Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from September 1984

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from September 1984

Contingency food service management: varying leadership styles in dietary services in institutions. (Nutrition Briefs)
September 1, 1984... The dietary operation in health-care institutions--as well as in almost all other segments of the food-service industry--is labor intensive. We have not found ways to replace people with machines. The element of concentrated human effort is...

Corporate liability: the duty to select and monitor visiting physicians (supervise and report) (Legal Briefs)
September 1, 1984... Corporate liability as a legal doctrine was undreamed of prior to 1957 and, except for Darling v. Charles Memorial Community Hospital, was unheard of prior to 1965. The case and the doctrine it spawned not only has revolutionized...

Consultant pharmacist functions and qualifications. (Pharmacy Briefs)
September 1, 1984... Guidelines for consultant pratice Consultant pharmacy is a blend of community and institutional practice. The three overlapping areas of professional functions are administrative, distributive, and clinical as outlined in the guidelines...

Operating standards for health-care facilities.
September 1, 1984... "Operating Standards" attempts to compile each federal law or administrative rule -- or a summary thereof -- mandating standards for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities. It is designed to serve as a...

Long-term care: the view ahead.
September 1, 1984... Long-term care is in a state of flux as legislators, health-care professionals, families, and other strive the cope with an increasingly aging population in these fiscally conservative times. Administrators of long-term-care is in a state of...

"British connection" assures lasting benefits for residents of Ohio nursing home.
September 1, 1984... Throughout the world, the British have a reputation for providing innovative medical care and services for their senior citizens. Appropriately, thanks to a major grant from the Cleveland Foundation, key staff members of Heather Hill (a...

Reality orientation: a clinical advance.
September 1, 1984... Reality orientation (RD) is a clincal advance that is being used with disoriented geriatric patients. Dorothy Scarbrough defines reality orientation as "a 24-hour team approach in which every contact with the confused person helps reorient...

The role of judgment in group dynamics: a practical consideration for nursing home populations.
September 1, 1984... The economics associated with institutional survival make it extremely unlikely that a homogeneous cluster of individuals will be available for the groups and structured activities that constitute much of the planning for those confined in...

What do residents expect in a nursing home?
September 1, 1984... If a nurse were asked what she thought residents expect of a nursing home, in most cases her answer would probably be "too much." And I'm sure that it must seem like that to nurses who are in geriatric work, because a nursing home must be a...

Competitive strategy for health-care organizations.
September 1, 1984... Don't be scared by the title, but do expect hard reading. If you can read it easily, you don't need it except as a review or update. If, however, you haven't had a postgraduate course in management and can't afford one, then get this book....

Wesley Health Care Center and its many achievements.
September 1, 1984... Most men, if they had garnered the honors and success to equal those already won by the skilled administrator who heads the Saratoga Retirement Center--in Saratoga Springs, a half hour's drive north of Albany, New York's state capital--would...