Centers for Ending : The Coming Crisis in the Care of Aged People
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40892
Seymour B. Sarason.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2011.
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As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason's eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at best. And rarely discussed among the grim statistics is the psychosocial price paid by nursing home patients, from loneliness and isolation to depression and dependency. In Centers for Ending, Dr. Sa…
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- Author
- Sarason, Seymour B
- Responsibility
- Seymour B. Sarason
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 109 p.)
- Series Title
- Caregiving: Research, Practice, Policy
- ISBN
- 9781441957252
- 9781441957245 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged - psychology
- Health Policy
- Health Services for the Aged
- Long-Term Care
- Nursing Homes
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason's eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at best. And rarely discussed among the grim statistics is the psychosocial price paid by nursing home patients, from loneliness and isolation to depression and dependency. In Centers for Ending, Dr. Sarason uses his firsthand experience as both practitioner and patient in senior facilities to reveal wide-ranging professional and moral issues affecting this seemingly familiar terrain. Insensitive medical personnel, poorly trained nurses and aides, indifferent administrators, and a prevailing culture content with treating "bodies" instead of human beings are identified as contributing factors. Drawing on America's rich history of large-scale solutions to social problems, Dr. Sarason offers penetrating insights and bold suggestions in such areas as: The widening care gap between haves and have-nots. Why professional caregivers fail to understand patients. The nursing home resident as immigrant. Why previous reform efforts have not worked. The need for a Presidential commission for the elderly. The scenario if conditions are allowed to remain as they are or worsen. This concise volume is essential reading for researchers, graduate students, professionals, practitioners, and policy makers across such fields as geriatric medicine, health psychology, social work, public health, and public policy. Centers for Ending is a clarion call to be ignored at great cost to our elders and ourselves.
- Contents
- Themes of the Book -- Becoming a Resident in a Total Care Facility -- Residents as Immigrants -- Some Aspects of Organizational Craziness -- Two Months in the Nursing Home -- Planning Programs: Social Security and Head Start -- The Haves and the Have Nots -- The Need for a Presidential Commission: Some Caveats -- On the Uses of History.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clostridium Difficile Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities : A Clinician's Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44808
Teena Chopra, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Location
- Online
This book aims to fill knowledge gap among healthcare workers about Clostridium difficile (also known as C.difficile and CDI) among aging patients, especially those in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Written by experts in infectious diseases and geriatric medicine, this book provides comprehensive information on all aspects of CDI pertaining to LTCF settings, including epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, management and the unique challenges faced by LTCFs with regards to the CDI problem. Th…
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- Other Authors
- Chopra, Teena
- Responsibility
- Teena Chopra, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 80 p.) : 1 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030297725
- 9783030297718 (Print ed.)
- 9783030297732 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clostridium Difficile
- Clostridium Infections - prevention & control
- Infection Control
- Long-Term Care
- Abstract
- This book aims to fill knowledge gap among healthcare workers about Clostridium difficile (also known as C.difficile and CDI) among aging patients, especially those in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Written by experts in infectious diseases and geriatric medicine, this book provides comprehensive information on all aspects of CDI pertaining to LTCF settings, including epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, management and the unique challenges faced by LTCFs with regards to the CDI problem. The book begins by introducing the topic as it relates to aging patients before delving into the various aspects of CDI management. Topics include infection control and prevention, treatment of CDI, and the establishment of antibiotic stewardship programs to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use and reduce CDI rates. The book also features a chapter on probiotics for the prevention of CDI and new strategies to monitor environmental cleaning practices of CDI patient rooms that do not appear in any other resource. Clostridium Difficile Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities is an excellent resource for geriatricians, infectious diseases specialists, long-term care administrators, nurses, pharmacists, researchers, and all clinicians working with infections in long-term care settings.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities -- 3. Role of Asymptomatic Carriers in Long-Term Care Facility Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Transmission -- 4. Clostridium difficile (Clostridioides difficile) Infection Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities -- 5. Clostridium difficile Diagnostics in Long-Term Care Facilities -- 6. Control of Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities/Nursing Homes -- 7. Antibiotic Stewardship Related to CDI in Long-Term Care Facilities.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Continuing care : important information for you
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36713
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Continuing Care.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2120
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
As part of your care, you may be provided supports and services offered by Nova Scotia Health Continuing Care and/or contracted service providers. It is important that you have the information you need to make informed decisions while receiving Continuing Care services. This pamphlet explains what you can expect in terms of quality care, dignity and respect, your plan of care, service decisions, your privacy, safety, and fees for service. Contact information for the Nova Scotia Health Patient/F…
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- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Continuing Care
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (8 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Home Care Services
- Long-Term Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Home care services
- Long-term care
- Specialty
- Hospitals
- Abstract
- As part of your care, you may be provided supports and services offered by Nova Scotia Health Continuing Care and/or contracted service providers. It is important that you have the information you need to make informed decisions while receiving Continuing Care services. This pamphlet explains what you can expect in terms of quality care, dignity and respect, your plan of care, service decisions, your privacy, safety, and fees for service. Contact information for the Nova Scotia Health Patient/Family Feedback team is provided. The French version of this pamphlet 2188, "Soins continus - Information importante", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Continuing Care Staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 2120
The continuum of long-term care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22112
Evashwick, Connie J.
