While the Caregiver Forum is filled with tips, advice and support, it may also contain abbreviations and acronyms that may be unfamiliar to some readers. We have compiled a list of both professional and colloquial abbreviations commonly used on AgingCare.
Abbreviation/Acronym | Meaning |
AC | AgingCare |
ACM | AgingCare Moderator (Admin) |
AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
ADC | Adult Day Care |
ADLs | Activities of Daily Living |
AL | Assisted Living |
ALF | Assisted Living Facility |
Alz | Alzheimer’s Disease |
APS | Adult Protective Services |
BF | Boyfriend |
BID | Twice Per Day |
BIL | Brother-in-Law |
BM | Bowel Movement |
BP | Blood Pressure |
BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder |
BTDT | Been There Done That |
BTW | By the Way |
CC | Credit Card |
CCRC | Continuing Care Retirement Community |
CELA | Certified Elder Law Attorney |
CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CNA | Certified Nursing Assistant |
COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
CS | Community Spouse |
DD | Dear/Darling Daughter |
DH | Dear/Darling Husband |
DHS | Department of Human Services |
DIL | Daughter-in-Law |
DME | Durable Medical Equipment |
DS | Dear/Darling Son |
DNR | Do Not Resuscitate |
DON | Director of Nursing |
DPOA | Durable Power of Attorney |
DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis |
DW | Dear/Darling Wife |
Dx | Diagnosis |
ECG or EKG | Electrocardiogram |
EOAD | Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease |
EOL | End of Life |
ESRD | End-Stage Renal Disease |
FAST | Functional Assessment Staging Test |
FIL | Father-in-Law |
FMLA | Family Medical Leave Act |
FOG | Fear, Obligation, Guilt |
FTD | Frontotemporal Dementia |
GF | Girlfriend or Grandfather |
GM | Grandmother |
HHA | Home Health Aide, Home Health Agency |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HTH | Hope This Helps |
IADLs | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
IL | Independent Living |
IMHO | In My Humble/Honest Opinion |
IMO | In My Opinion |
JTWROS | Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship |
LBD | Lewy Body Dementia |
LO | Loved One |
LOL | Laugh Out Loud |
LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
LTC | Long-Term Care |
LTCI | Long-Term Care Insurance |
LTCO | Long-Term Care Ombudsman |
MC | Memory Care |
MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
MERP | Medicaid Estate Recovery Program |
MIL | Mother-in-Law |
MMSE | Mini-Mental State Exam |
MSA | Medical Savings Accounts |
NM | Narcissistic Mother |
NH | Nursing Home |
NPD | Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
NPH | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus |
NPO | Nothing by Mouth |
OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
OP | Original Poster |
OT | Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy |
OT | Off Topic |
OTOH | On The Other Hand |
PACE | Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly |
PCP | Primary Care Physician |
PD | Personality Disorder |
PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
PEG | Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube |
PICC | Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter |
PNA | Personal Needs Allowance |
POA | Power of Attorney |
POD | Payable on Death |
POLST | Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment |
POV | Point of View |
PT | Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy |
QD | Every Day |
QOL | Quality of Life |
RCF | Residential Care Facility |
RN | Registered Nurse |
SIB | Sibling |
SIL | Sister-in-Law or Son-in-Law |
SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility |
SO | Significant Other |
SSA | Social Security Administration |
SSDI | Social Security Disability Insurance |
SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
SW | Social Worker |
TBH | To Be Honest |
TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
TIA | Thanks in Advance |
TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
TMI | Too Much Information |
TOD | Transfer on Death |
Troll | A person who purposely posts offensive comments |
TY | Thank You |
TYIA | Thank You in Advance |
UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
VA | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
VD | Vascular Dementia |
(( )) | Hugs |
