Nursing home administration
This book contains the knowledge essential to prepare for licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator. The author uses the format of the licensing examination and the guidelines of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators as the basis for this text. The new edition contains updated or new material on: the use of computer networks and client server architecture; theories of aging; major organizations in long term care with website addresses ; the use of restraints; extensive data from the first ever national federal database on nursing facilities deficiency patterns from 1993-1999; first time information on the number of special care beds; new total nurisng hour per resident day data; percent of chain-owned and hospital-owned nursing facilities; percent of residents with dementia; and more! - Publisher
1 online resource (xxvi, 614 pages : illustrations)
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The Nursing Home Administrator's Challenge
Management, Governance, Leadership
Management Functions
Forecasting
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Comparing
Innovating
Marketing the Long-Term Care Facility
Human Resources
Organizational Patterning of the Nursing Facility and Its Personnel
Identifying Human Resources Functions
Planning Employment Needs: Writing Job Descriptions
Forecasting Employment Needs
Recruiting
Hiring
Training
Retaining Employees
Evaluating Employees
Paying Employees
Disciplining Employees
Finance and Business
The Administrator's Role As Financial Manager
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: The GAAPs
Cash Accounting and Accrual Accounting
The Accounting Process: Recording Transactions and Preparing Financial Statements
Putting Financial Statements to Work: Working Capital, Ratio Analysis, and Vertical Analysis
Additional Accounting Procedures for Maintaining Control Over the Facility
Depreciation
Using Costs in Managerial Decisions
Budgets and Budgeting
Business and Financial Management
Environment: The Industry, Its Laws and Regulations
Origins, Overview, and Current Profile of the Nursing Home Industry
The Social Security Act: Medicare and Medicaid
Older Americans Act, 1965
Labor and Management
Workplace Safety: The Occupational Safety and Health Act
Fire Safety: The Life Safety Code
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Facilities
Expanding Facility Services: Health Planning
Voluntary Operating Standards: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Resident/Patient Care
The Aging Process
Medical and Related Terms
The Aging Process As It Relates to Diseases Common to the Nursing Home Population
Observations on a Career in Nursing Home Administration
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