Long-Term Care Medicine A Pocket Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fenstemacher, Pamela Ann (Editor), Winn, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Geriatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Rehabilitation medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Rehabilitation Medicine.

Long-Term Care Medicine: A Pocket Guide lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for patients in a long-term care facility. This practical pocket guide is divided into four sections: Introduction, Common Clinical Conditions, Psychosocial Aspects, and Special Issues in Long-Term Care. The chapters...

Table of Contents:

• Home Care
• Assisted Living and Residential Care
• Nursing Facilities
• The Role of Practitioners and the Medical Director
• Common Clinical Conditions in Long-Term Care
• Acute Change in Condition
• Health Maintenance and Prevention
• Integrating Palliative Care into Practice
• Weight and Nutrition
• Wound Care
• Dementia, Delirium, and Depression
• Ethical and Legal Issues
• Ethical and Legal Issues
• Documentation and Coding
• Medication Management in Long-Term Care
• Rehabilitation and Maximizing Function.