Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum

by Pratt, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780763731861
• ISBN10: 0763731862
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

New Edition Available Summer 2009! Even by health care industry standards, The field of long-term care is rapidly undergoing dramatic changes. There are constant changes in regulations and reimbursement methodology. Institutional and community-based providers are being redefined, new levels of care are being created, and public-policy makers are working to add much-needed alternative modes of delivery to traditional long-term care. As a result, successful long-term care administrators must be able to meet the challenges these changes present and lead their organizations under mounting pressure. Now in its second edition, Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide you with a solid foundation on which to build your management expertise. it provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of long-term care, Of the changes that are taking place, and of the skills managers need to survive and prosper in this increasingly competitive field now and in the future. Visit the Companion Website for the comprehensive resource package including: For Instructors: For Students: bull; Discussion Exercises bull; Discussion Exercises bull; Lecture Outlines bull; Flashcards bull; PowerPoints bull; Interactive Glossary bull; Test Bank bull; Web Links

Author Biography

John R. Pratt, MHA, FACHE: Professor of Long-Term Care Administration, Director, Long-Term Care Management Institute, Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Part I. Introduction: The Changing Long-Term Care Scene	1	(66)
Chapter 1 Long Term Care Today: Turbulent Times	3	(32)
Chapter 2 Toward an Ideal System	35	(32)
Part II. Long-Term Care Service Providers	67	(142)
Chapter 3 Nursing Facilities	69	(27)
Chapter 4 Assisted Living	96	(24)
Chapter 5 Subacute Care	120	(26)
Chapter 6 Adult Day Care	146	(17)
Chapter 7 Home Health Care	163	(24)
Chapter 8 Hospice Care	187	(22)
Part III. Interaction Within the Continuum	209	(142)
Chapter 9 Competition, Cooperation, and Integration	211	(29)
Chapter 10 External Control of Long-Term Care	240	(31)
Chapter 11 Long-Term Care Reimbursement	271	(29)
Chapter 12 Long Term Care Quality	300	(19)
Chapter 13 Ethical Issues in Long-Term Care	319	(32)
Part IV. Managing in the Long-Term Care System	351	(64)
Chapter 14 Governance and Administration	353	(19)
Chapter 15 Technology in Long-Term Care	372	(22)
Chapter 16 Marketing and Community Relations	394	(21)
Part V. The Future: Continuing Change	415	(34)
Chapter 17 Into the Future: Trends to Watch	417	(18)
Chapter 18 Managing for the Future	435	(14)
Appendix A Criteria for Designing or Evaluating a Long-Term Care System	449	(6)
Appendix B American College of Health Care Administrators Code of Ethics	455	(4)
Index	459