(3rd ed.)
--Clifton Park, NY:
Thomson Delmar Learning
, 2005.
- Call Number
- WX 162 E92c 2005
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WX 162 E92c 2005
- Author
- Evashwick, Connie J
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Clifton Park, NY
- Publisher
- Thomson Delmar Learning
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 459 p.
- ISBN
- 1401896375
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care
- Continuity of Patient Care
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Creating a Value Proposition for Geriatric Care : The Transformation of American Healthcare
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41861
James S. Powers.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book creates a value proposition in geriatric care - a promise of value to be delivered to improve care and to provide specific benefits to healthcare systems. It describes strategies and understanding of the incentives, barriers encountered in promoting changes in the healthcare systems, and discusses numerous examples and outcomes. Drawn from many fields such as medicine and science, sociology, politics, business and economics, the book helps guide the introduction of geriatric principle…
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- Author
- Powers, James S.
- Responsibility
- James S. Powers
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 54 pages) : 3 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783319622712
- 9783319622705 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2193-1704
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Geriatrics - trends
- Health Services for the Aged - economics
- Health Services for the Aged - organization & administration
- Long-Term Care - economics
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book creates a value proposition in geriatric care - a promise of value to be delivered to improve care and to provide specific benefits to healthcare systems. It describes strategies and understanding of the incentives, barriers encountered in promoting changes in the healthcare systems, and discusses numerous examples and outcomes. Drawn from many fields such as medicine and science, sociology, politics, business and economics, the book helps guide the introduction of geriatric principles into mainstream medical care with the goal of improving the care and quality of life of older persons in all healthcare systems.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. US Geriatrics, A Historical Perspective -- 3. Incentives -- 4. Strategies -- 5. Development of VA Geriatrics Programs -- 6. Development of University Geriatrics Programs -- 7. Selling to Management : Outpatient Care and Community Programs -- 8. Selling to Management : Inpatient Care -- 9. Selling to Management : Transitions f Care, Home Health and Nursing Home Care -- 10. Epilogue
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Fall and injury prevention in long-term care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37444
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Provincial Falls Prevention Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2216
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Most falls happen during transfers from sitting to standing, or changing locations. This may be switching from a bed to a wheelchiar, switching from walking to sitting, or getting on or off the toilet.This pamphlet includes a list of factors that may make you more at risk of falling and general advice about fall prevention.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Provincial Falls Prevention Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care
- Accident Prevention
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- Most falls happen during transfers from sitting to standing, or changing locations. This may be switching from a bed to a wheelchiar, switching from walking to sitting, or getting on or off the toilet.This pamphlet includes a list of factors that may make you more at risk of falling and general advice about fall prevention.
