Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from July 1986

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from July 1986

Make-buy analysis: learn from this example. (food from scratch or convenience form)
July 1, 1986... Make/Buy Analysis: Learn From This Example How does a food-service manager determine whether a product should be made from scratch on site or, alternatively, purchased in a ready-service (convenience) food form? Today, many market forms of...

The older patient and the role of the physiotherapist.
July 1, 1986... THE OLDER PATIENT AND THE ROLE OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST. By Margot Hawker, with other contributors. Faber and Faber, London and Boston. 167 pp. Paperback. $8.95 This book comes to us from England, which commends it to all who have read...

Quality of care as a legal issue.
July 1, 1986... Quality of Care As a Legal Issue Operators of nursing home facilities encounter the phrase "quality of care' in several contexts, including: the general Medicare and Medicaid regulations of the federal government; state regulations governing...

Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. (includes patient management and drug therapy) (includes references)
July 1, 1986... Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus There may be an overdiagnosis of diabetes mellitus in older people in the United States. If standard glucose tolerance tests are used on an older individual --without adjustment for age, increased renal...

International glossary of social gerontology.
July 1, 1986... INTERNATIONAL GLOSSARY OF SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY. Prepared under the auspices of the International Foundation on Aging. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 96 pp. Cloth, $28.95 All too often, glossaries are dull affairs, with static and sometimes...

PR and a little progress in Delaware and Pennsylvania. (reimbursement to nursing homes for services to the indigent)
July 1, 1986... PR and a Little Progress in Delaware And Pennsylvania As the somewhat stale witticism has it, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean somebody's not out to get you. The nursing home industry deserves sympathy if paranoia seems to...

Health-Care Center's computer therapy. (Lake Bluff health-Care Center)
July 1, 1986... Health-Care Center's Computer Therapy Lake Bluff Health-Care Center's (Chicago) 230 elderly residents have responded to a therapy program that asks residents to utilize a computer to overcome their perceptual disabilities; those could be the...

A nursing home's plight with DRGS: is restructure necessary? (includes references)
July 1, 1986... A Nursing Home's Plight With DRGs: Is Restructure Necessary? Since the introduction of DRGs in 1983, much has been written about this new method of prospective reimbursement and its intent to control the escalating cost of Medicare...

Odorless pest control has arrived.
July 1, 1986... Odorless Pest Control Has Arrived My friend, Dr. Richard Lipsey, PhD, a Jacksonville environmental toxicologist, is being kept busy these days analyzing and testifying against claims against pest control firms across the nation. "Ninety...

The application of recognized family therapies in working with specialized needs of aging families. (includes references)
July 1, 1986... The Application of Recognized Family Therapies in Working with Specialized Needs of Aging Families "The elderly in our society have been described as a disposable generation--inflexible, nonproductive, and burdensome. While the transitions...

Legal aspects of food-service management.
July 1, 1986... LEGAL ASPECTS OF FOOD-SERVICE MANAGEMENT. By John E. H. Sherry, JD. National Institute for the Foodservice Industry, 20 No. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. 334 pp. cloth. $19.95, plus $2 for shipping/handling. Professor John Sherry...

Reducing nurse turnover. (includes references)
July 1, 1986... Reducing Nurse Turnover The acute nursing shortage nationwide has been of great concern to many nursing administrators, nursing directors, and personnel directors both in the private and public sector. Past studies on the subject have...

Time management: are you boxed in?
July 1, 1986... Time Management: Are You Boxed In? As administrators, we can either be middle managers within a corporation or we can be chief executives responsible to a board of directors, if in an independent facility. For the sake of a starting point,...

The first encounter. (of a peer communications network) (includes references)
July 1, 1986... The First Encounter As health-care administrators, we readily recognize the benefit of all-day continued education sessions and conferences, but are we ignoring a source of sharing information and support in our own backyards? A frequent...

Handbook of gerontological services.
July 1, 1986... HANDBOOK OF GERONTOLOGICAL SERVICES. Edited by Abraham Monk. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 638 pp. $38 "Handbook of Gerontological Services' is a serious, comprehensive exploration of social intervention methods available to the elderly...