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Commissario Guido Brunetti is kicking his heels, pondering the recent lack of crime in Venice, when a beautiful young woman appears at his office door. Now calling herself Maria Testa, his visitor is more familiar to Brunetti as Suor' Immacolata, the nun who once cared for his m…
In eight innovative sessions, Henderson, Hanson, and Reynolds provide sage advice, numerous case studies, a wide variety of assessment tools, intructional guidelines, and practical exercises to educate nursing home staff about care of the dying. A Multidisciplinary focus outline…
Written in plain language for nursing home staff caring for residents facing the final phase of life, this book examines eight topics of end-of-life and palliative care in a long-term setting, looking at grief and loss, advance care planning, choices about eating and drinking, p…
In eight innovative sessions, Henderson, Hanson, and Reynolds provide sage advice, numerous case studies, a wide variety of assessment tools, intructional guidelines, and practical exercises to educate nursing home staff about care of the dying. A Multidisciplinary focus outline…
Mental health and care homes
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Mental Health and Care Homes offers a coherent and evidence-based text exploring the issues surrounding physical and mental health of care home residents in Great Britain. Bringing together both clinical and research perspectives it aims to help the care home sector deliver high…
The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. It is therefore an area of considerable economic importance. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, mean…
"This book is much needed. It offers a practical approach to key issues in the management of an assisted living facility....It is especially pleasing to see the long-needed collaboration between nursing, social services, and education that is reflected by the training of the aut…
"This book is much needed. It offers a practical approach to key issues in the management of an assisted living facility ... It is especially pleasing to see the long-needed collaboration between nursing, social services, and education that is reflected by the training of the au…
Essential for assisted living and senior housing administrators, as well as graduate students, this book contains the most practical guidelines for operating assisted living facilities. The authors provide advice on hiring and training staff, architecture and space management, a…
Dosa, a geriatrician with a strong aversion to cats, tells the endearing story of Oscar the cat, the aloof resident at a nursing home who only spends time with people who are about to die. Despite hearing numerous stories about Oscar's uncanny ability to predict when a patient's…