Home health care provider : a guide to essential skills / Emily Prieto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prieto, Emily.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home care services.

Older people--Care.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is designed to foster quality care to home care recipients. It is written for companions, home health aides, and other care givers who deliver non-medical home care. Prieto provides information, tips, and techniques on personal care routines as well as additional responsibilities that are often necessary in this work, including home safety and maintenance, meal planning, errand running, caring for couples, and making use of recreational time. Going beyond standard nurses' aide training manuals, the book focuses on the psycho-social needs of home care recipients, stressing the need to

Contents:

Attitudes of aging

Aging at home

The companion home care provider

Interpersonal skills and communications

Common conditions and diseases of the aging body

The terminally ill client

Caring for couples

About activities

Planning and preparing meals

Home safety and household management

Legal authority and money matters

Planning for placement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81316-8

9786611813161

0-8261-2853-X

OCLC:

298729654