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Managing to Care
ISBN: 9780202306124 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The point of departure for Managing to Care is widespread concern that the present delivery of health and social welfare services is fragmented, uncoordinated, inefficient, costly, wasteful, and ultimately detrimental to clients' health and wellbeing. Dill traces the evolution of case management from its start as a tool for integrating services on the level of the individual client to its current role as a force behind the most significant trends in health care. Those trends include the entrenchment of bureaucracy, the challenges of once dominant professions, and the rise of corporate...
The point of departure for Managing to Care is widespread concern that the present delivery of health and social welfare services is fragmented, uncoo...
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211,27 zł |
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Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders : An Alternative to Hospitalization
ISBN: 9780415934084 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Providing a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world, this volume reviews treatment plans for different disorders with case illustrations, explains the administration of a PHC program and offers guidelines to case workers.
Providing a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world, this volume reviews treatment plans for different d...
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631,87 zł |
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Caring for the Older Person : Practical Care in Hospital, Care Home or at Home
ISBN: 9780470025635 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The number of older people in our society is increasing rapidly and as they age, the demand for safe, effective care is growing. This book offers readers the knowledge and skill to provide all aspects of care.
Caring for the Older Person is written in six sections, covering the fundamental needs of an older person:
The number of older people in our society is increasing rapidly and as they age, the demand for safe, effective care is growing. This book offers read...
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212,71 zł |
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Helpmates : Support in Times of Critical Illness
ISBN: 9780664251413 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this excellent book, Harry Cole interviews many people involved in caring for loved ones who are critically or terminally ill. He provides practical guidance and suggestions for others coping with similar problems and situations. In this excellent book, Harry Cole interviews many people involved in caring for loved ones who are critically or terminally ill. He provides pract... |
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79,17 zł |
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Home Nursing for Carers
ISBN: 9780863155413 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Caring for a sick child or relative at home can be a daunting task, especially if involves longer-term care. And any advice on the best remedies and the best ways to structure that care can be an invaluable aid that lessens stress and provides confidence. This book covers all aspects of general home nursing, including the arrangement of the patient's room, meals, taking a temperature, and washing the patient. It also details numerous holistic treatments, including herbal and plant remedies, baths, foot baths, compresses, and poultices. Also included are sections specifically on...
Caring for a sick child or relative at home can be a daunting task, especially if involves longer-term care. And any advice on the best remedies and t...
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78,97 zł |
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Intermediate and Continuing Care : Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9781405120333 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Intermediate care comprises strategies which allow early discharge from acute care, prevent admission or re-admission to acute care and avoid bed-blocking in both acute and long-term residential care. It encompasses a range of short-term options including rapid response, hospital at home, residential rehabilitation, supported discharge and day rehabilitation. Continuing Care is delivered on a long-term basis in a variety of settings and often includes an element of rehabilitation.
Although these two types of care have distinct objectives, they are interrelated as changes in the... Intermediate care comprises strategies which allow early discharge from acute care, prevent admission or re-admission to acute care and avoid bed-bloc...
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314,80 zł |
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Dementia Care : A Practical Photographic Guide
ISBN: 9781405134286 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Dementia care: a practical photographic guide is a unique illustrated guide to caring for people with dementia in care homes. It presents practical prevention and management techniques for resistance to care in common activities of daily living, explores cognitive loss, physical loss and sensory loss in dementia, and examines means of improving communication with those with dementia to enhance their understanding of their environment and improve their compliance in care.
Dementia care: a practical photographic guide is a unique illustrated guide to caring for people with dementia in care homes. It presents practical pr...
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278,69 zł |
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Facilitating Self Care Practices in the Elderly
ISBN: 9781560240136 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This up-to-date book is a synthesis of current knowledge from published sources and expert consultants relating to three commonly occurring problems in home health care practice--self-administration of medications, family caregiving issues, and teaching the elderly. For each problem addressed, assessment guides and interventions are outlined, making this book an invaluable resource for professionals, researchers, and agencies concerned with providing top-quality care for the elderly. Home health care agencies can use the guide for orientation of new staff and inservice education for current...
This up-to-date book is a synthesis of current knowledge from published sources and expert consultants relating to three commonly occurring problems i...
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195,50 zł |
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Practical Home Care Medicine: A Natural Approach
ISBN: 9781584200505 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The remedies in Practical Home Care Medicine are mainly those that Sophia Christine Murphy grew up with and that tend to have a large following in both North America and Europe. They include traditional herbal teas as well as homeopathic remedies, many drawn from the anthroposophic approach to medicine and healing, which was first developed by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman, an M.D., with the aid of Weleda, now an international maker of natural remedies. Practical Home Care Medicine offers a wealth of practical information, tinctures, teas, and ointments, along with helpful...
The remedies in Practical Home Care Medicine are mainly those that Sophia Christine Murphy grew up with and that tend to have a large following...
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89,38 zł |
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Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia : Care-Based Therapy
ISBN: 9781843103493 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. 'In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias... I highly recommend that everyone who encounters persons with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, routinely or occasionally, read through this manual. Even for seasoned professionals or family members who have given 10 years to the care of a spouse, there are insightful nuggets that will more than offset the modest cost of the book.' - Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books 'I...
'In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for...
