Post-acute and long-term medicine : a pocket guide
- 其他作者：
- 其他題名：
- Current clinical practice.
- 出版： Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Humana Press
- 版本：Second edition.
- 叢書名： Current clinical practice
- 主題： Long-term care of the sick. , Home care services. , Medicine & Public Health. , Geriatrics/Gerontology. , General Practice / Family Medicine. , Primary Care Medicine. , Rehabilitation Medicine. , Cardiology.
- ISBN： 9783319169798 (electronic bk.) 、 9783319169781 (paper)
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FIND@SFXID:
CGU
- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: Home Health Care -- Assisted Living and Residential Care -- PACE -- Department of Veteran Affairs Option for LTC -- Behind the Scenes at Nursing Facilities -- The Role of Practitioners and the Medical Director -- Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Physician Assistants -- Common Clinical Conditions in Long Term Care -- Preventing Hospital Admissions and Readmissions -- Goals of Care and Prevention -- Integrating Palliative Care into Practice -- Weight and Nutrition -- Wound Care -- Dementia, Delirium and Depression -- Ethical and Legal Issues -- Caring for Families -- Documentation and Coding -- Medication Management in Long Term Care -- Rehabilitation and Maximizing Function.
- 摘要註: This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC) Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for patients in a long-term care facility. The book is divided into four sections that cover: types of care, which include community care, nursing facility care, and teamwork; clinical medicine, with suggested approaches to common conditions and wound care; psychosocial aspects of care, which include ethical and legal issues and caring for families; and special issues, with chapters on documentation, coding, and medication management. As community-based care is an area of rapid growth where the elderly are increasingly seeking their medical care, new chapters have also been added that describe these programs. Written by expert contributors, many of whom have worked within AMDA - The Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine to create and disseminate a knowledge base for post-acute and LTC, this is a valuable resource for clinicians and educators seeking to maximize the care and living experience of residents in post-acute and long-term care settings.
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讀者標籤：
- 系統號： 005358694 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC). Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for patients in a long-term care facility. The book is divided into four sections that cover: types of care, which include community care, nursing facility care, and teamwork; clinical medicine, with suggested approaches to common conditions and wound care; psychosocial aspects of care, which include ethical and legal issues and caring for families; and special issues, with chapters on documentation, coding, and medication management. As community-based care is an area of rapid growth where the elderly are increasingly seeking their medical care, new chapters have also been added that describe these programs. Written by expert contributors, many of whom have worked within the American Medical Directors Association to create and disseminate a knowledge base for post-acute and LTC, this is a valuable resource for clinicians and educators seeking to maximize the care and living experience of residents in post-acute and long-term care settings.