Medical Care in the Nursing Home

Up-to-date, invaluable insights and practical information on the delivery of medical care within the nurse home

Medical Care in the Nursing Home gives you concise and specific recommendations regarding diagnostic and management strategies of the elderly patient. This straightforward guide shows you how you can improve quality of care and the critical steps to be taken in response to a variety of problems encountered in nursing home settings. The authors also covers typical nursing home organization, procedure, clinical conditions, and general management issues. The new Third Edition includes updated material on critical topics such as reimbursement guidelines, clinical management options, assessment tools, quality of care measure, and legal and ethical issues and links to relevant websites.