Long-Term Care - Managing Across the Continuum - Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access - Softcover

John Pratt MHA; FACHE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284054594 ISBN 13: 9781284054590

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum, Fourth Edition is an ideal introduction to management in this industry. Adopted as a reference for the national licensing examination prepared by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB), this book covers the full continuum of long-term care. The Fourth Edition is a thorough update that offers a new chapter on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), with a particular focus on its impact on long-term care. All other chapters have been updated with the latest changes in regulations, financing methods, forms of service delivery and management methods in this dynamic field. The chapter on Leadership and Culture Change has been separated into two distinct chapters: Leadership in Long-Term Care and Culture Change in Long-Term - each with expanded information. Navigate 2 Advantage provides access to mobile-ready course materials including a complete eBook, virtual Study Centre, homework and testing Assessment Centre, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Plus, Navigate 2 Evergreen Content Updates™ offer the opportunity to enhance course materials with curated, high-quality content updates. This textbook automatically ships with an Access Code to Navigate 2 bound-in. Stand alone Access Codes to Navigate 2 can be purchased at 50% off the list price of the textbook.

About this title

About the Author:

John Pratt is Professor of Long-Term Care Administration at Saint Joseph s College in Standish, Maine. He is also Director of the Long-Term Care Management Institute at the College, recipient of the 1998 Education Award given by the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA). He is a Member of ACHCA and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He currently serves on the Education Committees of ACHCA and the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators (NAB). Having been a health care executive for twenty-five years before joining academia, Mr. Pratt brings a broad range of knowledge and experience to this text. He is a regular presenter at professional conferences and an active contributor to professional journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1284054594
• ISBN 13: 9781284054590
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 576