Managing the Long-Term Care Facility: Practical Approaches to Providing Quality Care

PRACTICAL AND COMPASSIONATE APPROACHES TO THE OPERATION OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

Managing the Long-Term Care Facility contains a wealth of proven approaches that focus on achieving quality of care and quality of life in the long-term care continuum. The approaches outlined move away from traditional institutional techniques and present more caring, empathetic, and nurturing methods that foster an empowering environment for persons needing services and those working in the field. This important resource puts the emphasis on practicality, offers suggestions for every aspect of operating a long-term care facility, and enables an administrator to implement these suggestions immediately.

The text is a comprehensive resource designed for use by students in health care administration, other disciplines such as nursing, gerontology and business, and professionals in the field. Managing the Long-Term Care Facility includes:

• Suggestions for working with diverse and vulnerable populations
• Ideas for ensuring the physical environment meets or exceeds regulatory standards
• A review of the numerous legal and ethical responsibilities of the long-term care provider
• An exploration of the best nursing and business practices
• Information for preparing students for the National Nursing Home Administrator's licensure exam

Managing the Long-Term Care Facility provides real-world guidance and a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of long-term care.

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