The Long-Term Care Legal Desk Reference, 2nd Edition

The Long-Term Care Legal Desk Reference, Second Edition uses a practical, reality-oriented approach to lawsuit prevention based on need to know information in the long-term care facility. Current trends and issues in healthcare are emphasized, and when appropriate, real world solutions to problems are presented. The text is designed to assist managers to be strong and proactive.

This resource will help your facility manage risk and provide quality care with practical information and advice delivered in plain, easy-to-understand language. The book identifies potential legal risks and provides the tools and techniques needed to manage them.

Written specifically for administrators and nurse managers, this book will help you:

• Identify the pitfalls and problems that lead directly to the courtroom, and how to avoid them
• Understand the law as it applies to long-term care facility administration, nursing management, and clinical practice
• Understand current clinical information and standards of practice that are useful to managers and will complement more exhaustive sources of long-term care administrative, nursing, clinical, and legal information

Contents include:

• Introduction to Working in Long-Term Care
• Employee Issues
• The Litigation Process
• Standards of Care
• Common Causes of Survey Deficiencies
• Survey Outcomes
• Risk Management
• The Facility Environment
• Change in Condition
• Leading Causes of Lawsuits: Pressure Ulcers
• Leading Causes of Lawsuits: Falls
• Common Singular Event Problems
• Infection-Related Complications
• Progressive Injuries Related to Nutrition and Hydration
• Injuries Precipitated by Progressive Failures and Omissions of Care
• Rights of the Resident
• Medication Monitoring
• Employee Lawsuits
• Self-determination
• Quality Assurance/Benchmarking
• Financial Fraud and Abuse
• Documentation

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