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NURSING HOME ABUSE LEGAL GLOSSARY |
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Glossary of Nursing
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Battery: The unlawful use of force
resulting in the injury of another. Battery always includes assault.
Bedsore: A pressure-induced skin
ulceration involving the death of living tissue and sometimes deep muscular
infection and penetration of internal organs. Bedsores occur during long
confinements in bed when there is prolonged pressure on an area of the body that
has a bony prominence and a thin covering of flesh, like the tailbone, heals,
elbows, and shoulder blades. Bedsores are also known as pressure sores and
decubitus ulcers.
Beneficiary: In the context of Medicare
and Medicaid programs, the name for the person who has insurance through
Medicare or Medicaid.
Benefit Period: The manner in which
Medicare measures a beneficiaries use of hospital and skilled nursing facility
services. The benefit period begins the day the beneficiary is admitted to the
hospital or skilled nursing facility and ends when 60 days go by without
hospital or skilled nursing care. The number of benefit periods a beneficiary
can have is unlimited.
Benefits: In health plans, benefits are
the health care that a person receives. In the insurance context, benefits are
the money or services provided by an insurance policy.
Brief: Written document prepared by an
attorney and submitted to the court about a case, containing summaries of the
facts of the case, relevant laws, and an argument showing how the laws support
that party's position.
Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof:
Degree of proof required in a specific kind of case to prevail. In the majority
of civil cases, it is proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
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