Managing the Long-Term Care Facility (eBook)

Practical Approaches to Providing Quality Care

Rebecca Perley (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
600 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-65474-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Practical approaches to the operation of long-term care facilities

Managing the Long-Term Care Facility provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of long-term care. Taking a continuum-of-care approach, the text covers every aspect of long-term care. Readers will develop a robust knowledge of the issues faced by people experiencing physical and or mental changes. Topics covered include the biological and psychosocial implications of ageing, marketing long-term care, facility operations, and information technology for health care, among many others. By integrating all aspects of long-term care, the book is an invaluable resource that will aid students and professionals in preparing for career advancement and licensure exams.

The book is also is designed to help students prepare for the National Nursing Home Administrator exam. Pedagogical elements help guide readers through the content, and summaries and discussion questions to drive home lessons learned.

* Builds expert knowledge of all aspects of long-term care management, including operations, human resources, patient advocacy, and information systems

* Emphasizes the latest understandings of the long-term care continuum and patient-centered care for diverse populations

* Delivers practical approaches to providing quality care to individuals and making a positive impact on community wellbeing

* Prepares readers for and National Nursing Home Administrator's licensure exam

Managing the Long-Term Care Facility: Practical Approaches to Providing Quality Care provides real-world guidance for students in healthcare administration, health and human services, gerontology, nursing, business and medical programs, in both domestic and international markets. Nursing home administrators, administrators-in-training and preceptors will find this book an effective training tool in the nursing facility setting.

Autor

REBECCA PERLEY is owner and CEO of AIT Exam Prep, a company that prepares administrators-in-training to pass the California and federal nursing home administrator licensure exams. She is a member of the Executive Faculty in the Health Care Administration Department of California State University, Long Beach and has been a guest lecturer for the State of California, Nursing Home Administrator Program.

Inhalt

Introduction

The Editor

The Contributors

1 Public Policy: Historical Overview of Long Term Care
Erlyana Erlyana, Jean Schuldberg, and Marian Last

2 Long-Term Care Continuum
Marian Last, Jean Schuldberg and Kenneth Merchant

3 Resident Advocates, Diversity and Resident-Centered Care
Ann Wyatt

4 Physical Environment of Long Term Care
Andrew Alden, Jeffrey Anderzhon, and Sarah Moser

5 Human Resources: Managing Employees in Long Term Care
Sonja Talley and Carissa Podesta

6 Reimbursement in the Long Term Care Environment
Robert Miller

7 Compliance and Risk Management
Rebecca Lowell

8 Legal and Ethical Issues
Rebecca Lowell and Eduardo Gonzalez

9 Marketing and Public Relations
Janice Frates and Susie Mix

10 Health Information Systems
Abby Swanson Kazley

11 Biological and Psychosocial Aspects of Aging: Implications for Long-Term Care
Barbara White

12 Resident Centered Clinical Operations
Paige Hector

13 Facility Centered Clinical Operations
Paige Hector

14 Facility Operations and Quality Management
Rebecca Perley, Jim Kinsey, Paige Hector, and Jill Harrison

15 Financial Issues and Tools
Robert Miller

16 International Comparisons and Future Trends in Long Term Care
Erlyana Erlyana

Glossary

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.2.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitswesen • Health & Social Care • Health Care Administration • Verwaltung im Gesundheitswesen
• ISBN-10: 1-118-65474-9 / 1118654749
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-65474-3 / 9781118654743