Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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/

Download or read book In home Supportive Services written by Disability Rights California and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication is intended to help you represent yourself and others in fair hearings when there is a dispute about the number of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) hours you need. This information packet will also help you prepare for the County IHSS worker's initial intake assessment or the annual review."--p ii.

Download or read book In home Supportive Services written by California. Bureau of State Audits and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Long Term Care written by California. In-Home Supportive Services Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Hire and Supervise Your In home Supportive Services IHSS Provider written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book In home Supportive Services written by California. Legislature. Senate. Office of Oversight and Outcomes and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Consumer Guide to In home Supportive Services in Alameda County written by Public Authority for In-Home Supportive Services of Alameda County and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers how to apply for in-home supportive services, hiring and managing homecare workers, and the services provided by the Public Authority for IHSS.

Download or read book In Home Supportive Services in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book When Do People Leave In home Supportive Services written by Jennifer Alison Madrid and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projections vary, but those who estimate populations agree that the number of retirees will increase dramatically as waves of Baby Boomers retire. No one can say for certain how many of the retiring Baby Boomers will require assistance to live out their years. The expectation is that about a quarter of California's population will be 65 or older by 2060, and more of them will be low-income women who live alone. An analysis of In-Home Supportive Services use offers insight into how the program has been used thus far to help low-income and disabled people 65 and older live safely in their own homes. After 10 years, the length of the study, almost a quarter of the study cohort was still in the program. As care models for the elderly meet more of their needs, knowing who have been users of In-Home Supportive Services can help understand that piece of the care puzzle.

Download or read book In Home Support for All A Community Outreach Project written by Lily Moll and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract In Home Supportive Services Public Authority (IHSSPA) is a Medi-Cal funded organization that helps the elderly and disabled living in San Francisco find care and support at home. The Public Authority component of IHSS specializes in providing support to their clients or 0́−consumers0́+ when attempting to hire home care workers or 0́−providers.0́+ However, IHSSPA services remain relatively unknown throughout many communities in San Francisco county and there is a need for increased community outreach. To address this problem, communities that are currently underserved by IHSSPA were defined by their zip code. These communities were compared with data indicating which areas have high instances of seniors living in poverty (for target consumers), and high instances of unemployment (for target providers). In addition, a provider Focus Group elucidated current issues that providers encounter when enrolling in IHSSPA and being matched with consumers. Participants also offered suggestions on how to increase outreach to new providers. Direct community outreach was initiated by visiting community centers in neighborhoods with lower instances of consumer/provider residences, high instances of seniors living in poverty, or high unemployment. Staff at the participating community centers were interviewed and their prior knowledge of IHSSPA was assessed. Two community centers in the Richmond district of San Francisco agreed to display IHSSPA materials and offer them to clients. Finally, an online provider survey was utilized to gather data from 52 additional providers on themes initially identified in the provider Focus Group. Survey data supported certain themes in the Focus Group such as the tendency for consumers to request unauthorized tasks from providers. However, unlike the Focus Group, the survey data seemed to indicate increased satisfaction with training and consumer matching. Results from the provider survey also indicated there were few differences in opinion between those who had worked for a friend/family member, and those who had not. Key Words: In Home Supportive Services, Home care, Seniors, Community-Based, Outreach, Disabled, Independent Providers, IHSS Consumers

Download or read book The Impact of the in Home Support Services Program Reformation on Its Recipients written by Jamie Michelle Neal and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the reformation of the In Home Support Services (IHSS) program. This study is significant because the IHSS program keeps many elderly citizens out of assisted living facilities. Surveys were sent to the San Bernardino County IHSS social workers to determine how the program reformation has affected their clients.

Download or read book Long Term Care In Home Supportive Services Task Force Report written by California. Department of Health Services. Long Term Care / In-Home Supportive Services Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aged, disabled, medical care.

Download or read book Homelessness Health and Human Needs written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.

Download or read book In home Supportive Services in California Annual Statistical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Retooling for an Aging America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Home Care Fault Lines written by Cynthia J. Cranford and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension. As Cranford shows, workers can experience devaluation within racialized and gendered class hierarchies, which shapes their pursuit of security. Cranford analyzes the tensions, alliances, and compromises between security for workers and flexibility for elderly and disabled people, and she argues that workers and recipients negotiate flexibility and security within intersecting inequalities in varying ways depending on multiple interacting dynamics. What comes through from Cranford's analysis is the need for deeply democratic alliances across multiple axes of inequality. To support both flexible care and secure work, she argues for an intimate community unionism that advocates for universal state funding, designs culturally sensitive labor market intermediaries run by workers and recipients to help people find jobs or workers, and addresses everyday tensions in home workplaces.