Long-term Care Administration HandbookSeth 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 |
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