Residential care / Long-Term Care Facilities Books
Health Professions Press,U.S. Understanding and Preventing Harmful Interactions
Book SynopsisFor the first time, those at the front lines of care have access to a single source for a comprehensive set of practical tools to effectively address distressing and harmful interactions between residents with dementia. This prevalent but under-recognized public health problem in long-term care homes results in serious consequences, including psychological harm, physical injuries, and even death. After examining the potential consequences and manifestations of these behavioral expressions, readers learn how to identify the contributing factors, causes, unmet needs, and triggering events that commonly lead to these episodes. With an emphasis on person-directed care practices, this book describes numerous psychosocial strategies to use for prevention and de-escalation prior to, during, and after episodes of harmful resident-to-resident incidents.This valuable resource will help inform training programs for direct care staff, interdisciplinary teams, and LTC administrators. In addition to cost savings from reduced resident-to-resident incidents, care providers will see significant improvements in resident and staff well-being.Table of Contents About the Author Foreword Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction SECTION I. SPECTRUM OF DHRRIS AND HOW TO APPROACH THEM Spectrum and Consequences Principles for Approaching DHRRIs SECTION II. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, CAUSES, AND TRIGGERS Resident’s History and Background Factors Situational Causes and Triggers Factors in the Physical Environment Factors Related to Care Partners SECTION III. PREVENTION AND DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES Procedures and Strategies at the Organizational Level Proactive Measures Immediate Strategies During Episodes Post-Episode Strategies APPENDIX A. Assessment Tools and Processes for Prevention of DHRRIs Index
£38.21
Taylor & Francis Psychologically Informed Environment Principles
Book SynopsisAs pressure grows on care managers and staff to work with ever more complex needs, this book is a timely account of how introducing the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) principles into a care home will improve work practice and outcomes for residents. The PIE approach enables staff to: Have improved understanding of residents' needs Better understand how to respond effectively to complex behaviour Introduce trauma-informed practice into their work Improve staff support and morale Improve outcomes for even the most hard to reach clients Reflecting on one care homeâs journey to becoming a PIE this book shows how low-cost, high-impact interventions delivered on the frontline can have far reaching effects on the wellbeing of residents, staff and wider culture of the care environment. It will be of interest to all professional, academics, policy-makers and students working in the fields of adult social services and health and social care more broadly.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1 Highwater House. 2 What is a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE)? 3 Trauma-Informed Care. 4 Relationships. 5 Reflective Practice. 6 Elastic Tolerance. 7 Psychological Awareness. 8 Environment. 9 Evidence. 10 Rules, Roles, and Responsiveness (The 3 Rs). 11 Staff Support and Training. Conclusion. Index.
£47.49
Johns Hopkins University Press Psychiatric Consultation in LongTerm Care A Guide
Book SynopsisEmphasizing creative engagement and hands-on care and featuring clinical vignettes and practical tips, this optimistic volume reinforces the potential for nursing homes and assisted living facilities to be communities where residents thrive.Trade ReviewThis book is useful for professionals but it is also a wonderful guide for families searching for a good place for Grandma and wondering what they can do to keep her content there. Book News, Inc. 2010 This is an excellent, highly readable book covering the myriad of psychiatric disorders seen in nursing home residents. Although dementia and depression are the most common, delirium, anxiety, psychotic disorders, aggressive behavior, and screaming are also extremely common. This book addresses each of these and provides a clear approach to diagnosis and treatment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2011Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction and Epidemiology2. The Assessment Process3. Dementia4. Delirium5. Mood Disorders6. Psychotic Disorders7. Anxiety Disorders and Sleep Disorders8. Personality Disorders, Somatoform Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Other Psychiatric Disorders9. Psychiatric Aspects of Nutritional Disorders, Frailty,and Failure to Thrive10. Abuse and Neglect, Ethical Dilemmas, and Medicolegal Issues11. Palliative and End-of-Life Care12. Pharmacological Interventions13. Psychosocial and Environmental Interventions14. An Ideal Long-Term Care HomeAbbreviationsResourcesReferencesIndex
