Effective Practices and Model Programs in Elder Care
Provides the most up to date and essential knowledge on assisted living and residential care. The book empowers current and future assisted living administrators to employ effective practices, understand model programs, and learn the necessary tools and tips to maximize the overall health, safety, and comfort of residents in their care.
Practice Questions for RC/AL Administrator Certification/Licensure
Contains more than 300 practice questions and answers!Assisted Living Administration and Management Review is the first practical question-based study guide for anyone preparing for certification or licensure exams in residential care and assisted living (RC/AL) administration. Organized according to the original five domains of practice ......
Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly
With the number of elderly persons needing long-term care expected to double to 14 million over the next two decades, assisted living has become the popular choice for housing or care. Assisted living represents a promising model of long-term care that blurs the sharp distinction between nursing homes and community-based care and reduces the gap ......
Agencies working with vulnerable adults are increasingly finding they have to train staff internally to become trainers on the issue of adult abuse and new government legislation means this trend is likely to continue. Based on the author's considerable experience of training practitioners, this timely and practical manual will help agencies ......
Late life is a time when loss becomes more frequent. This volume presents a critical review of the literature and dominant theories in the field of bereavement and examines how protective and problematic developmental processes affect the experience of bereavement in late life.
Here's a moving introduction to the innovative Best Friends approach to caring for older people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia's. This touching 20-minuted DVD "showcases the Best Friends (TM) approach in action at a model adult day center volunteer program" and includes the Alzheimer's Disease Bill of Rights.
Suggests what to look for when choosing a facility, how to monitor the care offered, and the kinds of supervision and services that should be available. This book offers illustrates activities that contribute to total mental and physical well-being. It also includes appendices that feature important facts about retirement facilities.
Suggests what to look for when choosing a facility, how to monitor the care offered, and the kinds of supervision and services that should be available. This book offers illustrates activities that contribute to total mental and physical well-being. It also includes appendices that feature important facts about retirement facilities.
Explores, through personal accounts and vignettes, the moments of humour that unexpectedly pop up during the caregiving of people suffering from Alzheimer's and related dementia. This book brings the courageous experiences of care providers and relatives to life as they encounter the challenges of dealing with these seriously afflicted patients.