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Nursing homes explained / by Franklin, Delia Marie,1959-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Corporations -- Middle management -- Gerontological nursing -- Direct care providers -- Physician role -- Interdisciplinary team -- Survey processes -- The customer -- Elder abuse -- Rehabilitation processes -- Death and dying -- Alzheimer's units -- Opportunities in the industry.
Subjects: Nursing homes; Nursing homes; Long-term care facilities; Long-term care facilities.; Nursing homes.; Nursing homes; Nursing Homes; Career Choice; Geriatric Nursing; Geriatrics; Long-Term Care;
© c2013., Algora Pub.,
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Home care nursing : surviving in an ever-changing care environment / by Marrelli, T. M.; Sigma Theta Tau International,issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Health care : overview of change and complexity -- Home care : what is home healthcare and home care comprised of exactly? -- What makes home care the most unique practice setting? -- Becoming a home care clinician or manager : information needed for success -- The environment of care : the home and community interface -- The fundamentals : the interface of law, regulation, and quality -- The home visit : the important unit of care -- Documentation of care and related processes -- Where to from here? or Welcome to the most exciting healthcare setting there is! -- Home care and hospice/palliative care organizations/associations -- Resources for clinicians and patient/caregiver education -- Home health & Hospice MAC areas -- Medicare benefit policy manual.Tina M. Marrelli's new book, Home Care Nursing: Surviving in an Ever-Changing Care Environment is a practical and comprehensive guidebook written concisely and without jargon or insider acronyms, making the book accessible to anyone whose work is connected to home care nursing services. Designed to provide chapters as stand-alone resources for readers with previous experience seeking updated guidance, Home Care Nursing is also an excellent guide for course or orientation material. Each chapter is packed with practical questions, discussion topics, and additional resources, such as a complete Medicare Benefit Policy for reference. Additionally, offering more than just an overview of the healthcare and home care markets, this book discusses the unique practice setting and environment of home care nursing, the laws regulations, and quality, and how to make the leap into the field, document your home visit, and improve your professional growth and development. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Home nursing; Home Health Nursing.;
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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving / by Sankar, Andrea,author.; Cassady, CM,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This will be the third edition of this title, heavily updated from the 1999 second edition"--Introduction: home death: a return to tradition -- Taking the patient home to die -- Strangers in the home: the use of formal support -- Caregiving -- Social support -- The well-being of the caregiver -- Planning for death and remembrance -- Challenging situations: slowing or hastening death? -- Demystifying death -- Conclusion: living while dying -- Appendix A. Tasks and challenges of caregiving -- Appendix B. Resources -- Appendix C. Legal issues -- Appendix D. Next-step planning after death -- Appendix E. Medical aid in dying -- Appendix F. Pain at the end of life.
Subjects: Terminally ill; Home nursing.; Home care services.;
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Moving into residential care : a practical guide for older people and their families / by Doyle, Colleen.; Roberts, Gail,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Making the decision to move -- Planning the move -- Settling in and getting the support you need -- Resilience and adjusting to change -- how to maintain purpose in life -- Living with dementia in a care home -- Diverse needs -- Coping with death and dying in care homes -- Summing up."Moving into care is a significant life event for older people and their families. This book directly addresses the psychological impact that move can have, and offers tips for making the transition as smooth as possible. " -- Back cover.
Subjects: Nursing home care; Older people; Older people; Nursing Homes.;
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Being a caregiver in a home setting / by Zucker, Elana D.,1941-;
Providing care in the home -- Communication skills -- Working with people -- Caring for an elderly person -- Working with children -- Care of the dying in the home -- Infection control in the home -- Care of a person's environment -- Planning, purchasing, and serving food -- Basic body movement and positions -- Skin care -- Personal care -- Rehabilitation of the individual receiving care at home -- Vital signs -- Preventing fluid overload and dehydration -- Specimen collection -- Special procedures -- Common diseases -- Emergency procedures.
