With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, the need for senior living is growing at a steep rate, and the aging services field has been hard at work preparing for these new customers. Current pract
From the authors of the award-winning Meeting the Leadership Challenge in Long-Term Care, this book provides a blueprint for success in today’s performance-based healthcare system. It presents a teste
Instructors and researchers present management problems and issues in various healthcare settings that they find rich in applied lessons. The 28 cases in this volume, 14 of which are new, appear in
With dementia on the rise, research has supported the importance of meaningful activity for those afflicted, with the aim to help reduce agitation, frustration, and boredom, and support feelings of
A nationally recognized culture change consultant, Fox chooses the term “person-centered” for her book, referring to a new way of thinking and behaving that will lead to the transformation of long
Wainwright and Thompson, who work in hospice care in Canada, show hospice and palliative care practitioners how to provide psychosocial care to patients and families experiencing bereavement or dy
Power, an internist and geriatrician specializing in caring for people with changing cognitive abilities, outlines holistic, relational approaches to dementia that do not use antipsychotic drugs. He n
While researching actual aggression between residents of nursing facilities, Bonifas discovered lesser forms of negative behavior among residents that resembled bullying in children. Here she offers a
This guide outlines a step-by-step process called spaced retrieval, to help people with dementia and other forms of memory loss recall or learn new or previously important information, such as when to
This plain-language guide is intended for hospital administrators, doctors, corporate health system staff members, financial executives, and health plan administrators. The guide presents a step-by-st
Lange presents readers with an outline for how long-term care administrators can develop, implement, and maintain effective orientation programs for all levels of staff in order to reduce turnover. Th
This accessible visual guide for family, caregivers, and professionals who work with dementia patients gathers art projects for use in one-on-one sessions or in groups of people with dementia, emphasi
The author emphasizes the importance of place in older peoples lives and care and outlines the various residential options and care settings available to them, as well as the role of family assistance
Based on the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, this book shows caregivers how they can incorporate the arts into their care of people with dementia, Although there is a strong focus on poetry, the book also
Full of examples, such as how to create a proxy letter from the IRS assuring the patient that they had paid taxes, to sample implementation worksheets, this guidebook instructs the professional caregi
This resource for nurses, social workers, advocates, administrators, policymakers, and others who work with elders begins with seven chapter-length case studies of exemplary elder care communities tha
Although federal policy declared its good intentions with the Older American Act (OAA) in 1965, that the elderly should be entitled to independence and the freedom of individual personal initiative in
Participation in the creative arts has been shown to promote cell growth that enhances the brain's ability to learn and recall new information, create new ideas, and make new connections. The brain st
This book is an ideal resource for professionals who care for people with Alzheimer's-type dementia. Feil and Klerk-Rubin have designed the text specifically for those working in assisted living facil
The director of resident services explains the objective of Satellite Housing in Berkeley, CA, to provide affordable, service-enriched housing to low-income seniors. Osage and McCall (psychology, St.
