Spinal Cord Injury Desk Reference: Guidelines for Life Care Planning and Case Management - Softcover

Terry L. Blackwell; James S. Krause; Terry Winkler; Steven A. Stiens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888799498 ISBN 13: 9781888799491

Publisher: Demos Medical, 2001

Synopsis

This text provides a quick, easy-to-understand, comprehensive, evidence-based reference for health care practitioners who formulate life care plans for persons with SCI. Features that will facilitate use by practitioners includes a variety of reference materials for health care professionals who provide life care planning/case management for SCI. Life care planning/case management practitioners would best be served by utilizing this text as a source of information and a guide from which to incorporate their professional knowledge, judgment, and ethical responsibilities when working with individuals with SCI to meet the challenge of addressing their unique long-term care needs. It is our hope this text will provide readers with tools and insights for competently addressing the long-term consequences of SCI.This text arose out of a perceived need to have a single reference that would both contain information and serve as a reminder of areas central to the life care planning process for persons with SCI. It offers practitioners a single, easy-to-use resource that summarizes - in a clear, understandable way with easily accessible references - a body of studies and research on SCI that have important implications for life care planning and case management.This text is an introduction to the basic aspects related to understanding SCI, including epidemiology, functional classification, and complications related to aging a with disability. In addition, it covers functional outcomes, potential associated costs, long-term management and care considerations, model LCP guidelines, and legislative, organizational, and agency resources.This need for a continuum of care presents great challenges to health care professionals as well as to individuals with SCI and their families. Life care planning, which entered into the rehabilitation scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has proven to be one way of meeting this challenge by providing an organized framework of services, recommendations, and requirements for long-term care management. By using a consistent methodology in assessing the individual needs of the person with SCI, the life care plan (LCP) helps the health care professionals as well as the person with SCI acquire a comprehensive understanding of the immediate and long-term care requirements necessary to maximize productivity and independence.Although the text was written primarily for life care planning and case management practitioners, it can also be useful to other professionals who may be involved with the long-term care and management needs of people with SCI. Included in this group are primary care and speciality care physicians, nurses, rehabilitation counselors, therapists, insurers/HMOs, attorneys, governmental agencies, disability organizations, and educators, as well as people with SCI and their families.

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About the Author

Terry L. Blackwell, EdD - Dr. Blackwell is Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to his appointment there, Dr. Blackwell was in private practice in Montana and worked throughout the United States specializing in catastrophic rehabilitation and life care planning, consultation, and trainging. Dr. Blackwell sits on the editorial boards of several rehabilitation journals and has authored or co-authored a number of general books and articles in the areas of job analysis, forensic rehabilitation, ethics, and life care planning.||Dr. Krause is a Behavioral Scientist at the Shepherd Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Krause has been involved in research in long-term outcomes after spinal cord injury for more than a decade. He has published multiple articles on aging, employment, quality of life, secondary conditions, and mortality after SCI. Prior to committing all his time to research, Dr. Krause spent four years working as a staff psychologist in a large SCI rehabilitation hospital. His clincal focus included adjustment counseling, alcohol and drug treatment, and prevention of secondary conditions. Dr. Krause uses his research and clinical background to assist in the development of life care plans and to provide expert testimony in SCI cases by predicting long-term complications, prospects for return to gainful employment, and life expectancy.|Dr. Winkler is a Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician in private practice in Springfield, Missouri. In his practice, Dr. Winkler specializes in traumatic and acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputations, and life care planning. He holds academic appointments as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and Clinical Professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition, Dr. Winkler serves on committees that review grants on spinal cord injury research for the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. He has several publications in the area of life care planning.|Dr. Stiens is Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and Attending Spinal Cord Medicine Physician at VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Harborview Medical Center and University Hospital. Dr. Stiens providesperson-centered SCI rehabilitation and primary care as well as training and education for medical students, residents, and SCI fellows. He has published numerous scientific articles and chapters on a wide range of SCI-related topics including neurogenic bowel, psychosocial adaptation, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and mechanisms of neurologic recovery. In addition, Dr. Stiens has developed a variety of training films and educational materials on SCI

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Medical
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888799498
• ISBN 13: 9781888799491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291