| adult day care center |
A center for daytime supervision of adult patients. These centers provide supervised social, recreational, and health-related activities, usually in a group setting. The centers permit caregivers a respite and free them for
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| adult failure to thrive |
A progressive functional deterioration of a physical and cognitive nature; the individual's ability to live with multisystem diseases, cope with ensuing problems, and manage his/her care are remarkably diminished. SEE:
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| adult foster care |
Long-term care for elderly individuals in an adult foster care facility. Typically, such a facility resembles a residence rather than a nursing home and may have fewer regulations than a nursing home.
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| adult nurse practitioner |
ABBR: ANP. A nurse practitioner who is licensed to treat people over 18 years of age.
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| adult-onset gangliosidosis |
A rare, slowly progressing dementing illness caused by the gradual accumulation of the GM ganglioside in neurons. It is marked clinically by impaired learning and social interactions, altered emotional expressions, psy
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