£61.50
Rowman & Littlefield LongTerm Care and Medicare Policy
Book SynopsisAs the population ages, policymakers must evaluate the nation''s readiness to assist a growing group of people with conditions requiring chronic and long-term care. Based on the 2002 annual meeting of the National Academy of Social Insurance, this new volume offers a variety of viewpoints from policymakers, researchers, and experts who examine how well the needs of the elderly and disabled Americans are being met by today''s financing and delivery systems, in light of potential reform options. Particular attention is paid to care coordination issuesnamely, the impact of acute-care policies on long-term and chronic careto draw attention to how the segmentation of healthcare provision can create disruptions in patient care. Authors address the advantages and disadvantages of varying levels of state, federal, and private involvement in long-term care. Clearly, for people to access appropriate long-term care today and tomorrow, a careful balance of financing sources and integrated
£23.75
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Sharing the Burden
Book SynopsisThe United States is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the way it delivers and pays for long-term care. Most families that are confronted with caring for a disabled elderly relative are often guaranteed financial catastrophe. The authors of this book examine a wide range of financing approaches to reforming long-term care and the impacts they would have over the next twenty-five years. The central issues in the debate about reforming long-term care concerns the relative roles of the public and private sectors. The authors urge that private insurance be encouraged and predict it will grow. Nevertheless, they conclude, private insurance will probably play only a modest role in financing nursing home and at-home care. For that reason, careful attention must also be given to reforming public programs. They recommend a strategy that includes expanded social insurance covering more at-home care and some limited nursing home coverage, the liberalization of Medicaid eligibility requirements so that complete impoverishment is not required before benefits are given, and an enhanced role for private insurance to provide asset protection to the upper-middle- income and wealthy elderly. The authors examine the cost of public and private initiatives and who would pay for them. Their answers emerge from a large computer simulation model that the authors developed. This book is accessible to non-specialists and is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of American health care.
£18.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Living with Cancer
Book SynopsisPatients at every stage will find Living with Cancer a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible guide for navigating the illness and its treatment.Trade ReviewAn unusually comforting and genuinely useful resource. Booklist For anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, or for those who have friends of family facing this illness, this guide will be an extremely invaluable resource. Patients at any stage of the disease will find rich, useful information that can help them cope more effectively with their illness. Foreword ReviewsTable of ContentsChapter 1: How am I Going to Get Through This? Part I: Making Sense of Your DiagnosisChapter 2: Setting the Goals of TreatmentChapter 3: Understanding the Biology of CancerChapter 4: What Is a Liquid Tumor?Chapter 5: How to Prepare for TreatmentChapter 6: Tests and Scans in TreatmentChapter 7: How Am I Supposed to Cope with This?Chapter 8: How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? Part II: Managing Symptoms and Side EffectsChapter 9: Controlling NauseaChapter 10: Managing Constipation, Diarrhea, and Bowel ObstructionChapter 11: Minimizing PainChapter 12: Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?Chapter 13: What If I'm Losing Weight?Chapter 14: What if I Have a Sudden Fever?Chapter 15: Bleeding and Clotting IssuesChapter 16: Why am I So Exhausted?Chapter 17: Why Do People Keep Asking if I Am Depressed or Anxious?Chapter 18: How Does Cancer Affect My Brain? Part III: Dealing with Progressing CancerChapter 19: They Tell Me the Cancer Is ProgressingChapter 20: Living and Hoping with Advancing CancerChapter 21: What About Practical Concerns?Chapter 22: My Doctor Says that Chemotherapy Is No Longer EffectiveChapter 23: My Body Feels Like It's Shutting DownChapter 24: What Is a Good Death? Index7
£40.38
Johns Hopkins University Press Living with Cancer
