Effective Management of Long Term Care Facilities
Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities explores the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future nursing home administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and reorganized to offer a more cohesive presentation of the material, as well as new, in-depth information on licensing and important skills for becoming a nursing home administrator. An all new section...
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Taking an open system approach, this textbook identifies the external factors that can affect nursing homes, suggests how the physical structures, human resources, and delivery of services should be arranged for optimal patient care, and describes leadership skills for managing staff, marketing, service quality, and financial controls. Singh is affiliated with Indiana University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Doody Review Services Reviewer:Katy T. Nguyen, MSN(University of Missouri-Columbia)Description:This book addresses and defines an administrator's responsibility in six dimensions of long-term care operation such as social services, environmental services, nursing care, activities, marketing and financing, leadership and management. This second edition adds two chapters and several case studies.Purpose:The purpose is to furnish much-needed knowledge and skills to prepare an administrator and/or corporate officer for effectively managing a long-term care facility. The book discusses care continuum and policy issues that can help create a person-centered care environment. The objectives focus on the aspects of effective management that will go beyond mere compliance with regulatory requirements.Audience:The book is written for long-term care administrators, skilled facility leaders and managers, corporate officers and governing board members, students of healthcare administration preparing for the professional licensure examination, and people who are considering a career in long-term care.Features:Five sections that include an introduction, external and internal environment, organization and delivery services, governance and management, and case studies provide a comprehensive overview of long-term care operation. Each section contains several chapters that explore the details of long-term care from legal, regulatory, care, quality, and productivity management perspectives.Assessment:This is a wonderful reference for people who would like to pursue an administrative level career in long-term care. This edition has new updated tools, information, and several case studies that address long-term care issues. It will help leaders to organize and manage day-to-day operations of a long-term care facility.
Pt. I Introduction to Long-Term Care 1Ch. 1 Overview of Long-Term Care 3Ch. 2 Long-Term Care Policy: Past, Present, and Future 25Ch. 3 The Long-Term Care Industry 47Pt. II External and Internal Environments 75Ch. 4 Responding to the External Environment 77Ch. 5 Legal Environment 99Ch. 6 Regulation and Enforcement 123Ch. 7 Financing and Reimbursement 147Ch. 8 Internal Environment and Culture Change 199Pt. III Organization and Delivery of Services 245Ch. 9 Social Services, Admission, and Discharge 249Ch. 10 Medical Care, Nursing, and Rehabilitation 277Ch. 11 Recreation and Activities 307Ch. 12 Dietary Services 325Ch. 13 Plant and Environmental Services 347Ch. 14 Administrative and Information Systems 365Pt. IV Governance and Management 387Ch. 15 Effective Governance, Leadership, and Management 389Ch. 16 Effective Human Resource and Staff Development 419Ch. 17 Effective Marketing and Public Relations 447Ch. 18 Effective Budgeting and Financial Controls 471Ch. 19 Effective Quality and Productivity Management 497Pt. V Case Studies 521Case 1 A Central American Immigrant Couple 523Case 2 A Legal and Ethical Dilemma 525Case 3 Abusive Spouse 529Case 4 Advance Directives 533Case 5 Wound Care at Mountainview Nursing Center 535Case 6 Implementing Culture Change in Food Service 539Case 7 Evacuation of Angel Care Center 545Case 8 Tug-of-War with the Director of Nursing 557Case 9 Corporate Compliance at Mid-Atlantic Care Centers 561Case 10 Chapel Square Health Care Center: Workforce Diversity 565Case 11 Start-up of Blissful Gardens 571Case 12 Implementation of the Wellspring Model575Glossary 585Index 607
\ From The CriticsReviewer: Katy T. Nguyen, MSN(University of Missouri-Columbia)\ Description: This book addresses and defines an administrator's responsibility in six dimensions of long-term care operation such as social services, environmental services, nursing care, activities, marketing and financing, leadership and management. This second edition adds two chapters and several case studies.\ Purpose: The purpose is to furnish much-needed knowledge and skills to prepare an administrator and/or corporate officer for effectively managing a long-term care facility. The book discusses care continuum and policy issues that can help create a person-centered care environment. The objectives focus on the aspects of effective management that will go beyond mere compliance with regulatory requirements.\ Audience: The book is written for long-term care administrators, skilled facility leaders and managers, corporate officers and governing board members, students of healthcare administration preparing for the professional licensure examination, and people who are considering a career in long-term care.\ Features: Five sections that include an introduction, external and internal environment, organization and delivery services, governance and management, and case studies provide a comprehensive overview of long-term care operation. Each section contains several chapters that explore the details of long-term care from legal, regulatory, care, quality, and productivity management perspectives.\ Assessment: This is a wonderful reference for people who would like to pursue an administrative level career in long-term care. This edition has new updated tools, information, and several case studies that address long-term care issues. It will help leaders to organize and manage day-to-day operations of a long-term care facility.\ \ \ \ \ From The CriticsReviewer: Katy T. Nguyen, MSN(University of Missouri-Columbia) \ Description: This book addresses and defines an administrator's responsibility in six dimensions of long-term care operation such as social services, environmental services, nursing care, activities, marketing and financing, leadership and management. This second edition adds two chapters and several case studies.\ Purpose: The purpose is to furnish much-needed knowledge and skills to prepare an administrator and/or corporate officer for effectively managing a long-term care facility. The book discusses care continuum and policy issues that can help create a person-centered care environment. The objectives focus on the aspects of effective management that will go beyond mere compliance with regulatory requirements.\ Audience: The book is written for long-term care administrators, skilled facility leaders and managers, corporate officers and governing board members, students of healthcare administration preparing for the professional licensure examination, and people who are considering a career in long-term care.\ Features: Five sections that include an introduction, external and internal environment, organization and delivery services, governance and management, and case studies provide a comprehensive overview of long-term care operation. Each section contains several chapters that explore the details of long-term care from legal, regulatory, care, quality, and productivity management perspectives.\ Assessment: This is a wonderful reference for people who would like to pursue an administrative level career in long-term care. This edition has new updated tools, information, and several case studies that address long-term care issues. It will help leaders to organize and manage day-to-day operations of a long-term care facility.\ \ \ 3 Stars from Doody\ \
