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Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum

Author: John R Pratt

Even as you read this, the field of long—term care is undergoing a rapid redefinition of both its institutional and community—based providers.

Public policy makers are working to add much—needed alternative modes of delivery to traditional long—term institutional care. New rules, new levels, and new kinds of care are constantly being created. As a result, tomorrow's long—term care administrators will have to be flexible enough to adapt to different management settings, and to oversee an ever—expanding variety of services. They will need the skills essential to managing larger organizations, likely to include multiple aspects of long—term care. Long—Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum provides a solid, realistic foundation on which to build your expertise. You will understand the differences and similarities among the many long—term care services... how the various segments of long—term care fit together to form an overall system ...and the skills you will need to succeed in that system in the future.

Lori L. Popejoy

This book offers an overview of the long-term industry including discussions on types of services available, financing of services, consumers' roles, state and federal regulations, and quality assessment. The purpose is to offer a broad overview of information about long-term care. It is designed to be a practical, usable resource for managers in long-term care. This book is written as a reference for long-term care managers as well as a textbook for management students. It is written in distinct chapters about subjects related to long-term care. The editor discusses some important but controversial changes in the industry such as reimbursement, effects of consumer demands, and state regulations regarding service settings. Challenging issues such as technology, information management, and ethics are reviewed. Case studies are presented at the end of some of the chapters to help illustrate the benefits of different care settings such as nursing home services, homecare, subacute care, and adult day care. The editor covered this complex topic very comprehensively. This would be an excellent textbook for students of management and a valuable resource for managers in long-term care.

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Reviewer: Lori L. Popejoy, MSN, RN, CS (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Description: This book offers an overview of the long-term industry including discussions on types of services available, financing of services, consumers' roles, state and federal regulations, and quality assessment.
Purpose: The purpose is to offer a broad overview of information about long-term care. It is designed to be a practical, usable resource for managers in long-term care.
Audience: This book is written as a reference for long-term care managers as well as a textbook for management students.
Features: It is written in distinct chapters about subjects related to long-term care. The editor discusses some important but controversial changes in the industry such as reimbursement, effects of consumer demands, and state regulations regarding service settings. Challenging issues such as technology, information management, and ethics are reviewed. Case studies are presented at the end of some of the chapters to help illustrate the benefits of different care settings such as nursing home services, homecare, subacute care, and adult day care.
Assessment: The editor covered this complex topic very comprehensively. This would be an excellent textbook for students of management and a valuable resource for managers in long-term care.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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HR Strategy Focused Individually Centred: The Art of Getting Best Value Out of People

Author: Paul Kearns

HR Strategy: Business Focused Individually Centred addresses the two key themes of translating business strategy into a workable, measurable HR strategy while simultaneously tapping into the needs and motivational patterns of individual employees in order to unleash their maximum value. The ultimate aim of any HR strategy is to design the highest value organization.

Strategy may be a notoriously difficult topic to pin down but the author produces both a wide-angle view and specific examples of what a real HR strategy looks like in different organizational contexts. This is a book that covers the theory but swiftly moves on to the question of how anyone might actually start to develop a high value HR strategy. It shows the key ingredients and practical steps involved in implementation.

* Provides a total re-appraisal and critique of the theory and practice of HR strategy
* Incorporates references to companies such as British Airways, GE, Microsoft, Sears, Siebel, Toyota and Verizon
* Demonstrates how different organizations have to develop their own unique HR strategies

Table of Contents:

	About the author
	Introduction
1	What is a strategy?	3
2	HR strategy starts with a business strategy	15
3	Why is strategy so important in HR?	26
4	What makes an HR 'strategy' a strategy?	31
5	HR theories need to be revisited	55
6	Are organizations ready for strategic HR?	71
7	An introduction to true HR strategy	87
8	Who will develop the HR strategy?	110
9	HR strategy and change management	118
10	First steps towards HR strategy	129
11	What factors influence the choice of HR strategy?	144
12	Strategic tools and the use of measures	159
13	Designing the high value organization	179
14	The future for HR strategy?	194
App. 1	How much is a good HR strategy worth?	203
App. 2	Are you engaged by your organization?	205
App. 3	Do you have an HR strategy or just a series of policies?	208
App. 4	A strategic dialogue between the HR strategist and the CEO	210
App. 5	Some strategic HR insights using a case study	213
App. 6	A statement of employer and employee commitment	216
App. 7	Spot the strategic HR decision	218
App. 8	Strategic HR at MAFF?	220
	Bibliography	223
	Index	225