maintain their comfort and dignity to the maximum extent. Where continence problems arise, the Provider will make a referral to the local Continence Team. Every effort will be made to give ease of access to toilet facilities. Nursing Homes will have Staff trained to identify/assess incontinent patients. Residential Homes are not required to be able to assess for management but will be able to recognise problems needing further Assessment and treatment and make appropriate and timely referral using pathways agreed locally. Service User records will show i) presence and severity of symptoms, ii) whether an Assessment has been carried out, iii) whether a management plan has been prepared, iv) basic treatment and management provided, v) treatment outcome. The NHS will provide all assessed continence products to the Service User according to assessed need following a continence promotion assessment, at no additional charge.

Continence. Ability to control bowel and bladder as well as to use ostomy and/or catheter receptacles, and to apply diapers and disposable barrier pads.

Continence. 42.1 The Contractor is required to encourage Individuals experiencing continence issues to seek professional advice regarding their condition and refer back to the Care Manager / Care Co-ordinator. 42.2 The Contractor is required to:- • Ensure that Individuals who experience incontinence of urine and/or faeces are offered assistance with washing and changing into dry clothing when necessary. Where identified in the Support Plan, help should be given with the changing of colostomy bags, having sought advice from the continence advisor/stoma nurse and Staff should be able to demonstrate their ability to undertake the task. • Offer assistance to the Individual to obtain a supply of incontinence pads and aids from the appropriate agency, sufficient to meet their needs for ongoing comfort, health and hygiene. • Ensure that where required, commodes and/or chemical toilets are emptied with sufficient regularity to maintain a safe and hygienic living environment for the Individual. 42.3 The Contractor must ensure that infection control procedures are adhered to at all times when dealing with elimination and the disposal of continence products. 42.4 The Contractor must ensure that a Support Plan relating to continence issues is in place and agreed with the Individual. 42.5 Staff involved with such tasks must have received relevant training and undertake regular documented reviews of their competency to undertake such tasks.

Continence. Controlling one's bladder and bowel functions. I. Return Rights from a Leave Without Pay. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Article, Employees granted leaves without pay under this Article shall, upon condition of showing to the satisfaction of the appointing authority that the Employee has fulfilled the purpose of the leave, shall have the following rights: 1. A regular Employee, upon expiration of the leave shall be reinstated to the Employee's former position; provided, that if such position has been abolished during the period of such leave, the provisions of Article 9, Layoff shall be applicable. 2. A non-regular Employee, upon expiration of the leave shall have reinstatement rights to the Employee's former position, provided that the status and function of the position remained the same in the Employee's absence. In the event that the Employee cannot be reinstated, the Employee shall be terminated. 3. Failure of an Employee to return to duty at the expiration of the leave shall be deemed a resignation; provided that if within fifteen days of the expiration of the leave, the Employee furnishes satisfactory reasons to the appointing authority as to why the Employee was unable to return immediately after the expiration of the leave, the Employee shall be entitled to such rights as the Employee had at the expiration of the leave. In the event the appointing authority does not accept the reasons, the issue of the reasonableness of the reasons shall be subject to the provisions of Article 11, Grievance Procedure.

Continence your ability to control bowel and bladder function and perform personal hygiene (including care of catheter or colostomy bag).