Care of the elderly Books
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale The Complete Eldercare Planner Revised and
Book SynopsisTrusted for more than three decades by family caregivers and professionals alike, this comprehensive and reassuring caregiving guide offers the crucial information you need to look after your elders and plan for the future.“The most complete resource between two covers.”—Woman’s Day Being a caregiver for aging parents, close friends and family, and other elders in your life is an overwhelming experience, whether you are one who has stepped into this role without warning or one who is also contemplating their own care plan. Now in its fourth edition, The Complete Eldercare Planner will help you navigate today’s complex caregiving landscape while addressing your unique needs. Each chapter of this essential how-to guide shares easy-to-use action plans that will help you find your footing, indispensable checklists and worksheets to record important information, and a fully updated directory of low-cost and
£18.04
Johns Hopkins University Press The Future of LongTerm Care Social and Policy
Book SynopsisBinstock Ethical Issues in Long-Term Care Nancy Neveloff Dubler American Culture and Long-Term Care Otto von Mering Forecasting the Future of Long-Term Care Dennis L. KodnerTrade ReviewThis wide-ranging book discusses the history, problem, and future prospects of long-term care in America. Inspired by the 1992 National Health Forum held at the University of Florica and edited by an interdisciplinary team from medicine (Cluff), anthropology (von Mering), and social gerontology (Binstock), it contains chapters by 15 authors who represent the diverse fields of history, ethics, social welfare, nursing, health policy, and health-care administration... Unlike so much literature in gerontology, the book is clear, straightforward, and well focused on practical issues, while maintaining a high standard of scholarship throughout. Both academics and service professionals will find it extremely useful. -- Else M. Kiefer Health Progress This book considers long-term care in the United States in a variety of contexts including accessability, needs assessment, and affected populations. The authors examine the history and evolution of long-term care through to the present and speculate about the future, asking questions such as what will future nursing home care entail, and what role will economic, political, and cultural factors play? Hastings Center Report The Future of Long-Term Care... is the product of the first National Health Forum held at the University of Florida in 1992. The book examines the developments that have brought long-term care to the fore as an area of substantial concern, as well as the factors that will likely make it even more pressing in the future. The book includes chapters written by a distinguished panel of gerontologists and health policy experts. Aging Network News Provides a broad view of the history of long-term care policies and programmes in the United States, highlights current issues, and assesses future prospects... this is a readable, well-referenced volume which presents a useful overview of LTC issues and policy perspectives. Ageing and SocietyTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: Overview and History of the IssuesChapter 1. Issues Affecting the Future of Long-Term CareChapter 2. The Evolution of Long-Term Care in AmericaPart II: Populations Needing Care and Issues of Providing CareChapter 3. Older People, Dependency, and Trends in Supportive CareChapter 4. Trends Among Younger Persons with Disability of Chronic DiseaseChapter 5. The Role of Technology in Long-Term Care Chapter 6. Challenges in Providing Care for Persons with Complex Chronic IllnessPart III: Exploring the Future of Settings for CareChapter 7. The Evolution of the American Nursing HomeChapter 8. Care in the Home and Other Community Settings: Present and FuturePart IV: Social and Policy IssuesChapter 9. The Financing and Organization of Long-Term CareChapter 10. The Politics of Enacting Long-Term Care InsuranceChapter 11. Reflections on Some Ethical Issues in Long-Term CareChapter 12. American Culture and Long-Term CareEpilogueChapter 13. Foreseeing the Future of Long-Term Care: The Highlights and Implications of a Delphi StudyIndex
£43.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Care That Works
Book SynopsisTopics that receive special attention include communicating with persons who have language deficits and coping with problem behaviors-two critical problems in dementia care.Trade ReviewJitka Zgola uses many examples of real life situations to enhance the book, and those examples are amusing and touching, adding a very personal dimension. