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Finding the right kind of long-term care, in the right place, often requires making difficult decisions in difficult times. Choose the Right Long-Term Care helps you understand the many alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to fit the care you need to the funds you have available.

Learn how to:

*Arrange Home Care

Understand what home care can do, what kind of care is available where you live, and how to arrange for services.

*Find a Non-Nursing Facility Residence

Learn about the many varieties of independent living and assisted living residential care communities, and how to choose one that matches your needs and budget.

*Choose a Nursing Home

If you need a nursing facility, find out what to look for and how to assess the quality of care.

*Get the Most out of Medicare, Medicaid and Other Benefit Programs

Understand the regulations concerning benefit programs, what they cover and how to qualify for them.

*Evaluate Long-Term Care Insurance

Find out whether long-term care insurance is a good investment for you.

*Protect Some of Your Assets

Avoid draining your life savings and losing your home as you cover the costs of long-term care.

The completely updated 4th edition provides all new information about estate planning, plus a new chapter on the special care needs of elders with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of mental disorientation. With sensitivity and clarity, Attorney Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care. ... Read more

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HANDBOOK OF HOME HEALTH ORIENTATION is a practical, easy-to-use guide to essential information covered in virtually every home health agency's orientation program. Home health agencies will find this handbook a current, consistent, convenient way to ensure that all new staff members receive and understand basic information. This reference presents the various regulatory and clinical information needed for effective care planning, evaluation, and reimbursement. Medicare standards, guidelines for the completion of the HCFA-485 form, and updated OASIS-B form are included. Home health managers and educators may partner this handbook with the accompanying MANUAL OF HOME HEALTH PRACTICE. ... Read more

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Handbook of Home Health Orientation
This book is a great read for those new to Home Health. While parts may seem a bit dry, it is necessary to cover the legal and reimbursement aspects of home health. This book opened my eyes to the new challenges I am going to face as a Home Health Case Manager. A job at one time I thought was going to be a breeze. While challenging, this area of nursing is very rewarding as brought up in this wonderful book as well. ... Read more

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Caring-based ethics for community practice
This text is highly relevant to anyone involved with elder care in community settings. Care managers and home care givers will particularly benefit from the comprehensive discussions of topics such as paid family caregivers, prejudice in home care, multigenerational households, the ethical importance of home care and organizational ethics. As a researcher interested in quality of life in the elderly and as a facilitator of ethics consultations in a care management organization, I found the content highly relevant to everyday practice. It is an invaluable reference. ... Read more

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Finally, a book that describes how homes for the aged, long-term care facilities, and seniors' centres can successfully compete in the philanthropic marketplace.

This fundraising primer explains how to:

Turn a one-time donor into an annual supporter for life.

Assess the capacity of potential major benefactors.

Create the optimum conditions for a capital campaign that will raise the most money, in the shortest time, and at the least cost.

Understand the dynamics of attracting a seven-figure gift.

make sure that the fundraising tail never wags the programmatic dog.

Turn an unexpected and unsolicited bequest into an opportunity to attract deferred gifts from other potential prospects. ... Read more

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A new palliative care reference for nurses & doctors
Palliative Care in the Home is a gem of a book, written by two noted palliative care specialists who were formerly general practitioners. First and foremost, Doyle and Jeffrey are concerned with quality of care. This reviewer believes their book will be of as much interest to nurses working in the home as to the physicians.

The book addresses special problems and challenges faced by both doctors and nurses in delivering palliative care within the home setting. There is special focus on home nursing issues. The authors maintain that good palliative care ought to begin in the home whether or not the patient is eventually admitted to hospital or special palliative care unit.

This small reference book is written in a straightforward style, and so is very readable and understandable, for the medical professional as well as the general reader with some knowledge and interest in the field of palliative care. The importance of the multi-disciplinary team is stressed throughout, along with the ethical need to respect patient autonomy and decision-making. Patients and families must be encouraged to express their feelings and views, and so take an active partnership role in providing care. Needs of the family carers and stresses on palliative care providers are among other issues developed.

