Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309448093 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 367
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Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Author: Ronda Hughes Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 592
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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Author: Subcommittee on Health,, Subcommittee on Health Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives Publisher: ISBN: 9781477682289 Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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Today we meet again to determine the progress the Department has made in those intervening months to adjust its implementation plan and to do right by our veterans and their caregivers who have already given so much to us all. In response to the concerns of Members, advocates and stakeholders, VA changed its eligibility requirements and expedited the implementation of caregivers' benefits by publishing an interim final rule (IFR) on May 5, 2011. As the daughter of a full-time caregiver, I understand the profound impact injury can have, not only on the patient or the injured but also upon his or her family. Time is of the essence for these families, many of whom have sacrificed their personal, professional and financial security in order to take on full-time caregiving responsibilities for their veteran family member.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309156297 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 322
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The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the safety, quality, and effectiveness of home health care will be the set of issues encompassed by the field of human factors research-the discipline of applying what is known about human capabilities and limitations to the design of products, processes, systems, and work environments. To address these challenges, the National Research Council began a multidisciplinary study to examine a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues resulting from the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for a thorough integration of human factors research with the design and implementation of home health care devices, technologies, and practices. On October 1 and 2, 2009, a group of human factors and other experts met to consider a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues associated with the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. This book is a summary of that workshop, representing the culmination of the first phase of the study.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Publisher: ISBN: Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 88
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Publisher: ISBN: Category : Caregivers Languages : en Pages : 88
Author: United States House of Representatives Publisher: ISBN: 9781693946875 Category : Languages : en Pages : 82
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Implementation of caregiver assistance: are we getting it right?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 11, 2011.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309115876 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 317
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As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author: Ronda Hughes
Author: Subcommittee on Health,, Subcommittee on Health Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
Author: National Research Council
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Author: United States House of Representatives
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Author: Institute of Medicine
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