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy Jitka Zgola balances hard knowledge, outstanding research, and years of experience with writing that reflects great warmth and understanding. I find it impossible to read her books without a highlighter in hand. Alzheimer's Care Quarterly Zgola outlines a tolerant and imaginative approach which deserves a wide readership. Her tea group for severely demented residents has elements of genius. Age and AgeingTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Relationships Chapter 2. Dementia: Definition and ConsequencesChapter 3. Getting the Facts: History and Personal InformationChapter 4. Ongoing Appraisal of the Person's Cognitive AbilitiesChapter 5. Functional AssessmentChapter 6. Preventing Challenging BehaviorChapter 7. Using Well That Which Remains: But I thought You Said He Can't Remember?Chapter 8. Responding to Problematic Behavior: A ProcessChapter 9. Communication: The Heart of RelationshipsChapter 10. Alzheimer's Disease and the Home: Issues in Environmental DesignChapter 11. Programming Activities Chapter 12. Why Groups?Chapter 13. When is Breakfast? Any Time You Want ItChapter 14. I Have Him Dressed – What Now?: Organizing A Day At Home With A Cognitively Impaired PersonChapter 15. Visiting WellChapter 16. Some Lessons That Come From CaringReferencesIndex
£28.16
Johns Hopkins University Press Assisted Living
Book SynopsisAssisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly brings together a group of nationally recognized experts to help define the types of residential care that should be encouraged and sets guidelines for selecting an appropriate type of facility.Trade ReviewThis study is the largest, most comprehensive study of residential care/assisted living ever undertaken. -- Georg Gottschalk Housing Studies The most comprehensive study of RC/AL ever undertaken... Policy makers, educators, advocates, and service providers along the continuum of care for older adults will find this work impressive. -- Susan Daggett Inside GCMTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, M. Powell Lawton Preface List of Contributors Introduction, Catherine Hawes Part I. Key Topics in Assisted Living 1. State Policy and Regulations, Robert L. Mollica 2. Residential Care/Assisted Living in the Changing Health Care Environment, Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica 3. Creating a Therapeutic Environment: Lessons from Northern European Models, Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scot t4. Staffing Problems and Strategies in Assisted Living, R. Tamara Hodlewsky 5. African American Use of Residential Care in North Carolina, Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai Part II. Diversity in Profile: Assisted Living in Four States 6. An Overview of the Collaborative Studies of Long-Term Care, Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert, Verita Custis Buie, Joan F. Walsh, Gary Grove Koch, and J. Richard Hebel 7. Resident Characteristics, Leslie A. Morgan, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner 8. The Physical Environment, Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl Zimmerman 9. The Process of Care, Sheryl Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire 10. Aging in Place, Shulamit L. Bernard, Sheryl Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert 11. Care for Persons with Dementia, Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl Zimmerman, and Marcia G. Ory 12. Economics and Financing, Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan 13. Connectedness in Residential Care: A Qualitative Perspective, J. Kevin Eckert, Sheryl Zimmerman, and Leslie A. Morgan Part III. Future Directions in Assisted Living Emerging Issues in Residential Care/Assisted Living, Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert Index
£54.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Nursing Homes and Assisted Living The Familys
Book SynopsisIt is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.Trade Review"An important book about the often difficult and painful process that begins long before a loved family member enters a nursing home... A thorough, excellent and humane book that helps families navigate a difficult, traumatic life change in the most successful way possible." - Inside GCM "His inclusion of real-life stories from the families he's encountered over 20 years anchors the book compassionately." - Los Angeles Times "This is both a very humanistic book and a very practical one... written with the insight of a sociologist and geriatric care manager, someone who sees the human side of the equation first." - ElderCare Online"Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Caring Decisions1. When Someone You Love Goes into CareBecoming a CaregiverBecoming "the Family Member" of Someone in CareLearning the Role of "the Family Member"Types and Levels of CareOther ConsiderationsAlastair2. Deciding about CareHow to Talk about CareChoosing the Right TimeStress and BurnoutWhen a Parent Chooses to Live at RiskMaking the DecisionYour Legal Right to Make Decisions for Your Relative: A WarningAdvance Directives and Medical DecisionsLydia Jean3. Family Decision MakingFamily Relationships and Care DecisionsHow to Make Family DecisionsFamily MeetingsKeep Your Relative InvolvedMary4. Guilt, Loss, and GriefWhat Is Guilt?Conflicts That Give Rise to GuiltFamilies and GuiltAdult ChildrenGuilt, Culture, and Society TodayWhen Guilt Has Other Purposes in Your LifeNot All Relationships Were IdealGuilt and DementiaDealing with GuiltLetting GoGrief and LossHandling GriefMarjoriePart II: The Residence5. About Nursing Homes and Assisted