The Care Home Handbook by Graham Mulley
I would recommend each Home purchase a copy - Ian Turner, Chair, Registered Nursing Home Association Identifies a gap in the sector and offers a practical means of addressing the need. - Des Kelly, OBE, Executive Director, National Care Forum The Care Home Handbook has one aim: to improve the care and wellbeing of residents in care homes. It informs, reminds and refreshes the reader's knowledge, enabling care homes to meet the essential standards of care required of them. Aimed at all nurses and healthcare assistants working in care homes, this invaluable, unique and jargon-free resource will help staff deliver skilful care, prevent poor practice, and build knowledge and confidence when working with older people. Grounded in everyday practice, this handbook promotes professional and person-centred care that is safe, high-quality, caring and compassionate. It features sections on the resident s journey, values and standards, core nursing skills, common clinical conditions, medicines management, infection control, and risk.
About the Editors Graham Mulley is Emeritus Professor of Elderly Medicine at the University of Leeds, UK, past President of the British Geriatrics Society and Scientifi c Advisor to the International Longevity Centre (UK). Clive Bowman is Honorary Visiting Professor at the School of Health Sciences, City University London, UK. Michal Boyd practices as a Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a Senior Lecturer for the School of Nursing and Freemasons Department of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Auckland. Sarah Stowe is a Locum Consultant Physician at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Keighley, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781118314623 |
| ISBN 10 | 111831462X |
| Title | The Care Home Handbook |
| Author | Graham Mulley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2014-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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