Nursing home administration

Nursing home administration / James E. Allen.

Contains the knowledge essential to prepare for licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator. Using as its basis the guidelines of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, this work includes sections on: Distinguishing delirium from dementia; Psycho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, James E. (James Elmore), 1935-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2008.
Edition:5th ed.
Subjects:
Long-term care facilities > Administration.
Nursing homes > Administration.
MEDICAL > Long-Term Care.
MEDICAL > Nursing Home Care.
Long-term care facilities > Administration
Nursing homes > Administration
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Management, Governance, Leadership. Management functions ; Forecasting ; Planning ; Organizing ; Staffing ; Directing ; Comparing and controlling quality ; Innovating ; Marketing the long-term care facility
  • Human resources. Organizational patterning of the nursing facility and its staff ; Identifying the human resources functions ; Planning employment needs: writing job descriptions ; Recruiting employees ; Hiring staff ; Training staff ; Retaining employees ; Evaluating employees ; Paying employees ; Disciplining employees
  • Finance/business. The administrator's role as financial manager ; Generally accepted accounting principles
  • the GAAPs ; Two approaches to accounting: cash accounting and accrual accounting ; The two main steps in the accounting process: recording transactions and preparing financial statements ; Putting financial statements to work: working capital, ration analysis, and vertical analysis ; Additional accounting procedures that help the administrator maintain control over the facility ; The concept of depreciation ; Using "costs" in managerial decisions ; Budgets and budgeting ; Finance
  • Environment: the industry: its laws and regulations. Origins overview and current profile of the nursing home industry ; The Social Security Act: Medicare and Medicaid ; Older Americans Act of 1965 ; Labor and management: laws and regulations ; Workplace safety: the Occupational and Safety and Health Act (1970) ; Fire safety: the Life Safety Code® ; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 accessibility guidelines for facilities ; Expanding facility services: health planning regulations ; Voluntary operating standards: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  • Patient/resident care. The aging process ; Medical and related terms ; The aging process as it relates to deseases common to the nursing home population ; Final observations on a career in nursing home administration.

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