The reader will find extensive, current material on symptom diagnosis, appropriate palliation and guidelines for medications to manage pain for a wide variety of diseases. Other chapters offer insights and guidelines to general practitioners who wish to use their counseling skills to offer bereavement counseling. There is an extensive bibliography of comprehensive reference books on palliative medicine and other specialized issues, as well as appendices listing useful drugs for the doctor's bag and setting up the syringe driver. ... Read more

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Written by a practicing architect and gerontologist, The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home shows you how to create a home environment that will help you cope with the many difficulties associated with Alzheimer's. This unique book is divided into two sections to provide the most thorough coverage available. Section One deals with interior and exterior spaces individually, providing key information on how to ensure that the Alzheimer's patient will be safe and secure. Section Two gives a detailed list of potential problems related to Alzheimer's and practical information on how to cope with those problems in the home setting. ... Read more

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A caregiver's bible
Since first reading this book over 14 months ago, I've found it a constant source for information and resources. It addresses the problems I encounter on a daily basis AND gives sources for products that I can use to provide better care for my loved one.

Beverly Bigtree Murphy, author, "He Used to be Somebody,"
This book is a must for caregivers and professionals facing the challenges of Alzheimer's. It is the first book I've read devoted to Alzheimer's care that offers something more than reasons to institutionalize our people. Caregivers need information, options and where to access tools and resources before they can make informed decisions about their choices or their role as caregiver. As someone who spent 25 years designing rehabilitations plans for handicapped people and another 10 years facing the care of my husband, Tom, who died of this disease in our home, this is the first volume I've picked up that speaks of caregiving in positive, life-giving, do-able terms and not the drudgery that we are all led to believe consumes the process. While it offers pragmatic, workable, affordable solutions to caregivers, it never loses sight of the continued humanity and needs of our family members for love and regard in spite of their loss of cognitive skills. My experience as a caregiver was met with nothing but obsticles in my quest to keep my husband home, a journey I relate in my book, "He Used to be Somebody." I found Tom's care problems were 75% attitude and 25% tools, resources and help. This book offers both to families. I highly recommend it.

Much more than a how to book...
Mark Warner's book on Alzheimer's proofing your home is more than a how to book. Mr. Warner gives an in-depth description of the ways in which Alzheimer's disease affects a person's life, and the life of the extended family. By understanding the disease in depth and the changes that take place in a person physical and emotional need, there is a context to understanding why modifications and alterations are needed. He explains what to do and why to do it. His approach is that of a loving caregiver who not only wants to make the home safe and secure, but also wants to raise the quality of life. . Modifications are practical, but also designed to bring comfort. Even after over two decades of working professionally with people with memory loss, many of his suggestions caught me by surprise. I kept saying to myself, "why didn't I think of that?" He addresses all the behaviors associated with the disease, from wandering to agitation, and suggests environment solutions that could ease the situation. Not only will this bring a higher level of comfort to the person with the disease, but many of the suggestions are a benefit for anyone who wishes to have a safe and barrier free home. I recommend this book to anyone caring for someone with Alzheimer's, anyone involved in home care, and anyone who is interested in altering environments to meet specific needs of unique individuals. Like any thoughtful book, his ideas about adapting environments to the needs of people with Alzheimer's disease also stretches one's thinking about changing environments for anyone with specific needs, or who wants to think about the highest level of safety for family members.

...THE BEST OF THE BEST!
"...Alzheimer's Proofing Your Home" is the most complete, most helpful, and most insightful volume I have read on the subject of AD care. With incredible attention to detail, every issue one could encounter is addressed individually. It isn't enough to have a how-to-do-it manual with AD - Mark confronts matters like behavior, wandering, mobility, safety and comfort with deep sensitivity and compassion. A rich, in-depth source of information, Mark explains in detail how to transform any home into a safe haven in a manner that the patient will find warm and welcoming. Cognitive, spatial, and emotional deficits can be compensated for using Mark's well thought out guidelines, and I wish his book had been around when I began caregiving many years ago. There are many books on the subject, all filling a need; but Mark's is far and away superior to anything I've read, which is considerable. Hundreds of situations and their remedies are explored. Concerns encountered as AD progresses are addressed one by one, with a wealth of hints, tips, and shortcuts that are the lifesaver of harried caregivers. Easy to accomplish safety and comfort measures are provided - how needed! Emphasis is placed on concerns all CGs share - how to keep loved ones protected and content, AD being the antithesis of both. Mark has given us an instructional book, made warm and personal because it's about individuals and their needs. There is a comprehensive listing of product and service providers for caregivers, and most of the numbers are toll free. The title of this book does not begin to do it justice, it's so much more. Plus, it's very attractively bound - a beautiful volume of superior quality. Among my treasured books on the subject of dementia caregiving, this is my bible. ..........Sue B.

