1. The Continuum of Long-Term Care (Delmar Series in Health Services Administration) [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Completely updated for the new edition, this vital text offers a conceptual framework for creating a seamless integrated continuum of long-term care, as well as concrete information about the components of the continuum as they exist today. Client Examples throughout the book demonstrate management issues the reader will face in daily practice. The Continuum of Long-Term Care is well organized for students and faculty. Key features: *Includes information on long-term care for multiple populations and age groups *Covers hospitals, nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices and assisted living facilities *Client examples and service profiles are included with each chapter *Tables, graphs, boxes and bullets enhance understanding of content Supplements Instructor's Manual 0-7668-1575-7

The Continuum of Long Term Care, Used [Hardcover]

2. Assisting in Long Term Care [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This best-selling resource provides the theoretical and skills content nursing assistants require for the successful completion of the certification test. A major goal of the content is to help nursing assistants develop an understanding of the principles on safe and effective care of residents in long-term care. Core values stressed include empathy, caring, communication skills, and respect for residents and their families. Special emphasis is placed on ensuring resident's rights, adequate nutrition and hydration, maintenance of mobility, psychosocial interactions, and a safe environment. Liberal illustrations aid in visual learning.

Assisting in Long Term Care, Used [Paperback]

3. The Continuum of Long-Term Care : An Integrated Systems Approach, Used [Paperback]

A highly readable, logical introduction to the continuum of long-term care. This extremely practical resource presents the continuum, explains the major services, and discusses the primary integrating mechanisms.

The Continuum of Long-Term Care : An Integrated Systems Approach, Used [Paperback]

4. Caring for the Disabled Elderly: Who Will Pay? [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Caring for the Disabled Elderly analyzes the major options for reforming the way long-term care is financed. It first explores the potential market for private long-term care insurance and other private sector initiatives. Then it turns to the advantages and disadvantages of various public sector programs. The study recommends both a greatly expanded role for the private sector in financing long-term care and a new public insurance program.

Caring for the Disabled Elderly : Who Will Pay?, Used [Paperback]

5. Holding On to Home: Designing Environments for People with Dementia (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine and Public Health), Used [Paperback]

In this pioneering book in the newly emerging field of architectural design and dementia, Uriel Cohen and Gerald Weisman set forth a program of practical design principles linked to specific therapeutic goals. People with dementia live in environments ranging from their own homes to community-based group homes and long-term care facilities. Holding On to Home addresses key issues for the planning and modification of all these settings. The book is equally useful to caregivers, nursing home and adult day care planners and administrators, architects, and interior designers, as well as to students and practitioners of geriatrics and gerontology.

Holding on to Home : Designing Environments for People with Dementia, Used [Paperback]

6. Risk Management in Long-Term Care: Focus on Specific Nursing Interventions [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. A practical, effective, and thorough risk management tool, this book helps health professionals address common problem areas in order to avoid litigation. Potential risk topics covered include: injury from physical restraint, resident abuse and neglect, infection control, polypharmacy and medication use, falls, and much more. The volume also features valuable information on how to respond to legal claims. Each chapter concludes with 10 tips for the reader. The appendixes contain case studies with questions for discussion and a useful resource list of organizations. This handy guide is indispensable to administrators, nurses, and physicians, as well as students of health administration. Risk Management and Long Term Care is full of case examples, specific suggestions and recommended policies and procedures to follow in providing quality care and thereby managing risk. -from the foreword --James L. Wilkes, II, Esq.

Risk Management in Long-Term Care : A Quick Reference Guide, Used [Hardcover]

7. Long Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument: For Use With Version 2.0 of Hcfa, Used [Paperback]

1st, 1997, Springer Pub. Guidelines for the development of individualized care plans. Includes Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Protocols and Utilization Guidelines (Oct., 1995), and HCFA's 249 Questions and Answers (Aug., 1996). Softcover. DNLM: Geriatric Assessment.

Long Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument: For Use With Version 2.0 of Hcfa, Used [Paperback]

8. Long-Term Care Administration Handbook, Used [Hardcover]

This handbook is the definitive, comprehensive reference for long-term care administration. It provides new ideas, proven approaches, and practical suggestions for every aspect of long-term care facility management. Each chapter contains a collection of specialized, advanced expertise presented by long-term care administrators, consultants, academics, planners, attorneys, architects, and nurses.

Long-Term Care Administration Handbook, Used [Hardcover]