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Jones And Bartlett India Private Limited Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities 4/e by Douglas A Singh
Effective Management of Long-Term Care Facilities, Fourth Edition examines the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future long-term care administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. An excellent resource for both new and seasoned long-term care managers, this logically organized text begins with an understanding of what long-term care is and why it's an integral part of the health care delivery system. It moves on to explore the legal and regulatory parameters and payment constraints within which long-term care facilities must be managed; each of the main functional departments that administrators must understand and oversee; and, effective governance and leadership and management of human resources, marketing and quality―much of which is unique to nursing home administration. The final section of the book offers case studies to simulate situations that the administrator is likely to encounter in practice. Key Features: - New chapter on Aging and Long-Term Care (4) that consolidates theories of aging, mental and cognitive disorders, and more. - New sections highlighting federal regulations―identified by their F-Tags―along with several exhibits that summarize key regulations have been incorporated throughout the text. - Coverage of the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) along with details on Medicare's value-based purchasing (VBP) program have been added to Chapter 7. - References to the COVID-19 pandemic and infection control are included throughout. - Case studies in each chapter along with additional cases in Part V of the text offer opportunities for student to apply their learning to real world scenarios. - Navigate eBook Access (included with the print text) provides online or offline access to the digital textbook. This text is part of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Board’s (NAB) 2022 recommended reference list for those preparing to take the following federal licensing/certification exams: CORE: General Knowledge Examination for Long Term Care Administrators NHA: Nursing Home Administrators Line of Service Exam RCAL: Resident Care and Assisted Living Administrators Line of Service Exam HCBS: Home and Community-Based Service Administrators Line of Service Exam For more information regarding the NAB exams, please visit https://www.nabweb.org/examinations