One of the finest for caregivers, counselors & contactors
I have a relative with AD. We are building and apt for him and his wife. This book has been the greatest resource for the contactor and care giver. Not only does it address medical problems but give suggested solutions and where to get the resource. If one were attempting to redue an existing apt/ house it is very easy to use. My local code enforcement officer has been amazed at the way problems can be adressed and still meet codes. Contractors get to understand more about the needs and how to plan ahead. The book helps suggested solutions to many private issues caregivers are reluctant to discuss. A MUST GIFT TO CAREGIVERS AND COUNSELORS / ORGANICATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVICE. ... Read more

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Great resource!
I received "Home Rehabilitation: Guide to Clinical Practice" By Anemaet & Moffa-Trotter 2000 and LOVE it!
I think it is especially good for those new to home care.
It has sections on setting schedules, equipment, infection control, safety, regulations, medications, ethics, and pediatric and adult conditions. There is an extensive listing of evaluations, which are described in usable detail.
Common medications are listed by both generic and brand names, making them easy to track down, and side-effects are also listed.
I think it is a great reference! ... Read more

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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 between receiving long-term care in one's own home and in an "institution."

Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly examines the evolving field of residential care and focuses on national issues of regulation, reimbursement, and staffing. The book is based on a four-state study of assisted living facilities and describes the facilities, the persons residing in them and their needs, and how the services vary by facility. Because one-third to two-thirds of residents in assisted living facilities have cognitive impairment, special attention is devoted to dementia care.The book also focuses on how today's long-term health care environment evolved, and it examines the future direction and implications of assisted living.

Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly brings together a group of nationally recognized experts to help define the types of residential care that should be encouraged and sets guidelines for selecting an appropriate type of facility. ... Read more

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This volume provides an overview of currentapproaches to providing in-home psychosocial care to clientsexperiencing or at-risk for psychological distress.Divided intofour parts, Part I gives voice to salient issues in field aboutrespite programs, home health care models, family preservationprograms, parent support/training programs, community-basedprograms for adults, wraparound programs for children and legalissues.Part II reviews what is involved in psychologicalassessment in the home.Part III reviews the roles ofparaprofessionals in home care.Pertinent topics are training andsupervision; foster care, respite workers, and more.And Part IVillustrates home care's efficacy for psychological disordersacross the life span.Psychologists and social workers in homecare will find this a valuable resource. ... Read more

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Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, Maryland. Text for all members of the health care team on implementing a program to safely reduce or eliminate use of patient restraints in long-term or acute care facilities. ... Read more

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At some time, most families will need to provide home care for an aging family member who is ill or disabled. While home caregiving provides many benefits, it takes careful planning, support, and patience.

The American Medical Association Guide to Home Caregiving provides the information you need to take the best possible care of an elderly, ill, or disabled person in a home setting. Written by experts from the American Medical Association, the book explains such essentials as how to:

• Plan and arrange a room to adapt to a loved one’s needs
• Give medications, maintain hygiene, monitor symptoms, deal with incontinence, provide emotional support, and relieve boredom
• Choose a home healthcare provider
• Pay for home healthcare, including Medicare and Medicaid, and long-term care insurance
• Care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or a terminal illness
• Choose between alternative living arrangements such as assisted living facilities or nursing homes
• Take care of yourself, the caregiver

With advice that touches both the physical and the emotional aspects of caregiving, this supportive, practical handbook will help make the experience as successful and rewarding as possible for you and your loved one.

For more than 150 years, the American Medical Association has been the leading group of medical experts in the nation and one of the most respected health-related organizations in the world. The AMA continues to work to advance the art and science of medicine and to be an advocate for patients and the voice of physicians in the United States. ... Read more

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Developing a Care Plan
My brother and I take care of my eighty-year-old mother. She has
diabetic neuropathy and can't walk. But she's a good kid and
we take care of her. This book has helped. Although the object of the book at first seems to be to develop a care plan; it really is a book of primary skills that you need in caregiving.
The book is best because you are not overwhelmed with 465 ways
to help your loved one. This is a primary and basic skills book.
Buy this book if you are new at caregiving and don't know where to start. Because the American Medical Associarion wrote it, I imagine that it would be good for all caregivers to buy it. I just love this book. It's like a Boy Scout manual. It's user-friendly for your brain. And sometimes simplicity can do more good that needless complications and theories. Thank you and I wish you luck. ... Read more