Book SynopsisPatients at every stage will find Living with Cancer a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible guide for navigating the illness and its treatment.Trade ReviewAn unusually comforting and genuinely useful resource. Booklist For anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, or for those who have friends of family facing this illness, this guide will be an extremely invaluable resource. Patients at any stage of the disease will find rich, useful information that can help them cope more effectively with their illness. Foreword ReviewsTable of ContentsChapter 1: How am I Going to Get Through This? Part I: Making Sense of Your DiagnosisChapter 2: Setting the Goals of TreatmentChapter 3: Understanding the Biology of CancerChapter 4: What Is a Liquid Tumor?Chapter 5: How to Prepare for TreatmentChapter 6: Tests and Scans in TreatmentChapter 7: How Am I Supposed to Cope with This?Chapter 8: How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? Part II: Managing Symptoms and Side EffectsChapter 9: Controlling NauseaChapter 10: Managing Constipation, Diarrhea, and Bowel ObstructionChapter 11: Minimizing PainChapter 12: Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?Chapter 13: What If I'm Losing Weight?Chapter 14: What if I Have a Sudden Fever?Chapter 15: Bleeding and Clotting IssuesChapter 16: Why am I So Exhausted?Chapter 17: Why Do People Keep Asking if I Am Depressed or Anxious?Chapter 18: How Does Cancer Affect My Brain? Part III: Dealing with Progressing CancerChapter 19: They Tell Me the Cancer Is ProgressingChapter 20: Living and Hoping with Advancing CancerChapter 21: What About Practical Concerns?Chapter 22: My Doctor Says that Chemotherapy Is No Longer EffectiveChapter 23: My Body Feels Like It's Shutting DownChapter 24: What Is a Good Death? Index7
£17.10
Morgan James Publishing llc Aging in Place: Navigating the Maze of Long-Term
Book SynopsisOverwhelmed by handling your aging loved one’s affairs? Is your parents’ estate in good order? Do you know what their wishes are and how you can honor them? Are you struggling with where your parent can be best cared for following a hospital stay? Are you feeling guilty or manipulated by your family? Using real life examples, Aging in Place is instrumental in promoting healthy family discourse on these important topics. Mary Mashburn discusses the roadblocks and pitfalls you and your family might encounter, explains many useful planning techniques, and provides information on local and national resources. Whether in the midst of a crisis or just beginning to discuss options with loved ones, you gain valuable insight and information that guides you and your family toward making the best choices that fit your unique situation. Rather than offering a magic wand to make the difficulties of aging disappear, Aging in Place offers useful information to make decisions that provide peace and strength as those who are aging and their loved ones face these challenges together.
£9.49
Independently Published Blood Pressure and Sugar Log: Discreet Cover
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£8.99
SteinerBooks, Inc Anthroposophic Nursing Practice: Foundations and
Book SynopsisAnthroposophic nursing care connects the treatment of the body with the care of the patient's soul and spirit. Attention is paid to touch, using warmth, cold air and light to promote healing. While physical wellbeing is central to our modern society, our bodies actually receive little respect and attention, especially when we become ill and old. This book argues that nursing values need to be rediscovered which respect the individual, embrace illness as part of life, and allow time for healing. Anthroposophic Nursing Practice highlights a form of nursing which is both holistic and optimistic. This important book gathers together knowledge and perspectives from generations of nurses, including Anna Wilde, Bernhard Deckers and Heikie Schaumann.This comprehensive work will inevitably become the classic text on the important practice of anthroposophic nursing.Table of ContentsChapter 1: How Do You Learn Anthroposophic Nursing?Chapter 2: Observation as a Method of Self-development and a Therapeutic Element in Care and DestinyChapter 3: The Anthropological Foundations of Nursing Extended by AnthroposophyChapter 4: Illness and DestinyChapter 5: Nursing as a Path of DevelopmentChapter 6: Meditation in NursingChapter 7: The Concept of Nursing Gestures as a Model for Nursing CareChapter 8: RhythmChapter 9: The Human Warmth Organism and Its CareChapter 10: Variations on Whole-Body WashingChapter 11: Preventing Bedsores, Pneumonia, and Thrombosis in Seriously Ill PatientsChapter 12: Rhythmical Einreibung According to Wegman/HauschkaChapter 13: Compresses in Anthroposophically Extended Nursing CareChapter 14: Active Principles in External ApplicationsChapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium as Stages of Human BecomingChapter 16: Neonatal Nursing Care. Care Is EducationEducation Is CareChapter 17: The Concept of Development as the Basis for Anthroposophically Extended Pediatric NursingChapter 18: Psychiatric NursingChapter 19: From the Question of Meaning in Cancer to the Cultivation of the SensesChapter 20: Anthroposophic Oncology NursingChapter 21: Geriatric Care as Care for Human BeingsChapter 22: Aspects of Caring for Elderly People who are Mentally Ill or ConfusedChapter 23: Caring for People with Dementia in Inpatient FacilitiesChapter 24: Palliative CareChapter 25: The Care and Accompaniment of the Dying and the Deceased
