Handbook of Geriatric Care Management

Description

Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) to help define duties and procedures while providing guidelines for setting up a geriatric care practice. An essential teaching tool, this new edition is an easy-to-use, practical guide that gives students the foundation they need to receive a certificate or degree in GCM.

The Third Edition has been completely updated with revised chapters on psychosocial assessment, functional assessment, ethnic and cultural assessment, and writing a geriatric assessment. Also included throughout the text for additional study are sample forms, sample letters, and case examples.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction to Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 1 Overview and History of Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 2 Ethics and Geriatric Care Management

Part II Geriatric Assessment, Planning and Care Monitoring
Chapter 3 Psychosocial Assessment in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 4 Functional Assessment in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 5 Care Planning , Geriatric Assessment and Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 6 Ethnic and Cultural Assessment in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 7 Assessing and Supporting Late Life Relocation in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 8 Spiritual Assessment and Support in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 9 Assessing and Supporting the Family Caregiver
Chapter 10 Assessing and Supporting Clients' Quality of Life in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 11 Assessing and Supporting Aging in Place Through Technology

Part III The Business of Geriatric Care Management: Beginning, Expanding or Adding, and Managing a Geriatric Care Management Business
Chapter 12 How to Begin or Add a Geriatric Care Management Business
Chapter 13 After the start-up: Issues for Mature Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 14 How to Begin and add Fee-for-Service Geriatric Care Management in a Non Profit
Chapter 15 Combining a Home Care Agency and a GCM Practice
Chapter 16 Marketing Geriatric Care Management in Non-for-Profit Settings
Chapter 17 Private Revenue Sources for the Fee Based Geriatric Care Manager
Chapter 18 Care Management Credentialing
Chapter 19 Preparing for Emergencies in Geriatric Care Management

Part IV Clinical Issues
Chapter 20 Geriatric Care Management Working with Normal Aging Families
Chapter 21 Difficult Families: Conflict, Dependence, and Mutuality in Geriatric Care Management
Chapter 22 Mediation: The GCM as the Accidental Mediator

About the Author(s)

Cathy Jo Cress, MSW-Emphasis in Geriatric/Home Care ManagementMaster of Arts Degree Program, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California