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Handbook of geriatric care management  Cover Image Book Book

Handbook of geriatric care management / edited by Cathy Jo Cress.

Cress, Cathy, (editor.).

Summary:

"New to this edition are two new chapters on working with older veterans and helping clients with depression. Completely updated and revised, the Fourth Edition provides updated ethics and standards, a focus on credentialing and certification, numerous case studies, sample forms and letters, and tips for building and growing a care manager business." -- Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781284078985
  • ISBN: 1284078981
  • Physical Description: xxi, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  • Edition: Fourth edition.
  • Publisher: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Overview and history of geriatric care management -- Ethics and care management -- Psychosocial assessment in care management -- Functional assessment -- Care planning and geriatric assessment -- Ethnic and cultural considerations in care management -- Moving an elder or late life relocation : the role of the care manager -- Spirituality -- Assessing and supporting the family caregiver -- Supporting clients' quality of life : drawing on community, informal netowrks and care manager creativity -- Technologies that support aging in place -- Maximizing the health and well-being of older veterans -- How to start or add a care management business -- After the start-up : growing a care management business -- Fee-for-service care management in not-for-profit settings -- Combining a PDHC agency and a care management practice -- Marketing care management -- Private revenue sources for the fee based care manager : need versus demand in the private elder-care market -- Care management credentialing -- Preparing for emergencies -- Depression and the older adult : the role of the care manager -- Care management : working with nearly normal aging families -- Family conflict, dependence, and mutuality : care meanagment with the difficult aging family -- Mediation and care management.
Subject: Geriatrics > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people > Medical care > Management > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Health Services for the Aged > organization & administration.
Practice Management > organization & administration.
Geriatrics.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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