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89,53 zł |
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Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice
ISBN: 9780763740160 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An Official Publication Of The Association For Professionals In Infection Control And Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), The Highly Successful Infection Control In Home Care And Hospice Helps Home Care Providers Assess The Infection Control Needs Of Their Organization, And Develop Home Care Infection And Surveillance Programs. The Second Edition Has Been Thoroughly Updated And Revised With The Latest CDC Guidelines On Infection Control In Home Care, Including Hand Hygiene, Prevention Of IV-Related Infections, And The 2004 Isolation Guideline.
An Official Publication Of The Association For Professionals In Infection Control And Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), The Highly Successful Infection Contr...
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745,31 zł |
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RE-Engineering Home Health Care
ISBN: 9780834207813 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Home Care Redesign introduces home health providers to integrated care delivery systems and shows how to capture and control costs and outcomes, how to deal with staffing issues, and how to gain accreditation from all relevant organizations, including the National Council for Quality Assurance. Changes in documentation, information management, and marketing and billing are addressed. Implementation issues, maintaining the restructured organization, and quality assessment and improvement strategies such as benchmarking are covered. An abundance of practical tools, such as tracking tools,...
Home Care Redesign introduces home health providers to integrated care delivery systems and shows how to capture and control costs and outcomes, how t...
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561,87 zł |
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From Smart Homes to Smart Care : ICOST 2005
ISBN: 9781586035310 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Presents the approaches and technical solutions in the area of smart home, health telematics, and enabling technologies. This book delves into the user perspective to ascertain real needs, explores the enabling technology, looks at the realization of smart homes and addresses to deliver services to persons with disabilities and elderly people.
Presents the approaches and technical solutions in the area of smart home, health telematics, and enabling technologies. This book delves into the use...
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712,77 zł |
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One Day At a Time : How Families Manage the Experience of Dementia
ISBN: 9780865692572 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "One Day at a Time" is potentially a landmark text in understanding care provision needs of families in a changing social context. Its applied and holistic orientation reflects an exceptional level of experiential insight and of scholarship that should ensure both relevance and widespread appeal. This book not only provides readers with a practical theoretical framework, but also incorporates applications that are imaginative, and yet simple to implement. (From the Foreword by Dr. Otto von Mering and Dr. Leon Earle) Dementia attacks not only the body, but in particular the mind and the... "One Day at a Time" is potentially a landmark text in understanding care provision needs of families in a changing social context. Its applied and ... |
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466,69 zł |
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Caring : Home Caregiving For A Loved One With Emotional Illness
ISBN: 9780981484389 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Is a loved one close to you dealing with an emotional illness like: depression, mania, senility, suicide, terminal illness, schizophrenia, child abuse or psychiatric emergencies? This book will help you care for them more effectively. The families of the emotionally ill are faced with a most difficult and painful task. Wanting to help, as they always do, they too often feel at a loss trying to cope with the frustrating, often self-defeating behavior of the people they are caring for. Along with genuine concern and love, therefore, families often feel guilt, anger, and resentment. This...
Is a loved one close to you dealing with an emotional illness like: depression, mania, senility, suicide, terminal illness, schizophrenia, child abuse...
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100,04 zł |
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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
ISBN: 9781449520212 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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33,82 zł |
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Intelligent Technologies for Bridging the Grey Digital Divide
ISBN: 9781615208258 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Offers research with both industry- and practice-related articles in the broad area of intelligent technologies for seniors. This book intends to provide insights into innovation, issues to be resolved, and approaches for widespread adoption so that seniors, their families, and their caregivers are able to enjoy their promised benefits.
Offers research with both industry- and practice-related articles in the broad area of intelligent technologies for seniors. This book intends to prov...
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704,13 zł |
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The Caring Self : The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides
ISBN: 9780801449857 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United States as of 2008. These home care aides are rapidly becoming the backbone of America's system of long-term care, and their numbers continue to grow. Often referred to as frontline care providers or direct care workers, home care aides disproportionately women of color bathe, feed, and offer companionship to the elderly and disabled in the context of the home. In The Caring Self, Clare L. Stacey draws on observations of and interviews... According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United ... |
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361,49 zł |
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The Caring Self : The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides
ISBN: 9780801476990 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United States as of 2008. These home care aides are rapidly becoming the backbone of America's system of long-term care, and their numbers continue to grow. Often referred to as frontline care providers or direct care workers, home care aides disproportionately women of color bathe, feed, and offer companionship to the elderly and disabled in the context of the home. In The Caring Self, Clare L. Stacey draws on observations of and interviews... According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United ... |
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106,90 zł |
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A Beautiful Smile, a Journey with My Mother: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/ Lou Gehrig's Disease
ISBN: 9781469979465 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Mom was living a beautiful life when, all of a sudden, her left arm started to weaken. After several months of Doctor's visits and neurological testing Mom was diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease. Our family was devastated as we wondered what the remaining year would bring, knowing that there was no cure for this disease. My beautiful Mother was able to live the last year of her life at home with her family by her side. The journal I kept during her illness has now been put into a novel and I recommend anyone dealing with a neuromuscular disease to read it. My book will bring you tears of...
Mom was living a beautiful life when, all of a sudden, her left arm started to weaken. After several months of Doctor's visits and neurological testin...
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41,03 zł |