- Notes
- Previous title: Fall Prevention
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Provincial Falls Prevention Program
- Pamphlet Number
- 2216
Geropsychology and Long Term Care : A Practitioner's Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29682
edited by Erlene Rosowsky, Joseph M. Casciani, Merla Arnold.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Rosowsky, Erlene
- Other Authors
- Casciani, Joseph M
- Arnold, Merla
- Responsibility
- edited by Erlene Rosowsky, Joseph M. Casciani, Merla Arnold
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9780387726489
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged - psychology
- Long-Term Care - psychology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Psychology, clinical
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Guide to Canadian healthcare facilities : volume 9, 2001-2002
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53461
Canadian Healthcare Association.
--Ottawa, ON:
Canadian Healthcare Association
, 2001.
- Call Number
- WX 22 DC2 G91 2001
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WX 22 DC2 G91 2001
- Corporate Author
- Canadian Healthcare Association
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Publisher
- Canadian Healthcare Association
- Date of Publication
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 424 p.
- ISSN
- 1195-0110
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care
- Hospitals
- Health Facilities
- Canada
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Directory
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Infection prevention & control guide to long term care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat47236
Nau Franck, Janet, Bodily-Bartrum, Mandy.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
(2nd ed.)
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Healthcare-associated infections can result in considerable harm or even death for residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities. Because there is often increased risk in these settings, it’s vital that anyone tasked with infection prevention has the best knowledge available to keep residents safe.This newly updated publication aims to help infection preventionists and other leaders in LTC facilities navigate the new regulatory environment and implement evidence-based infection prevention and co…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Alternate Title
- IPC guide to long term care; Guide to long term care
- Publisher
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781933013718
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care
- Infection Control
- Abstract
- Healthcare-associated infections can result in considerable harm or even death for residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities. Because there is often increased risk in these settings, it’s vital that anyone tasked with infection prevention has the best knowledge available to keep residents safe.This newly updated publication aims to help infection preventionists and other leaders in LTC facilities navigate the new regulatory environment and implement evidence-based infection prevention and control (IPC) programs. You’ll get how-to IPC strategies for this unique practice setting.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
InterRAI long-term care facilities (LTCF) assessment form and user's manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25272
Morris, John M.
InterRAI.
(Ver. 9.1 Canadian ed.)
--Rockport, MA:
Open Book Systems
, c2011.
- Call Number
- WX 162 I61 2011
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WX 162 I61 2011
- Author
- Morris, John M
- Corporate Author
- InterRAI
- Edition
- Ver. 9.1 Canadian ed.
- Place of Publication
- Rockport, MA
- Publisher
- Open Book Systems
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 123 p.
- ISBN
- 9781936065455
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Facilities
- Long-Term Care
- Nursing Homes
- Needs Assessment
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Long term care in Nova Scotia : a vision for the future : continuing care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53733
prepared by Hope Beanlands...[et al.].
--[Halifax, NS]:
[Nova Scotia Department of Health & Fitness]
, 1994.
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2.1 N9 N93544 1994 RES
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2.1 N9 N93544 1994 RES
- Author
- Beanlands, Hope
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia. Minister's Action Committee on Health System Reform
- Responsibility
- prepared by Hope Beanlands...[et al.]
- Place of Publication
- [Halifax, NS]
- Publisher
- [Nova Scotia Department of Health & Fitness]
- Date of Publication
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 67p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care
- Health Planning
- Health Services
- Long-Term Care
- Health Care Reform
- Nova Scotia
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 1 week
Long term care in Nova Scotia : a vision for the future : continuing care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53734
prepared by Hope Beanlands...[et al.].
--[Halifax, NS]:
[Nova Scotia Department of Health & Fitness]
, 1994.
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2.1 N9 N93544 1994
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2.1 N9 N93544 1994
- Author
- Beanlands, Hope
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia. Minister's Action Committee on Health System Reform
- Responsibility
- prepared by Hope Beanlands...[et al.]
- Place of Publication
- [Halifax, NS]
- Publisher
- [Nova Scotia Department of Health & Fitness]
- Date of Publication
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 67 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care
- Health Planning
- Health Services
- Long-Term Care
- Health Care Reform
- Nova Scotia
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Long-Term Care Medicine : A Pocket Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28630
edited by Pamela Ann Fenstemacher, Peter Winn.
