Long-term Care Administration Handbook

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Seth B. Goldsmith
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1993 - 562 pages
This handbook is the definitive, comprehensive reference for long-term care administration. It provides new ideas, proven approaches, & practical suggestions for every aspect of long-term care facility management. Each chapter contains a collection of specialized, advanced expertise presented by long-term care administrators, consultants, academics, planners, attorneys, architects, & nurses.

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Contents

Chapter 2History of LongTerm Care
9
Chapter 3Psychological Issues in Institutional Care of the Aged
19
Chapter 4Role of the Medical Director in the 1990s
33
The Future of Medical Direction
54
Selection of the Practice Model
60
Selection of Personnel
67
Chapter 6Ethical Decision Making in LongTerm Care
81
Withholding or Withdrawing Medical Treatment
90
Chapter 23Operating a Financially Viable Alzheimers
304
Conclusion
313
Taxable Financing
321
Should Hospitals Invest in CCRCs?
328
Management and Organization
334
Financial Management
340
Intake
346
Activities Programs
355

Chapter 7Mental Health Care and the Elderly
96
Caregiving
108
Implications and Actions
116
Chapter 9Management of Nursing Homes
123
Special Challenges of Nursing Home Management
129
Chapter 10The Role and Function of Governing Boards
135
Practical Advice
142
Chapter 12Negotiating Managerial Contracts
155
The Process of Corporate Reorganization
162
Proposal of Reorganization for the Springfield Jewish Home
168
Lessons Learned in Reorganization
180
Marketing Research for Health Care Services
186
The LongTerm Care Product
192
The Heritage Pointe
198
Sales and Marketing Personnel
209
Barriers to Clinical Computer Systems
215
Learning from the Hospital Automation Experience
222
Conclusion
228
History
237
The Role of Management in TQM
247
Capital Financing in LongTerm Care
269
Appendix 20AGlossary
276
The Precampaign Phase
282
Campaign Costs
288
Conclusion
294
Campaign Process
300
Program Profiles
362
Some Things Old Some Things New
370
Acknowledgments
376
Chaplaincy Services in LongTerm Care
384
Conclusion
392
Implementing the Program Components
401
Chapter 30Durable and Home Medical Equipment
404
Conclusion
412
The Uncertainty of Reimbursement
418
Billing for DME
424
Chapter 32Strategic Planning in LongTerm Care
431
Strategic Imperatives in LongTerm Care
447
Chapter 33Architecture for LongTerm Care Facilities
454
Codes and Standards
460
Resident Care Services
466
Building Support Services
473
Chapter 34Innovation in LongTerm Care Facility Design
481
The Order and Process of Project Development
495
Hospitality Model
505
States are Scrambling to Find Alternatives to Nursing
511
Summary
519
Communication with Residents and Families
525
Community Hospital
533
Chapter 38Contract Facility Management in LongTerm Care
539
Index
549
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