This volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators. the authors provide a fresh, historically balanced, empirical and theoretical framework for the view that elder abuse and neglect is an extreme manifestation of family conflict. 
Lisa P. Gwyther, Journal of Gernontology
This volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family

Business & Money

Pillemer, Karl

Wolf, Rosalie S.

Economics

Praeger

This volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators. the authors provide a fresh, historically balanced, empirical and theoretical framework for the view that elder abuse and neglect is an extreme manifestation of family conflict. Lisa P. Gwyther, Journal of GernontologyThis volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This resource is full of practical tips for creating a stable and loyal frontline caregiving staff. Based on over a decade of original research, this Special Report examines the industry-wide problem of recruitment and retention in all its complexity, and shows you how to solve it in your facility! As we move into the 21st century, the long-term care industry will find itself dealing with a frontline staffing crisis that will make today's problems seem like "the good old days." There is no escape from this demographic reality. However, there are ways to prepare for it, and to begin to change your turnover situation right now. With Solving the Frontline Crisis in Long-term Care, you'll be able to: Understand the real factors that drive the cycle of turnover, Compute your present turnover rate and plan steps to decrease it, Accurately diagnose the specific kind of turnover your facility experiences, Review "best practice" models from around the country, Find the particular strategy that will be most successful in your facility, Build a stable, competent, and loyal frontline workforce for the future.

Solving the Frontline Crisis in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Finding and Keeping Quality Nursing Assistants

Medical Books

Allied Health Professions

Cengage Learning'

With simple, no-nonsense language and lighthearted illustrations, the Survival Guide gives CNA's step-by-step information about how to handle specific problems like: managing job stress, dealing with death on the job, being a good communicator, getting along with your supervisor, relating to family members, working with aggressive residents, and balancing work and family.

Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide

Hoffman, Richard

Schumacher, Martin

In straightforward, well-organized sections, Abuse-Proofing Your Facility gives you all the tools you need to dramatically lessen resident abuse in your facility. Written by three leading experts, this book can protect your residents and it can protect you from costly liability exposure.

Abuse Proofing Your Facility: Practical Guide for Preventing Abuse

Menio, Diane A.

Keller, Beth Hudson

Administration & Medicine Economics

Leading the Way, written by a team of experts in management and in long-term care, is an easy-to-read mini-handbook that takes the mystery out of management. Appropriate for the new charge nurse or the veteran supervisor, this 50-page straight-talking book covers such invaluable topics as: the essentials of leadership and team-building, the secrets of successful supervision, teaching and mentoring, and dealing with conflict. With Leading the Way, your nurses will learn how to: Improve their ability as a leader, Build a cohesive team of caregivers, Boost individual motivation and commitment, Turn around problem workers and poor performance, Communicate more effectively, Train and mentor their staff.

Leading the Way: Busy Nurses Guide to Supervision in Long-Term Care

Meador, Rhoda

Based on best practices and field-tested in hundreds of facilities, this book will help train, orient, and support your new CNAs; give your veteran CNAs added status and responsibility; and REDUCE your turnover! You don't need additional staff or a big budget to kick-off or maintain a CNA mentoring program. CNA Mentoring Made Easy has everything your CNA trainer needs in one easy-to-use book. If your facility invests the time and energy, this program will help you reduce your facility's CNA turnover, save you money, and build a more loyal staff.

CNA Mentoring Made Easy

Instead of a career, most CNAs are offered a locked-in, no-growth job which almost ensures that they will eventually move on to something else. A career ladder program, on the other hand, offers them a sense of pride and feeling of professionalism in their position. If your facility invests the time and energy, this program will help you reduce your facility's CNA turnover, save you money, and build a more loyal staff.

CNA Career Ladder Made Easy

With simple, no-nonsense language and lighthearted illustrations, The Resident Assistant's Survival Guide gives your caregivers step-by-step tips on how to handle specific, often difficult, problems like: getting along with others as a team, being a good communicator, managing job stress, dealing with death on the job, relating to family members, working with aggressive residents, and balancing work and family.

The Resident Assistant's Survival Guide

Delmar Pub

Short, succinct, and easy-to-read, the Second Edition of NURSING ASSISTANT'S SURVIVAL GUIDE is filled with concrete tips and illustrations designed to teach readers the interpersonal skills needed for job success. Thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the field, this handy guide includes step-by-step information about how to handle specific problems such as managing job stress, dealing with death on the job, being a good communicator, getting along with your supervisor, relating to family members, working with aggressive residents, and balancing work and family.

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Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family

Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family

Solving the Frontline Crisis in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Finding and Keeping Quality Nursing Assistants

Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide

Abuse Proofing Your Facility: Practical Guide for Preventing Abuse

Leading the Way: Busy Nurses Guide to Supervision in Long-Term Care

CNA Mentoring Made Easy

CNA Career Ladder Made Easy

The Resident Assistant's Survival Guide

Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide