Quality Care for Elderly People

ISBN-13: 9780412618307 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 312 str.

Martin Sandler; Edward J. Dickinson; Peter P. Mayer

Opis

Services which are delivered in collaboration with other professions/disciplines or agencies are examined along with specialist areas of care such as respite and long-term care. Particular emphasis is placed on issues arising as a result of the Community Care Act, especially the assessment of need and access to services.



The book highlights good practice and identifies useful approaches to practice with examples of where these exist. The overall emphasis is on the quality of health care, the relevant contributions of clinical audit, and other quality assurance initiatives. It gives a lead for other specialists to follow.

Spis treści

Setting.- Working for consumers.- Ethical aspects of quality care.- Recent health system developments.- The quality movement.- Sectors.- Primary health care for elderly people.- Community care.- The private sector.- Hospital services.- People.- Doctors.- Nurses.- Occupational therapists.- Physiotherapists.- Social workers.- Teamwork.- Training for quality.- Organizations.- Managing for change.- Developing organizations for quality.- The future care of elderly people.