Handbook of Geriatric Care Management

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2007 - 444 páginas
The Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference for Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) to define duties and procedures while also providing guidelines for setting up a geriatric care practice. It is a strong educational tool for the growing legions of GCM students offering an easy to use, readable, practical textbook, full of precise, multi domain information to learn the academic building blocks and receive a certificate or degree in GCM. This book is considered the leading resource by professional geriatric care managers, who are both starting to practice or already working in the GCM field. It addresses the many settings that Geriatric Care Managers find themselves in such as, hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living and rehabilitation facilities and covers how to launch a GCM business, complete a professional geriatric assessment, have the clinical skills to professionally practice in the GCM field and be able to competently run a profitable, ethical GCM business in this ballooning industry. It also includes case studies and sample forms.

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The Birth of Geriatric Care Management Organizations
7
PART 2GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND CARE MONITORING
23
Functional Assessment
37
Care Planning and Geriatric Assessment
73
Ethnic and Cultural Considerations in Geriatric Care Management
99
BEGINNING
125
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136
Issues for Mature Care Management Organizations
155
Incorporating a Spiritual Perspective into Geriatric Care Management
251
The Geriatric Care Manager and Family Caregivers of Frail Elders
271
The Role of the GCM
283
Working with Nearly Normal Aging Families
309
Conflict Dependence and Mutuality
341
Drawing on Community Informal
357
The Role of the Geriatric Care Manager
383
The Role of the Geriatric Care Manager
411

FeeforService Care Management in NotforProfit Settings
177
Marketing Geriatric Care Management
187
Private Revenue Sources for the FeeBased Care Manager
203
Care Management Credentialing
223
Preparing for Emergencies
239
Appendix A Contact Information
427
479
428
11
435
30
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