Subjects: Home care services.; Caregivers.; Home health aides.; Home Nursing;
© c2013., Pearson,
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Aging with care : your guide to hiring and managing caregivers at home / by Lambert, Amanda.; Eckford, Leslie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Finding the best and most appropriate in-home care for an aging loved one can be confusing and time consuming. This guide helps readers through the process of hiring a private caregiver, assessing needs and resources, and making difficult choices. Using real stories throughout, the authors reveal the benefits and pitfalls of in-home care. --Publisher.Introduction: Waking up to a nightmare: Leslie's story -- Two approaches to hiring caregivers -- Getting started: how much home care do you need? -- Finding the right hired caregiver for you and your family -- Building the best care partnership -- Keep your eye on the ball -- Your home, your care -- The caregiver relationship: friendship, balance, and boundaries -- Throwing in the towel -- Creative solutions: more than one way home -- Coming home.
Subjects: Home care services; Caregivers.; Older people; Home nursing.; Home Care Services.;
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No place like home : a history of nursing and home care in the United States / by Buhler-Wilkerson, Karen.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes information on Mary Beard, black nurses, blacks, Boston (Massachusetts), Charleston (South Carolina), homecare, Ladies Benevolent Society, race, nursing salaries, tuberculosis, visiting nurse associations, etc.
Subjects: Home nursing; Home Care Services; Community Health Nursing;
© 2003., Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Share the care : how to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill / by Capossela, Cappy.; Warnock, Sheila.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and index.
Subjects: Critically ill; Critically ill; Caregivers.; Home nursing.; Caregivers.; Critical Illness; Home Nursing; Social Support.;
© 2004., Simon & Schuster,
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Quality assisted living : informing practice through research / by Morgan, Leslie A.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.All 50 states currently regulate assisted living facilities in order to minimized safety risks and guarantee a basic set of rights and services to residents. What has not been adequately addressed, however, is the need to create, sustain, and evaluate quality of life in these settings. Quality Assisted Living provides results from a 4-year National Institute on Aging-funded study that gathered extensive information not only from residents, but also from staff and family members. This book focuses on what people, particularly the residents, mean when they discuss the ambiguous concept of quality. This volume addresses the complexities underlying seemingly clear-cut issues and provides concrete suggestions for re framing problems in order to find better solutions.--[book cover]Quality in assisted living: hearing residents' voices -- The everyday experience of quality in a "soft institution" -- A culture of caring -- Hidden complexity: food and dining in assisted living -- Autonomy in assisted living -- External constraints: regulations, rules, and financial realities -- Broadening our perspectives on quality: change over time in the quality balance -- Moving toward quality balance: lessons learned from residents -- Appendix: Research methods used for the study.
Subjects: Old age homes.; Nursing homes.; Congregate housing.; Older people; Homes for the Aged.; Aged.; Health Services for the Aged.; Nursing Homes.;
© c2012., Springer Pub.,
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The unexpected journey of caring : the transformation from loved one to caregiver / by Thomson, Donna,1955-; White, Zachary,author.; Woodruff, Judy,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.I'm (not) a caregiver -- Disorientation : from loved one to caregiver -- Living in-between scripts -- A hyper-intolerance of others -- Audience betrayal -- Who am I becoming and why am I so hard on myself? -- When 'getting through' isn't good enough -- Re-orientation and advocacy -- Making meaning that matters now -- Begin with the basics : what is my role at home, what do I want it to be? -- It takes a village : revealing hidden assets in neighborhood -- Navigating the rough waters of transition -- Not a social network, but a care network -- How to know what you want and get what you need -- Power and love = empowerment -- Cultivating connection.Caregivers today find themselves in need of a crash course in new and unfamiliar skills. They must not only care for a loved one, but also access hidden community resources, collaborate with medical professionals, craft new narratives consistent with the changing nature of their care role, coordinate care with family, seek information and peer support using a variety of digital platforms, and negotiate social support--all while attempting to manage conflicts between work, life, and relationship roles. The moments that mark us in the transition from loved one to caregiver matter because if we don't make sense of how we are being transformed, we risk undervaluing our care experiences, denying our evolving beliefs, becoming trapped by other's misunderstandings, and feeling underappreciated, burned out, and overwhelmed. Informed by original caregiver research and proven advocacy strategies, this book speaks to caregiving as it unfolds, in all of its confusion, chaos, and messiness. Readers won't find well-intentioned clichés or care stereotypes in this book. There are no promises to help caregivers return to a life they knew before caregiving. No, this book greets caregivers where they are in their journey--new or chronic--not where others expect (or want) them to be.
Subjects: Caregivers; Caregivers; Caregivers; Home Nursing; Social Support.;
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