Living FacilitiesKeeping Your Relative at HomeWhere to Start Finding a Nursing Home or Assisted Living FacilityApplying for Seniors HousingAbout Good Care and Good CaringModels of CareOn AbuseSpecialized Dementia Care UnitsCostsNursing Homes and Legal ResponsibilityMildred6. Viewing the ResidenceStaffingProgrammingPoliciesDiningPhysical PlantSurveys and AccreditationJohn and Joyce7. Staff Roles: Who Does What?ReceptionistAdministratorPersonal Care: Nurse'sAidesNursesDietitian and Food Services StaffSocial WorkerRecreation TherapistsRehabilitation StaffHousekeepers / Building MaintenanceStaffPharmacistPhysiciansOther Staff MembersMabel8. Nursing Home and Assisted Living SystemsHow the System WorksA Typical DayCyrusPart III: Moving in and Settling In9. Preparations for Moving DayHow to Prepare Your RelativeGet to Know the Home in AdvanceEquipmentValuablesClothing and LaundryPlan Ahead for Moving DayPlan to Take Care of YourselfBetty10. Moving DayStay CalmIf Your Relative Refuses to GoWalking through the DoorWhen You First ArriveJoan11. Settling InResident AdjustmentChanges and Differences in BehaviorDementia and BehaviorSex and Relationships in Nursing Homes and Assisted LivingOn Staying HealthyYour Emotional AdjustmentThe Gap in Your LifePhases of AdjustmentAcceptanceNew RelationshipsBillPart IV: Being the Family Member of Someone in Care12. Care and Care PlanningBasic Standards of CareHow Care Is OrganizedCare ConferencesChartsMedication and Care PlanningMedication and Pain ControlRestraintsToileting and IncontinenceFallsPressure SoresDepressionAlcohol, Drugs, and Other AddictionsRoommatesLouise13. Communication and Problem SolvingWorking the SystemCommunicationGaps in the SystemWhen Things Go MissingYour RoleMaking ComplaintsThrowing BouquetsAlvin (Part 1)14. VisitingHow Often to VisitVisiting Someone Who Has DementiaGoing Out and Going HomeEnding a VisitCompanionsA Few More Words about SexJane15. Out-of-Town CaregiversProfessional Geriatric Care ManagersLloyd16. Making a Home BetterInclude the Resident in the ChangeIndividual ActionsWorking with Other FamiliesWorking with the SystemWorking with GovernmentAnn17. Difficult Decisions at the End of LifeLiving and DyingTalking about DeathFacing Feelings about Dying and DeathDecisions about Dying and DeathHospice and Palliative CareYounger People and DeathWhat Occurs during the Dying ProcessAfter DeathSaying Good-bye to the HomeDonaldAlvin (Part 2)Appendix 1: Accessing Care in CanadaAppendix 2: QuestionnairesAppendixSome Common Medical AbbreviationsResourcesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Building Type Basics for Senior Living
Book SynopsisEssential information for the design of senior living facilities Building Type Basics for Senior Living, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for essential information you need to plan and successfully complete the design of residential care environments for seniors on time and within budget. Primary authors Bradford Perkins and J. David Hoglund and their Perkins Eastman colleagues?all experts in senior living design?share firsthand knowledge to guide you through all aspects of the design of senior living communities, including independent living and assisted living apartments, and skilled nursing facilities. This edition features new examples of completed projects and is up to date with the latest developments in senior living design, including coverage of sustainable design, renovation and reinvention, international opportunities, operations, and project financing. This new edition offers: Numerous photographs, diagrams, Table of ContentsPreface xvii Acknowledgments xix 1. Senior Living Today 1 State of the Industry 1 Design and the Aging Process 5 2. Programming & Planning Guidelines 13 Understanding the Marketplace 13 Programming Space Guidelines 14 Community Based Options 14 Long-Term Care 33 Hospice 60 Assisted Living Residences 64 Residences for Persons with Alzheimer’s and Dementia 82 Independent Living with Services 96 Continuing Care Retirement Communities 107 Active Adult Communities 119 Summary 123 3. The Future of Senior Living 125 Demographics 125 Consumers’ Expectations 126 Lifestyle Changes 129 Service Partnerships 135 New Housing and Care Concepts 139 Affordability 141 4. Project Process and Management 149 Planning, Design, and Implementation Process 149 Common Problems and Cautions 162 Conclusion 167 5. Site Planning, Parking, and Landscape Design 169 Site Size 169 Relationship to Adjacent Land Uses 171 Vehicular Circulation 171 Parking 173 Landscape Design 173 6. Building Codes 183 Codes and Regulations 184 Regulatory Issues 186 Waivers 191 Conclusion 192 7. Sustainability 193 Market Expectations 193 Calculating Cost Benefit 195 Strategies for Sustainability 196 8. Structural Systems 205 Considerations 205 Structural System Types 209 9. Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire-Protection, and Electrical Systems 215 The Interior Environment and Comfort for an Aging Population 215 Program and Concept 216 Applicable Codes 216 Program Impact on System Selection 217 Finished Ceilings and Building Height 219 Construction 220 Mechanical and Hvac System Options 222 Ventilation 227 Plumbing 229 Fire Protection 230 Electrical Distribution 231 Emergency Power 232 Lighting 233 10. Communications and Low-Voltage Electrical Systems 235 Systems Proliferation 235 Trends 240 11. Special Technologies 241 Remote Biometric Monitoring Systems 241 12. Products and Equipment 245 Medical Equipment 245 Universal Design 245 Mobility Devices 246 Food Service 246 Bathing Equipment 249 13. Acoustics 255 Key Acoustical Considerations 255 Design Guidelines for Specialized Spaces 258 Hearing‐Impairment Guidelines and Code Requirements 262 14. Lighting Design 265 Light Levels, Reflectance Values, and Glare 267 Lamping Options 268 Windows and Daylighting 269 Design Guidelines for Specialized Spaces 269 Conclusion 276 15. Interior Design 279 The Design Process 279 Color Theory 286 Wayfinding 287 Materiality 287 Interior Design Guidelines 289 Furniture and Furnishings 295 Process 298 16. Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Reuse 299 Long‐Term Care Facilities 299 Assisted Living Facilities 300 Independent Living Facilities 300 Cosmetic Renovation 301 Moderate Renovation 301 Major Renovation 301 Adaptive Reuse 305 17. International Challenges 307 Service Development 309 Programming and Design 310 Service and Socialization 313 Process 313 Aging at Home 314 Country‐Specific Issues 315 Conclusion 324 18. Operation and Maintenance 325 Introduction 325 Operations Costs 326 Ongoing Operating and Maintenance Costs 327 Durability, Useful Life, and Replacement Costs 329 19. Cost Management 335 Cost Management Program 335 Relative Costs 336 Value Engineering and Life Cycle Cost Analysis 336 20. Finances and Feasibility 343 Ten Steps to Financing 343 Financing Variations for Senior Settings 349 Appendix A: Unit Types and Sizes for Senior Living 351 Appendix B: Building Net-to-Gross Factors for Senior Living 352 Appendix C: Geriatric Clinic: Typical Program Components 353 Appendix D: Sample Large Outpatient Clinic Program 354 Appendix E: Sample Enhanced Retirement Community Clinic Program 355 Appendix F: Adult Day Care: Sample Program for 50 Participants 356 Appendix G: Long-Term Care Gross Area per Bed Guidelines 358 Appendix H: Typical Long-Term Care Program Components 359 Appendix I: Sample Program: Long-Term Care, 126 Bed, 4-Story (and Basement) Neighborhood/Household Model 360 Appendix J: Freestanding 75-Unit, 3-Story Assisted Living Facility with 20-Bed Memory-Support Neighborhood 366 Appendix K: Sample Program for 40-person Memory-Care Residence 369 Appendix L: Sample Program for Independent Living with Services Building—150 Units, 4 Stories, 2 Wings 371 Appendix M: CCRC Program 375 Appendix N: Enhanced CCRC Therapy Program 383 Glossary 385 Bibliography and References 395 Index 399
£76.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Through the Seasons
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFor a person in memory care, keeping the mind engaged is vital for physical and mental well-being. Moreover, activities that engage the whole person and acknowledge their dignity are important to ensuring that they participate and find joy in the activity set before them. A new second edition of the book Through the Seasons: Activities for Memory-Challenged Adults and their Caregivers lays out 32 experiences for caregivers and memory-challenged adults to try together throughout the year.—Kristin Easterling, HomeCare MagazineTable of ContentsForeword, by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPHPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. FallChapter 2. WinterChapter 3. SpringChapter 4. SummerResources for CaregiversAbout the Authors
£39.00
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Shift: How Seeing People as People Changes
Book SynopsisA vivid depiction and real-world example of the personal and institutional impact of the Arbinger Insititute''s transformative ideas (Leadership and Self-Deception; 1.4 million copies sold) within a healthcare organization--The HG nursing homes. In general, nursing homes are scorned healthcare institutions--but it was in these transformed HG homes that Kimberly White discovered a new way of "seeing" people and underwent her own personal transformation. Both HG and White shifted their perspective and mindset based on their adoption of The Arbinger Institute''s basic principles.Without realizing it, we tend to treat people as objects. We see them solely in terms of their usefulness to us. This invites tension and conflict, and changing this mindset is at the heart of the Arbinger Institute''s work. This book is a moving true story of an unhappy woman whose life and family were transformed when she began researching how Arbinger''s ideas were being implemented in nursing homes. Kimberly White was astonished to discover that those who choose to care for the elderly and ill, earning low pay in a maligned industry, were nevertheless full of satisfaction, compassion and love because of their ability to see their patients as real and true and valuable people. White''s research became a personal exploration of how to see the people in her own life as people in that same profound way. When she did, everything in her life and her world changed--and the reader''s will too.
