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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454215903321

Titolo

Restraint-free care [[electronic resource] ] : individualized approaches for frail elders / / Neville E. Strumpf ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998

ISBN

1-281-80604-8

9786611806040

0-8261-9697-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Springer series on geriatric nursing

Altri autori (Persone)

StrumpfNeville E

Disciplina

362.16

Soggetti

Frail elderly - Nursing home care

Nursing home care

Nursing home patients - Restraint

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Achieving Restraint-Free Care; 2. Implementing a Process of Change; 3. Making Sense of Behavior: Cornerstone of Individualized Care; 4. Responding to Behavioral Phenomena; 5. Assessment of Fall Risk and Prevention of Injurious Falls; 6. Caring for the Person Who Interferes with Treatment; 7. Maintaining a Process of Change; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is designed to help clinicians, administrators, students, and families attain the goal of restraint-free care of the elderly. Written by leading experts in the field, the book contains specific strategies for understanding behavior, making constructive changes in the individual's environment, and managing the risk of falls and interference with necessary treatments. It is organized in outline form to highlight critical material and to be readily adaptable as a quick reference. The authors use individualized care as the book's underlying philosophy. The goals of individualized care in