Congratulations to Lacey Langlois & Jeannine Fraser, the winners of the 2009 RAI Conference Crossword contest.
Across
2. EIGHTY —Canadian Informal Caregivers provide more than ___ % of care needed by individuals living at home
4. RISK —CAPs assist in identifying areas of client ________
6. ALTA —Only CAN jurisdiction with more men than women
7. CHRONIC —A disease of slow progress & long duration
10. SYMPOSIUM —Conference for discussion of a specific topic
12. ROADMAPINDICATORS —CIHI's Home Care minimum data standards (2 wds)
17. SIX —Number of Outcome Measurement Scales
20. TWENTYTWO —Number of Quality Indicators (2wds)
21. PREVALENCE —Type of Quality Indicator
25. MAPLE —Classifies clients by their probable need for LTCF
28. HIRDES —Canadian Fellow & Board Member of interRAI (surname)
29. SASK —CAN jurisdiction with highest proportion of seniors
30. SEASCAPE — Nova Scotia 's RAI-HC case management software
32. GOLDSTANDARDS —Provide benchmarks for high quality hospice palliative care at home (2 wds)
35. REFERRAL —Starting point for access to Continuing Care services
38. REHABILITATION —Client group with potential for improvement in functional status
39. RPN —Three types of nursing professions in Canada : LPN, RN & ___
41. CIHI —Org Coordinating national health information standards
42. VITAL —Statistics relating to births, deaths, marriages, health, etc
44. TWO —interRAI was established in the year nineteen ninety-_____
45. VON — Canada 's largest not-for-profit home and community care organization
47. PALMI —Introduced interRAI tools to Iceland (surname)
48. ADULTDAYCARE —One form of respite for older adults (3 wds)
51. TOXIC —Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means
52. MONACO —Country with the highest median age
54. FALLS —Main cause of injury & hospitalization among Canadian seniors
56. ALC —Patient occupying a bed in hospital, waiting to be discharged to a more need-appropriate setting (acronym)
58. ROMANOW —The 2002 report describing home care as 'the next essential service'
60. PEI —Location of CAN's first telecare networks for palliative & home care
63. MCFARLANE —President & CEO of CIHI (surname)
65. NUNAVUT —Canadian jurisdiction with highest total health expenditures per capita
67. TIMELY —Occurring at a point in time to be effective
68. AGLUKKAQ —Federal Health Minister (surname)
69. GINDIN —Head of interRAI Committee for International Development (surname)
70. DILL —Conducted research on recruitment & retention of Continuing Care Assistants in NS (surname)
72. ISRAEL —Only Middle East country using RAI tool
73. NETWORK —Association of individuals having a common interest
74. SATISFACTION —Client/resident ________is both an indicator of quality of care & a component of quality care
77. BURSARY —Form of funding for students studying to be a health professional
78. QUALITYINDICATORS —Flags quality of care issues (2 wds)
Down
1. OTTAWA —Location of 2007 Canadian RAI Conference
3. XRAYS —Form of electromagnetic radiation
5. BURNOUT —Stress & _________ are common among caregivers
8. OUTCOME —Measures to assess services or programs
9. RUGS —Categorizes clients by similar resource use
11. POPULATIONHEALTH —An approach to health that aims to improve the health of an entire population (2 wds)
13. MDS —RAI assessment form (acronym)
14. PERITONEAL —18% of Canadian patients were on this type of dialysis
15. NS —First CAN jurisdiction to adopt computerized MDS for Home Care province wide
16. CAPS —Guidelines to assist in developing care plans
18. PIECES —Education program focusing on care for complex cognitive & mental health needs
19. FRIES —A principal author of Resource Utilization Groups (surname)
22. PLENARY —Conference session open to all members
23. FINNESOVERI —A champion of geriatrics in Finland (surname)
24. MEDIAN —The 50th percentile of the distribution of wait times
26. THIRTYSIX —Number of member countries in interRAI (2 wds)
27. ALGORITHM —Specific instructions or formula to problem solve
30. STANDARDIZATION —One key benefit of interRAI assessment tools across the health continuum
31. AUDIT —In-depth review of key aspects of an organization's operation
33. MAINTENANCE —Client group with a stable chronic health condition or functional limitation
34. UGANDA —Country with the youngest median age
36. SENIORS —Fastest-growing age group
37. TRIGGERS —Items identified as problems or potential problems
40. NUDE —"Even when you're looking good on the ______ beach, there's room for improvement"
43. PORTRAITS —CHCA publishes an annual report, titled ________ of Home Care
44. TELEHEALTH —Delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies
46. CONTINUINGCARE —Program serving people who need ongoing care outside of hospital (2wds)
49. DEMENTIA —Accounted for almost one-quarter of ALC hospitalizations
50. CANADIANREDCROSS —The Health Equipment Loan Program is run by _________ (3wds)
53. BENCHMARKING —Industry standard or best practice method
55. FALL —A key predictor of falls is a recent _____
57. TOGETHER —A theme word for 2009 Canadian RAI Conference
59. MORRIS —Helped develop Quality Indicators (surname)
61. FORMULARY —An approved list of prescription drugs
62. AMBULATORY —Medical care on an out-patient basis
64. COMPLEX —Care needs often more suited to live-in or residential care
66. PALLIATIVE —Client with a prognosis of less than six months to live
71. INFOWAY —Organization facilitating use of electronic health record (1 wd)
75. ACCESS —Person's ability to obtain medical care
76. YUKON —First Canadian jurisdiction to submit data to CIHI's Home Care Reporting System
