The Health Care Handbook

The Health Care Handbook
Author: Elisabeth T. Askin
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2022-11-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975200047
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Described in the New York Times as “an astonishingly clear ‘user’s manual’ that explains our health care system and the policies that will change it,” The Health Care Handbook, by Drs. Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore, offers a practical, neutral, and readable overview of the U.S. health care system in a compact, convenient format. The fully revised third edition provides concise coverage on health care delivery, insurance and economics, policy, and reform—all critical components of the system in which health care professionals work. Written in a conversational and accessible tone, this popular, highly regarded handbook serves as a “one stop shop” for essential facts, systems, concepts, and analysis of the U.S. health care system, providing the tools you need to confidently evaluate current health care policy and controversies.

The Carer's Handbook

The Carer's Handbook
Author: Jane Matthews
Publisher: William Lorimer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Caregivers
ISBN: 9781845281946
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Aimed at those who find themselves in a caring role, whether that involves shopping for a housebound neighbour, or giving up work to care full-time for a disabled child or confused parent. This book also helps carers care for themselves. It looks at the difficult feelings that go hand in hand with caring, including how relationships are affected.

The System of Care Handbook

The System of Care Handbook
Author: Beth A. Stroul
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2008
Genre: Child mental health services
ISBN:
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Address the urgent need for individualized, coordinated mental health care with this book--the only one-stop reference for establishing, evaluating, and improving services and systems of care for children and adolescents with mental health challenges and their families. The new cornerstone of the highly respected Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health series, this comprehensive volume helps administrators, program developers, and clinicians from mental health and partner child-serving systems skillfully navigate every key issue they may encounter on the road to effective service delivery. Weaving all the latest research and best practices into a single accessible handbook, more than 60 expert contributors give readers the in-depth, practical knowledge they need to develop comprehensive, community-based, coordinated systems of care for youth with mental health challenges and their families avoid duplication and fragmentation of services across mental health and other child-serving systems develop individualized care plans for children with complex needs and implement the "wraparound" approach to service delivery incorporate evidence-based practices into systems of care use smart financing strategies that make the most of multiple funding streams ensure the full participation of families and youth in service planning and delivery improve services and care coordination across a variety of systems--schools, child welfare, juvenile justice work effectively with youth and families from diverse backgrounds and communities conduct accurate program evaluation and continuous quality improvement use the best professional development strategies to ensure a skilled and dedicated workforce Throughout the book, extended case studies of children, youth, families, and successful programs take readers beyond the abstract and reveal in vivid detail how high-quality services can transform the lives of children and youth--from early childhood to their transition to adulthood--as well as their families and caregivers. A must-own compendium of knowledge for anyone involved in shaping the future of mental health services, this book is the new blueprint for systems of care that truly respond to the needs of children, youth and families. Learn more about the Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health series.

Dementia Carers' Handbook

Dementia Carers' Handbook
Author: Emerson J. Jones
Publisher: ShieldCrest Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1912505606
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Emerson Jones has years of experience looking after someone with dementia and this experience as a carer, together with consultation with experts, other practitioners and families has prompted him to write this comprehensive handbook for the benefit of both professional carers and those looking after family members with dementia. It provides valuable advice and information for the delivery of care and support along all stages of the dementia care pathway. It also provides strategies for coping with various forms of behavioural challenges, cognitive impairment and functional disabilities that may occur. The handbook also describes tools to help the delivery of compassionate, sustainable and responsive quality care with a focus on building the resilience of carers and geared towards enhancing their quality of life. The challenges carers might face in safeguarding and upholding the dignity and self-respect of those with dementia are also covered. This book is a must read for all those involved with this debilitating disease.

The Routledge Handbook of Social Care Work Around the World

The Routledge Handbook of Social Care Work Around the World
Author: Karen Christensen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317043928
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The Routledge Handbook of Social Care Work Around the World provides both a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject. It is the first handbook to cover social care work research from around the world, including both low- and middle-income countries as well as high income countries. Each of the 22 chapters are written by experts on long-term care services, particularly for older people and cover key issues and debates, based on research evidence, on social care work in a specific country. They look at perspectives of social care work from the macro level: the structural conditions for long-term care, including demographic challenges and the long-term care policy, the meso level: the level of provider organizations and intermediaries, and the micro level: views of care workers, care users, and unpaid informal carers. Furthermore, they discuss a number of topics central to discussions of care work including marketization, personalization policies, policy implementation under austerity, the provision of social care work whether through public services, or private arrangements, or mixed types, funding, the feminization of social care and the new role that technology, and robots can play in care work. By drawing together leading scholars from around the world, this book provides an up to the minute snapshot of current scholarship as well as signposting several fruitful avenues for future research. This book is both an invaluable resource for scholars and an indispensable teaching tool for use in the classroom and will be of interest to students, academics, social workers, social policy-makers and human service professionals.

Caregiver's Handbook

Caregiver's Handbook
Author:
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1998
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:
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The essential health reference for the 90's.

The Horsecare Handbook

The Horsecare Handbook
Author: Ashley Wood
Publisher: Chartwell
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2009-09-03
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 078582555X
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A manual of essential information on every aspect of horse care, designed for both first-time and experienced owners and riders.

Handbook of Respiratory Care

Handbook of Respiratory Care
Author: Robert L. Chatburn
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2010-07-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 144961972X
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Handbook of Respiratory Care, Third Edition of this comprehensive resource compiles a wide variety of data relevant to the care of patients with respiratory disorders as well as current research in pulmonary physiology. Data from many sources in the fields of medicine, pharmacology, physics, mathematics, and engineering are brought together in this handy reference. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Handbook for Culturally Competent Care

Handbook for Culturally Competent Care
Author: Larry D. Purnell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2019-06-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030219461
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This concise, easy-to-read book tackles the potentially awkward subject of culture in a direct, non-intimidating style. It prepares all health professionals in any clinical setting to conduct thorough assessments of individual from culturally specific population groups, making it especially valuable in today's team-oriented healthcare environment. The book is suitable for healthcare workers in all fields, particularly nurses who interact with the patients 24 hours a day, every day of the week. Based on the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, it explores 26 different cultures and the issues that healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to. For each group, the book includes an overview of heritage, communication styles, family roles and organization, workforce issues, biocultural ecology, high-risk health behaviors, nutrition, pregnancy and child bearing, death rituals, spirituality, healthcare practices, and the views of healthcare providers. It also discusses the variant characteristics of culture that determine the diversity of values, beliefs, and practices in an individual's cultural heritage in order to help prevent stereotyping. These characteristics include age, generation, nationality, race, color, gender, religion, educational status, socioeconomic status, occupation, military status, political beliefs, urban versus rural residence, enclave identity, marital status, parental status, physical characteristics, sexual orientation, gender issues, health literacy, and reasons for migration. Each chapter offers specific instructions, guidelines, tips, intervention strategies, and approaches specific to a particular cultural population.

Handbook of Home Health Care Administration

Handbook of Home Health Care Administration
Author: Marilyn D. Harris
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 1000
Release: 2010-10-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1449617417
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Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. Handbook of Home Health Care, Fifth Edition has been completely revised and updated to provide up-to-date, specific, authoritative guidance for the successful administration and management of home health care agencies. An excellent, comprehensive text, this Handbook addresses detailed legal and legislative issues, case management processes, and state-of-the-art technology.