This is the best reference book for activity directors working in long-term care, assisted living, and adult day programs and the most popular text for training new professionals. This book is down to earth, easy to understand, and comprehensive enough to answer your difficult questions about working with different resident groups, meeting standards, working with team and family members, and managing your department. It lets you see how all the parts of your facility can fit together to make an empowering, healthful, person-centered environment for everyone. It shows you how to provide care that satisfies, and even exceeds, health care regulations. And it gives you suggestions on how to stay sane, at least most of the time. Great reference book with many excellent activities and reproducible forms! The sixth edition includes information about MDS 3.0 and more details on successful person-centered programming in the information age.
Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities, Third Edition examines the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future long-term care administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. Comprehensive, yet concise, the Third Edition explores the necessary skills and tools for creating a person-centered environment. Topics covered include: how to adapt an existing nursing facility, the growing culture change movement, and the laws, regulations, and financing of the long-term care industry, as well as its organization and delivery. Finally, this book offers extensive coverage of the essential skills necessary to manage it all.
Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities explores the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future nursing home administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and reorganized to offer a more cohesive presentation of the material. New chapters that have been added cover the long-term care industry, long-term care policy, and supportive case studies that incorporate management and patient care issues.
A comprehensive curriculum of practical methods for long-term care administration. Includes essential forecasting tools compiled and developed by more than 40 leaders in long-term care. Each chapter is followed by case studies, questions, and exercises. Instructor's manual available upon request.
This is the best reference book for activity directors working in long-term care, assisted living, and adult day programs, and it's the most popular text for training new professionals. This book is down to earth, easy to understand, and comprehensive enough to answer your difficult questions about working with different resident groups, meeting standards, working with team and family members, and managing your department. It lets you see how all the parts of your facility can fit together to make an empowering, healthful, person-centered environment for everyone. It shows you how to provide care that satisfies, and even exceeds, health care regulations. And it gives you suggestions on how to stay sane, at least most of the time. A great reference book with many excellent activities and reproducible forms, the seventh edition also includes information the new F-Tag codes, changes to the survey process, cultural sensitivity, and details on successful person-centered programming
Annotation 40 Essential In-Services for Long-Term Care: In-Services for Long-Term Care: Education for Frontline StaffKelly Papa, MSN, RN40 Essential In-Services for Long-Term Care: In-Services for Long-Term Care: Education for Frontline Staff is composed of 40 in-service training lessons that help facilities comply with CMS requirements to deliver in-service training for their certified nursing assistants and all frontline staff. The in-services included in this book cover the most essential topics in long-term care and correlate with CMS initiatives, including Alzheimer's and dementia care, infection control F-tags, restorative care, and HIPAA. Each in-service is prescriptive in how to conduct lessons, provides concrete learning activities, and includes a post-lesson test to verify staff comprehension along with a certificate of completion to document participant training hours.This book enables long-term care facilities to:Provide a wide variety of quality, easy-to-access in-service education for CNAs and frontline staffKeep the level of facility education consistent for frontline staffCheck the competency of floor staff for each in-serviceEnsure in-services are linked to quality care and in line with QAPI committee measurementsAddress deficiencies in infection control, QAPI, competency management, etc.This resource provides:More than a year's worth of training to satisfy CMS requirementsPractical education for nursing staff on the important long-term care topics that impact their work dailyTime-saving guidance for educators on conducting lessonsDownloadable learning activities, games, and quizzes to modify or use as you wishPost-lesson tests to validate comprehension Certificates of completion to document staff training hoursTable of Contents:Resident EducationArthritisHIPAATube Feeding and Oral CareCommunicationDysphasiaMultiple SclerosisParkinson's DiseaseProfessionalism and AccountabilityCultural DiversityKidney DiseaseReadmissionsEthicsCaring for CathetersAmputee CareAssistive DevicesAlzheimer'sAbuse and NeglectBehavior ManagementBloodborne PathogensDementiaDepressionDiabetesEnd of LifeHeart ComplicationsIncontinence and ConstipationInfection ControlMalnutrition and DehydrationMental IllnessNutritionStroke and SeizuresSkin CareVital SignsOxygen TrainingPain ManagementPersonal CarePsychosocial IssuesRange of MotionRespiratory Disorders.
This textbook outlines key subject matter for activity professionals in the long term care setting, who are in training or are already working in the field. Thoroughly researched and referenced, this text will provide a comprehensive understanding of all relevant information needed by activity professionals. The first section covers the history of the field, the aging process, getting to know residents, and touches on management and environmental issues. Section two focuses on activity planning and implementation, as well as budgeting, program development, and group leadership. Program evaluation and enhancement are presented in section three which also reviews regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and typical problems and solutions.(Long-term care, activity professionals, training, restorative care)
Clinical Nutrition Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals is an extensive resource covering all aspects of clinical nutrition. It is tailored for healthcare professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge and enhance their practices. This book provides a thorough understanding of the role of nutrition in disease prevention and management, including key topics such as nutritional assessment, pediatric and geriatric nutrition, nutritional support in critical care, and plant-based and alternative diets. Based on the latest research and clinical practices, this guide offers reliable, up-to-date information. It includes practical tools and actionable advice that can be implemented immediately to improve patient health outcomes. Additionally, the book discusses future trends in clinical nutrition, such as personalized nutrition and nutrigenomics, making it an indispensable reference for professionals in the field. Are you a healthcare professional looking to enhance your knowledge and refine your clinical practices? This book is your ultimate guide to achieving just that! Comprehensive Insights: The book covers all aspects of clinical nutrition, from assessment to treatment, providing deep and thorough knowledge. Reliable Information: Based on the latest research and clinical practices, ensuring you receive accurate and trustworthy information. Practical Applications: Includes practical tools and strategies that you can implement immediately to improve patient health outcomes. Future of Nutrition: Discusses future trends in clinical nutrition, including personalized nutrition and nutrigenomics. Join hundreds of healthcare professionals who have made this book their go-to reference for clinical nutrition! Get your copy now and start improving your clinical practices and achieving better patient outcomes!
Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants, 5th Edition provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care. Delegation Guidelines identify the nursing assistant's specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks. Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes highlight important considerations for providing safe and effective care while promoting patient comfort. Procedures boxes are divided into step-by-step format with instructions for performing each skill, including Quality of Life courtesies, Pre-procedure, Procedure, and Post-Procedure sections to make learning critical skills easier. Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws, encouraging you to promote pride in the person, family, and yourself. Quality of Life reminders in the procedure boxes reinforce the simple courtesies that should be afforded to all patients, demonstrating how to show respect for the patient as a person. NNAAP in the Procedure Title Bar alerts you to skills that are part of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program. Concise coverage of nursing assistant content that's ideal and easy to use in classes with shorter hour requirements. Detailed illustrations offer step-by-step visual guidelines for performing key procedures. NEW! Focus on Surveys boxes with common survey questions emphasize the nursing assistant's role in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Focus on Practice boxes at the end of each chapter present short case scenarios with questions so you can consider practical applications for providing patient care. NEW! The Person's Rights chapter highlights the importance of understanding and protecting a patient's rights. NEW! Pressure Ulcers chapter familiarizes you with the risk factors of pressure ulcers and the information to identify individuals at risk. NEW! Laminated, pocket-sized reference cards include information on vital signs, measurement conversions, range-of-motion, abbreviations, positioning, and the 24-hour clock for easy access to information critical in providing safe and effective care. NEW! Updated Companion CD has 28 procedures, including 3 new procedures, containing interactive learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, a new Spanish audio glossary, and Body Spectrum (an anatomy and physiology program) providing you with additional tools for independent learning that reinforces textbook content.