£15.29
Seal Press (CA) Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and
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£23.25
Hampton Roads Publishing Co When Roles Reverse: A Guide to Parenting Your
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Soft Skull Press MOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and
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£14.41
Boutique of Quality Books The Family Caregiver's Guide
Book SynopsisCaring for a loved one at home. What’s really involved? And what does it mean for your family and future? Tens of millions of Americans have had these questions and more as they prepare for this unsettling yet necessary task. The Family Caregiver’s Guide fills in the gaps, connecting the dots between research and real life. Drawing on the author’s extensive caregiving experience, this book provides strategies to care for your loved one, inside and out, as well as for yourself—including how to use your natural skills in your new role, and which skills you may need to add. You’ll discover how to set up your home for caregiving, including a safety checklist, equipment suggestions, and words you should know. And for those days that are more than a handful, you’ll find positive affirmations, a section on facing and accepting illness, and smart steps at the end of each chapter, in case you need guidance in a hurry. Caregiving has both rewards and challenges. But through it all, you’ll discover what’s most important—that caregiving is love in action.
£13.25
WriteLife LLC A Cup of Tea on the Commode - Large Print Edition
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£18.95
Companion Press,US A Leader's Manual for Dementia Care-Partner
Book SynopsisThe Dementia Care Partner’s Workbook is a new resource from Companion Press that is both a support group participant’s manual and self-study guide for care partners who have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Its ten concise lessons not only walk you through the types, brain biology, and progressive symptoms of dementia but also offer practical tips for managing behaviors, coping with emotional issues, prioritizing self-care, and planning ahead—everything from diagnosis to end-of-life.The Manual provides general information about establishing and leading support groups, counseling skills for leaders and co-leaders, how to handle challenging group participants, step-by-step instructions on how to run each of the ten individual weekly meetings (including meeting-specific handouts), and lots of practical advice.
£16.16
Catapult Landslide: True Stories
Book Synopsis“Landslide is that rare book that somehow succeeds in being both knowing and open-hearted, both formally sly and emotionally direct. Its timeless subjects—grief, storytelling, the giving up of childish things—are rendered in ways that are as movingly honest as they are probing and unfamiliar. A swift, compelling read.” —Adam Haslett, author of Imagine Me GoneMinna Zallman Proctor's Landslide is a captivating collection of interconnected personal essays. These “true stories” explore the author’s complicated relationship with her mother—who was diagnosed with cancer at age fifty-seven and died fifteen years later—and the ways in which their connection was long the “prime mover” of Proctor’s life, the subtle force coursing beneath her adulthood. As such, these vibrant essays also narrate the trials and triumphs of Proctor’s own life—shifting between America and Italy (and loving “being a foreigner, the constant sense of unfamiliarity that supplanted all of my expectations and disappointments”), her bumpy first marriage, the profound pleasure she takes in motherhood, and the confounding experience of trying to arrange a Jewish burial for her “Jewish, not quite Jewish” mother. Proctor has an integrity and humor that is never extinguished despite life’s mounting difficulties. She also slyly questions her own narrative throughout. “Not having told this story before means I never fixed many details in my memory,” she writes. “[I] have to rely on flashes, the transparent stills that hang in my mind, made of smell, the way the light casts, the wind on skin.” The essays in this book are a sharply intelligent exploration of what happens when death and divorce unmoor you from certainties, and about the unreliable stories we tell ourselves, and others, in order to live.
£12.34
Bookpress Publishing Play the Game
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The Sutherland House Inc. The Accidental Caregiver: Wisdom and Guidance for
Book SynopsisAn invaluable resource for everyone concerned for the vulnerable people in their lives.Estimates suggest almost half of the adult population will someday be a caregiver, whether for an aging parent, an ailing partner, or a disabled family member. It is a role that tends to fall on people without warning, and almost certainly without preparation or training. Even Dr. Kimberly Fraser, a nurse who ran a large home support business, found it a struggle when her father and husband needed increasing levels of care. In this timely and urgently needed book, she gives readers sound, practical advice on how to meet with humanity and optimism the bewildering array of challenges facing caregivers: where to find help, how to navigate a confusing healthcare system, how to deal with constant demands, how to keep one’s own life from being overwhelmed by new responsibilities. Based on personal experience, prodigious research, and extensive interviews, The Accidental Caregiver is an invaluable resource for everyone concerned for vulnerable people in their lives and communities.
£14.24
The Sutherland House Inc. The Millenium Caregiver
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£16.14
World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health
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£43.77
