Published March, 2011
By Barbara Frank, David Farrell, Cathie Brady and Vivian Tellis-Nayak
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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This is a must read for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing, and others in leadership positions in long-term care. It offers practical, common sense, easy-to-implement approaches that will yield immediate positive results. It also serves as a wake-up call to leaders who doubt their impact and as an affirmation to leaders who struggle daily to do a good job.

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Published May, 2010
By Rein Tideiksaar
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Presenting evidence-based practice throughout, this easy-to-read manual is a comprehensive guide to preventing and managing falls in hospitals and long-term care settings. This award-winning guide explores the causes of falls, analyses their consequences, provides clinical assessments for actual falls as well as risks for falling, and promotes an interdisciplinary approach to falls management.

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Published June, 2009
By Susan Rodiek
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Case studies, 3D animated examples, diagrams, and sketches in this informative DVD show how to transform existing areas by emphasizing features that appeal to residents and support their need for autonomy and independence.

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Published June, 2009
By Susan Rodiek
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Whether you are a planning a new community or remodeling an existing one, the second DVD in the Access to Nature series illustrates a variety of ways the building layout can encourage residents to go outdoors.

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Published April, 2009
By Virginia Bell, David Troxel, Tonya Cox and Robin Hamon
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Here's a moving introduction to the innovative Best Friends approach to caring for older people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia's. This touching 20-minuted DVD "showcases the Best Friends (TM) approach in action at a model adult day center volunteer program" and includes the Alzheimer's Disease Bill of Rights.

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Published January, 2009
By Susan Rodiek
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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The first DVD in this educational video series demonstrates the importance of having people, policies, and programs that support outdoor usage by residents in senior housing settings.

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Published December, 2008
By Alan J Wein, Joseph G. Ouslander, Diana J. Mason, Diane Kaschak Newman and Alan Wein
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Incontinence is not an inevitable part of aging, nor is it untreatable once it develops. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of a trusted resource teaches diverse and effective strategies for assessing, managing, and even eliminating urinary incontinence in all care settings.

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Published October, 2008
By Margaret Calkins
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Viewers will learn the ways in which personal needs are fulfilled within homelike settings and how a facility can improve resident functioning by making simple adaptations to the physical and caregiving environments. This video illustrates facility staff using a step-by-step process to identify problem areas, recognise underlying needs, to then create supportive, homelike solutions.

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Published October, 2008
By Dale E. Yeatts, Cynthia M. Creavy, Linda S. Noelker, Dale Yeatts, Cynthia Cready and Linda Noelker
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Delivers both a rationale for and implementation guide to creating empowered work teams (EWT) in long-term care settings. This work introduces the concept of EWTs and looks at how they work in different settings: traditional nursing homes, assisted living, and home care. It also shows you the steps necessary to implement EWTs from the scratch.

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Published August, 2008
By Kristin Einberger and Janelle Sellick
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Like the popular first volume, these 87 all-new activities will stimulate the minds, memories, and senses of older adults. Designed especially for individuals concerned about early memory loss, the short, one-page worksheets strengthen brain functioning, promote social interaction, and provide hours of meaningful enjoyment.

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