--Totowa, NJ:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2011.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Fenstemacher, Pamela Ann
- Other Authors
- Winn, Peter
- Responsibility
- edited by Pamela Ann Fenstemacher, Peter Winn
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Series Title
- Current clinical practice
- ISBN
- 9781607611424
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care - handbooks
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Geriatrics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care : Clinical, Ethical and Legal Challenges
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44502
Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. Ther…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Völlm, Birgit
- Braun, Peter
- Responsibility
- Birgit Völlm, Peter Braun, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 343 p.) : 15 illus., 12 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030125943
- 9783030125936 (Print ed.)
- 9783030125950 (Print ed.)
- 9783030125967 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Long-Term Care - ethics
- Patients - psychology
- Prisoners - psychology
- Other Subjects
- Europe
- Specialty
- Forensic Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This book provides an overview of forensic psychiatry, focusing on the provision of care in Europe as well as the legal and ethical challenges posed by long-term stays in forensic settings. Forensic psychiatric services provide care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in secure in-patient facilities as well as in the community. These services are high-cost/low-volume services; they pose significant restrictions on patients and hence raise considerable ethical challenges. There is no agreed-upon standard for length of stay (LoS) in secure settings and patients’ detainment periods vary considerably across countries and even within the same jurisdiction. Thus far, little research has been conducted to identify factors associated with length of stay; consequently, it remains unclear how services should be configured to meet the needs of this patient group. This volume fills some of those gaps. Furthermore, it presents new research on factors associated with length of stay, both patient-related and organisational. Various approaches to the provision of care for long-term patients in different countries are explored, including a few best practise examples in this specific area of psychiatry. The book also addresses the perspective of those working in forensic care by reviewing quality-of-life research and interviews with patients. The authors of this volume come from a range of professional backgrounds, ensuring a certain breadth and depth in the topic discussion, and even includes patients themselves as (co-)authors.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Context -- 2. Asylums and Deinstitutionalization: The Penrose Hypothesis in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. Challenges in Comparing Health-Care Systems Across Different Countries -- 4. Long Stay in Europe: A Systems-Oriented Approach -- 5. Ethical Aspects of Long-Stay Forensic Psychiatric Care -- 6. Prevalence and Characteristics of Long-Stay Patients: Results from a Study in England -- Part II. Clinical Aspects of Long-Stay -- 7. Recovery and Strength-Based Practice in Long-Term Forensic Psychiatry -- 8. How to Measure Progress in Forensic Care -- 9. Enhancing Protective Factors in the Management of Violence Risk in Long-Term Psychiatric Care -- 10. Quality of Life in Long-Term Clinical Forensic Psychiatry -- 11. Occupational Therapy with Long-Stay Service Users -- 12. Challenges in the Treatment of Sex Offenders -- 13. Long-Stay and Ageing -- 14. The Experience of Long-Stay in Secure Psychiatric Hospitals in the UK: The Patient Perspective -- 15. Forensic Carers and Secure Inpatient Services -- Part III. Service Models and Alternative Provision -- 16. Long-Term Forensic Psychiatric Care: The Dutch Perspective -- 17. Long-Stay Services in German Forensic Settings -- 18. Forensic Psychiatric Care in Belgium -- 19. Challenges in the Provision of Forensic Services in the Baltic States -- 20. Complementary Model of Long-Term Care in Poland as a Result of the Political Transformation, Law Reform and Service Changes in Forensic Psychiatry -- 21. History and Organization of Long-Stay Forensic Care in Croatia -- 22. The Closure of Forensic Psychiatric Institutions in Italy -- 23. Attitudinal and Organisational Barriers to the Introduction of Long-Stay Services.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults and Children
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39292
Kristina Malmgren, Sallie Baxendale, J. Helen Cross, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children. Each chapter examines the long-term outcome literature in a separate domain; covering seizure control, social, vocational/educational and psychiatric outcomes. Behavior and cognition are also discussed. The clinical predictors of good and bad outcomes in each domain are described and the gaps in current knowledge are highlighted. Separate chapters examine the …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Malmgren, Kristina
- Baxendale, Sallie
- Cross, J. Helen
- Responsibility
- Kristina Malmgren, Sallie Baxendale, J. Helen Cross, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 283 p. : 13 illus., 5 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319177830
- 9783319177823 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Epilepsy - psychology
- Epilepsy - surgery
- Long-Term Care
- Patient Outcome Assessment
- Quality of Life
- Treatment Outcome
- Abstract
- This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children. Each chapter examines the long-term outcome literature in a separate domain; covering seizure control, social, vocational/educational and psychiatric outcomes. Behavior and cognition are also discussed. The clinical predictors of good and bad outcomes in each domain are described and the gaps in current knowledge are highlighted. Separate chapters examine the methodological challenges associated with long-term outcome studies and the special considerations associated with informed consent in this population. Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults and Children is essential reading for all members of multidisciplinary epilepsy surgery teams, including neurosurgeons, neurologists and neuropsychologists; it will enable these teams to counsel patients and parents who are considering epilepsy surgery as a therapeutic option.
