2nd Edition
by Darlene Yee-Melichar, Cristina Flores, Andrea Renwanz Boyle
Assisted Living Administration and Management: Effective Practices and Model Programs in Elder Care 2nd
Edition provides students and healthcare professionals with the most up
to date and essential knowledge on assisted living and residential
care. This comprehensive text empowers current and future assisted
living administrators to employ effective practices, understand model
programs, and learn the necessary tools and tips to maximize the overall
health, safety, and comfort of residents in their care. Organized by
domains of practice, it also covers content information required to
prepare for state-based Residential Care and Assisted Living (RC/AL)
administrator certification or licensure exams.
The
textbook is structured in five parts which instruct on how to build and
manage effective assisted living and residential care communities,
beginning with Organizational Management and progressing through Human
Resources, Business and Financial Management, Environmental Management,
and Resident Care Management. The second edition includes six new
chapters on evolving topics, such as interprofessional practice, home
and community-based services (HCBS) as alternatives to assisted living,
information and communication technology (ICT), LGBT issues, memory care
units, and palliative and hospice care. Chapters feature learning
objectives, case studies, effective practices, and more enabling
students and healthcare professionals to evaluate, analyze, and
synthetize information on how to best operate, manage, and lead assisted
living communities. Useful for any long-term care and health management
professional or student in the fields of gerontology, health
administration, and long-term care administration, this comprehensive
book covers the most crucial aspects of assisted living and residential
care management―the most abundant and fastest growing senior living line
of service in the United States.
Key Features:
- Describes
real-life situations and challenges associated with Assisted Living
Administration with pragmatic solutions which highlight the most
effective practices and model programs in elder care
- Contains
new chapters on interprofessional practice, home and community-based
services (HCBS) as an alternative to assisted living, information and
communication technology (ICT), LGBT issues, memory care units,
palliative and hospice care
- Highlights
useful details on business and financial management, including
guidelines for marketing facilities and services, important legal issues
and terms, and evolving public policy issues
- Incorporates
chapters on environmental management, with information on
accessibility, fire safety, disaster preparedness, universal design and
aging in place, and much more
- Emphasizes
the importance of holistic, resident care management by examining the
biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging
- Prepares students to qualify and sit for the state certification or licensure examination as Assisted Living Administrators