4.3 Functional Capacity Evaluation Flashcards
The _______ ___________ ______ (FCE)is used to directly measure the patient’s physical ability to perform work-related activities.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
The _____ ___________ _______ is acomprehensive exam, covering all physical demands required of the employee.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
______ _________ is an individualized, intense, highly structuredprogram designed to return the worker to full employment.
Work hardening
______ ________ is done 3-5 days per week in a real or simulatedwork setting under the direction of a multidisciplinary team.
Work hardening
The purpose of _______ __________ is to maximize the employee’sability to return to work safely, with less likelihood of re-injury.
Work hardening (a job analysis)
______ ___________ differs from work hardening in that the focusis not on specific tasks the client must perform (for example, lifting a 20-pound box and placingit on a shelf), but rather on building the strength required to lift anything.
Work conditioning
The focus of _______ _____ is on attitude and behavioraland social skills for clients with behavioral health issues.
Work adjustment
The goal of _______ __________ is to improve problems thatprevent the client from obtaining employment, such as attendance, punctuality, hygiene, orinterpersonal relationship skills.
Work adjustment
__________ _______ ______ allows an injured
employee to return to productive work with their employer while under the care of rehabilitation
professionals.
Transitional Work Duty
Only employees with temporary injuries who will eventually be able to return to their normal
full-time duties are eligible for _______ _______
_______ .
Transitional Work Duty
After a work-related injury, the goal is for the worker to achieve ______________ __________ and to return to work as soonas possible.
maximum medical improvement
_________ _________ __________ _________ _____(FMLA) is not a source of income, but it does protect the employee’s job.
Family and Medical Leave Act
The most frequently reported reasons for difficulty in obtaining employment (for adults withdisabilities) are _____________________, followed by _____________________.
lack of available, appropriate jobs; lack of transportation.
The _________ ______ _______ _______ exists for clientsaged 18 to 64 who want to return to work but currently receive Social Security benefits based
on disability under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and/or the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
Ticket to Work Program
The ultimate goal of the ________ ______ _______ _________ isto eliminate the need for Social Security disability cash benefits, while allowing the client to
maintain his or her Medicare or Medicaid benefits.
Ticket to Work Program