- Contents
- Why a Volume on Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery? -- Methodological Demands on Observational Studies of Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery -- Long-Term Seizure and Antiepileptic Drug Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults -- Long-Term Seizure and Antiepileptic Drug Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Children -- Long-Term Cognitive Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults -- Long-term Cognitive Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Children -- Long-Term Psychiatric Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults -- Long-Term Psychiatric and Behaviour Outcomes in Children Following Epilepsy Surgery -- Mortality After Epilepsy Surgery -- Long-Term Educational and Vocational Outcomes of Adults After Epilepsy Surgery -- Educational and Employment Outcomes Following Epilepsy Surgery in Childhood -- Quality of Life Outcomes in Adults Following Epilepsy Surgery -- Quality of Life and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children Following Epilepsy Surgery -- Subjective Experiences of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults -- Subjective Experiences of Children and Parents After Epilepsy Surgery -- Informed Consent for Epilepsy Surgery -- Managing Expectations of Epilepsy Surgery -- Health Economic Analyses of Epilepsy Surgery -- Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery: Knowledge Gaps and Future Directions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Long-term oxygen therapy : new insights and perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31253
Roberto Walter Dal Negro, Richard Hodder, editors ; forewords by Marc Miravitlles and Dario Olivieri.
--Milan:
Springer
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) usually represents the final step in the management of severe chronic respiratory diseases: a large proportion of patients suffering from these conditions is involved and the corresponding impact for the Health Institutions and the Society is dramatically increasing. Although LTOT is well known and widely used since long ago in most modern countries, it still represents a challenging topic due to the huge amount of variables which can affect both its efficacy and…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Dal Negro, Roberto Walter
- Hodder, Richard
- Responsibility
- Roberto Walter Dal Negro, Richard Hodder, editors ; forewords by Marc Miravitlles and Dario Olivieri
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 235 p.)
- ISBN
- 9788847025806
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anoxia - therapy
- Long-Term Care
- Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medicine
- Internal medicine
- Pneumology
- Abstract
- Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) usually represents the final step in the management of severe chronic respiratory diseases: a large proportion of patients suffering from these conditions is involved and the corresponding impact for the Health Institutions and the Society is dramatically increasing. Although LTOT is well known and widely used since long ago in most modern countries, it still represents a challenging topic due to the huge amount of variables which can affect both its efficacy and effectiveness. Unfortunately, patients, doctors, care-givers, together with health institutions and political decision makers frequently have different visions on LTOT, thus highly contributing to obtain uneven results and changing outcomes. The focus of this volume is on new insights and novel perspectives of LTOT. Starting from consolidated experiences, it's aim is also to emphasize the strategic value of developing technologies and innovative organizational models uniquely to find out even more opportunities and advantages for the management of chronic respiratory patients needing long-term oxygen treatment.
- Contents
- The patient candidate for LTOT -- The multidimensional evaluation of patients -- The cooperating roles -- Models for LTOT Management -- The outcomes -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Managing long-term care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22005
Evashwick, Connie.
--Chicago, IL:
Health Administration Press
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WX 162 E92m 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WX 162 E92m 2004
- Author
- Evashwick, Connie
- Other Authors
- Riedel, James
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Publisher
- Health Administration Press
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 228 p.
