Restraint-free care : individualized approaches for frail elders

Summary: 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.

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ISBN: 9780862114978
ISBN: 0862114970
ISBN: 9780826112156
ISBN: 0826112153
ISBN: 0826196977
ISBN: 9780826196972
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages).
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Publisher: New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.