Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine A Pocket Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fenstemacher, Pamela A. (Editor), Winn, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Cardiology.; Geriatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Rehabilitation medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Rehabilitation Medicine.

This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC). Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for pat...

Table of Contents:

• Home Health Care
• Assisted Living and Residential Care
• PACE
• Department of Veteran Affairs Option for LTC
• Behind the Scenes at Nursing Facilities
• The Role of Practitioners and the Medical Director
• Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Physician Assistants
• Common Clinical Conditions in Long Term Care
• Preventing Hospital Admissions and Readmissions
• Goals of Care and Prevention
• Integrating Palliative Care into Practice
• Weight and Nutrition
• Wound Care
• Dementia, Delirium and Depression
• Ethical and Legal Issues
• Caring for Families
• Documentation and Coding
• Medication Management in Long Term Care
• Rehabilitation and Maximizing Function.