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WIsh I had read this book earlier!
"Your book is a treasure. I wish I had read it 5 years ago. It definitely would have made my journey easier!
Appendix 2, Accessing care in Canada, and Appendix 4, the Questionnaire for viewing Nursing Homes, are invaluable. It took me months to figure those facts out for myself ... particularly the route to accessing care facilities, and the awareness that with costs based on income, they can be affordable to anyone. Most people assume that costs are prohibitive except for the wealthy, and for that reason they do not consider "care" an option for themselves. How can we make people aware of the many excellent, affordable facilities around? Public awareness, especially of Intermediate Care facilities, is important as so many seniors struggle independently, endangering their health and safety, unaware that Intermediate Care would indeed be not only suitable but also affordable for them. A number of doctors, to my knowledge, are even unaware of how the system works!
Chapter 17, Difficult decisions, you presented very factually yet
compassionately. It is so important to talk about the death of a loved one both before and after the event. Fear can be reduced and grief can be acknowledged. The care histories are so relevant. Hearing about others' anger, guilt and need for balance in personal life "hits home" with anyone who has had to put a loved one in care."

Finally! A well written book, full of great information
I have been working in the field of elder care for most of my adult life. I also have aging parents, and confront this issue in my personal life. Silin's new book is compassionate and senstive, and offers a complete view of the nursing home process.

It is unique in that it offers much pragmatic information, but also helps the reader confront emotional issues. One way this is achieved is by the use of vignettes written by caregivers. These stories allow the reader to read other family member's perspective, which gives added insight to the nursing home industry.

Silin also writes at length about such emotionally charged issues as abuse, guilt, loss and grief. He doesn't just raise these issues, but gives guidance and advice. This certainly will help people to deal with these painful issues.

Although he is honest and direct, he never under estimates the value of good and caring people who work in nursing homes.

After reading this book book, you will have a much more complete understanding of the problems both of nursing homes, of the people who live in them, and of their family and friends.

Get answers for your hardest questions
I read this book to get some answers about the procedures to follow for added care for my 91 year old mother who is still in her own apartment but is failing. This book not only gave me a step by step direction what to look for and the options to consider but also gave examples of what others were able to do.

This book was most helpful and also gave insights about what to expect as the next stages of assistance unfold. I would recommend it to anyone else who is facing a similar situation. ... Read more

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Graduate students in health care administration, public health, nursing and social work will appreciate this comprehensive overview of long-term health care. It provides a solid framework for understanding this highly fragmented field. Key sections explain the operating characteristics of each type of long term health care facility; discusses case management, information systems and financing associated with long-term care; and details specific health care systems for seniors, children, mental health clients, veterans and rehabilitation patients. Client examples along with tables and graphs improve your understanding of material. An instructor's guide and review questions make this book useful for faculty and students alike.Key features *Covers long-term care for various populations and age groups that must be served *Discusses long-term care through hospitals, nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices and assisted living facilities *Client examples, tables and graphs help improve understanding of content(KEYWORDS:health care, public health, administration, nursing, long-term care, graduate level) ... Read more

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A Rec. Therapist's Bible!
Straightforward, Practical, Do-able activity ideas for Residential Activity programs, Socialisation groups or Home Carers of Elders. Giving goals, expected outcomes, step by step procedures and Activity options, Brenda Corbett writes the procedure manual for you - so get to it and put it into practise. As a Diversional Therapist I was inspired by the authors approach to activities for "Low function" people and the scope of ideas to meet individual needs. A great text for rookies or experienced Activity staff alike.

practical guide to progressive activities in LTC
great anecdotes, examples and stories, enough credible material for a college course. ... Read more

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Sponsored by Elder Clinical Resources, LLC

Written for health care administrators, medical directors, nursing executives, architects, and facility planners, Adding Value to Long-Term Care is a comprehensive resource that provides the tools and information needed to improve the clinical environment for residents, staff, and families; strengthen overall business operations; and secure a facility's financial future. This essential book and companion diskette are filled with a wealth of down-to-earth advice, helpful checklists, and easily reproducible forms-tools for effective business and clinical planning.

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An impressive comprehensive approach to long-term care!
This book describes a step-by-step plan called The Value System which is a holistic approach to assessing and meeting the needs of each subsystem in the long-term care environment including the resident, the family, the care providers and the administration. It is an excellent resource that can provide long-term care administrators, nursing coordinators, rehabilitation specialists and insurers with creative, cost-effective options to meet the needs of their residents and staff in the changing long-term care environment. ... Read more