£40.00
Health Professions Press,U.S. Living Normally with Dementia: One Care Home's
Book SynopsisLiving Normally with Dementia tells the successful story of Dagmarsminde, a small innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care.The philosophy and lived experiences of this model home are illustrated with real examples and vignettes from day-to-day care. The founder and staff offer a replicable approach to helping their residents with dementia enjoy a richer, more normal-feeling life than residents receiving the “usual care” in most settings. The staff, in turn, enjoy the professional rewards of following their calling to this work with confidence and compassion.Person-centered practices define the daily routine and include a focus on good nutrition, contact with nature, healthy physical activities, and as much independence in activities of daily living as possible. The needs and progress of each resident are paramount.From the time a new resident arrives at the home until the person has died, the goal of care is to help residentsThrive in a home where they are heard and respected at all timesHave a medication-free existence as much as possibleRemain independently mobile by walking without assistive devices unless absolutely necessaryEnjoy family-style dining with staff and residents togetherExperience ordinary sights and sounds of nature—from household pets to small farm animals, garden flowers, and nearby woodsThis book invites leaders, direct care partners, students, and families to immerse themselves in a home that operates very differently from traditional, institutional nursing homes. The goal is to help readers around the world envision new, more satisfying ways of working with people living with dementia and to explore new approaches in their own care homes.Table of Contents Preface Introduction to Dagmarsminde About the Author Acknowledgments DedicationPart I. The Rehabilitating and Stabilizing Phase The Move: Crossing the Threshold to a New Life Aesthetics: Balancing the Mind with DÉcor The Craft of Nursing: Good Judgment and Hands-on Care The Call to Service: The Selfless Workplace Tapering Off Medication: Purification and Stability Exercise: Active Residents Seize the Day Assistive Devices for Mobility Working with Energies: A Dynamic Balance The Circadian Rhythm: Open-eyed Residents The Routine: Together from Morning till Night Sanatorium Practices The Great Outdoors: Sensing at the Highest Level Nourishing Body and Mind Continuing Family Traditions Under Observation: Looking After the Health of Our Residents Part II. The Weakening Phase Swallowing Problems: When Eating Solid Foods is Difficult Approaching the End of Life Part III. The Final Phase Working with the Family The Dying Process The Wake
£36.51
Health Professions Press,U.S. The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques
Book SynopsisValidation is a successful way of communicating with older adults with Alzheimer’s-type dementia and responding to their challenging behaviors. The Validation method helps reduce stress, enhance dignity, and increase happiness for both the elder and the caregiver. Since its inception in 1989, Validation has helped thousands of professional and family caregivers improve their relationships with residents and loved ones with dementia by acknowledging older adults’ expressed feelings rather than focusing on disorientation and confusion.Professionals will learn how to: Build relationships with residents based on empathy and compassion Understand and deal with challenging behaviors Interpret nonverbal cues to promote better communication Implement Validation in your own care setting through the experiences shared by Authorized Validation Organizations around the world The Validation method is easy to learn, and positive results can be seen in both residents and caregivers. Residents express less anger and anxiety, decreasing the need for chemical and physical restraints. Residents communicate more freely and more often. Residents often move better and experience an improved sense of self-worth. Staff members express a greater sense of fulfillment at work and feel better prepared for handling difficult situations. Families visit more often. The Validation Breakthrough is an essential resource for professionals in all settings serving adults who may be confused and disoriented, including assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospice, home health care, adult day services, and family care settings.NEW to this edition: Updated language and explanations for the Phases of Resolution Revised case studies reflecting contemporary settings and issues Restructured content for clarity and ease of use
£40.46