- ISBN
- 1567932258
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care - organization & administration
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Mosby's Canadian textbook for the support worker
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26333
Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann Remmert ; Canadian authors Mary J. Wilk, Rosemary Newmaster.
(3rd Canadian ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
Elsevier Mosby
, c2013.
- Call Number
- WY 193 S714m 2013
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker prepares students to function in the role of support worker in community and institutional settings. The #1 text used by Support Worker programs across Canada and at Canadian-affiliated schools worldwide, the book covers the broad foundation of skills that support workers/resident care aides/health care aides need in order to perform their role safely and effectively. Comprehensive, yet easy to read, Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Wor…
- Call Number
- WY 193 S714m 2013
- Author
- Sorrentino, Sheila A
- Other Authors
- Wilk, Mary J
- Remmert, Leighann
- Responsibility
- Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann Remmert ; Canadian authors Mary J. Wilk, Rosemary Newmaster
- Edition
- 3rd Canadian ed.
- Alternate Title
- Canadian textbook for the support worker
- Textbook for the support worker
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- Elsevier Mosby
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1158 p.
- ISBN
- 9781926648392
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Nurses' Aides
- Long-Term Care
- Home Health Nursing
- Abstract
- Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker prepares students to function in the role of support worker in community and institutional settings. The #1 text used by Support Worker programs across Canada and at Canadian-affiliated schools worldwide, the book covers the broad foundation of skills that support workers/resident care aides/health care aides need in order to perform their role safely and effectively. Comprehensive, yet easy to read, Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker makes learning easy with clear explanations of concepts and step-by-step presentations of procedures. Numerous full-colour illustrations, photographs, charts, and tables are combined with real-life case studies and examples to provide the reader with an outstanding learning experience.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Copies
- 3
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks use
Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine : A Pocket Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39777
Pamela A. Fenstemacher, Peter Winn, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC). Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for patients in a long-term care facility. The book is divided into four sections that cover: types of care, which include community care, nursing facility care, and teamwork; clinical medicine, with sugges…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Fenstemacher, Pamela A
- Winn, Peter
- Responsibility
- Pamela A. Fenstemacher, Peter Winn, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 350 p. : 34 illus., 2 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Current clinical practice
- ISBN
- 9783319169798
- 9783319169781 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Chronic Disease
- Long-Term Care - methods
- Patient Readmission
- Abstract
- This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC). Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lessens the uncertainty involved in caring for patients in a long-term care facility. The book is divided into four sections that cover: types of care, which include community care, nursing facility care, and teamwork; clinical medicine, with suggested approaches to common conditions and wound care; psychosocial aspects of care, which include ethical and legal issues and caring for families; and special issues, with chapters on documentation, coding, and medication management. As community-based care is an area of rapid growth where the elderly are increasingly seeking their medical care, new chapters have also been added that describe these programs. Written by expert contributors, many of whom have worked within AMDA--The Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine to create and disseminate a knowledge base for post-acute and LTC, this is a valuable resource for clinicians and educators seeking to maximize the care and living experience of residents in post-acute and long-term care settings.
- Contents
- Home Health Care -- Assisted Living and Residential Care -- PACE -- Department of Veteran Affairs Option for LTC -- Behind the Scenes at Nursing Facilities -- The Role of Practitioners and the Medical Director -- Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Physician Assistants -- Common Clinical Conditions in Long Term Care -- Preventing Hospital Admissions and Readmissions -- Goals of Care and Prevention -- Integrating Palliative Care into Practice -- Weight and Nutrition -- Wound Care -- Dementia, Delirium and Depression -- Ethical and Legal Issues -- Caring for Families -- Documentation and Coding -- Medication Management in Long Term Care -- Rehabilitation and Maximizing Function.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Resident-staff ratios in long term care : research report
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21233
--Halifax, NS:
Department of Health
, 2001.
- Call Number
- WX 20 R432r 2001 REF
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WX 20 R432r 2001 REF
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Department of Health
- Date of Publication
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 69 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Long-Term Care - organization & administration
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Loan Period
- In library use
