The second edition of Providing Home Care: A Textbook for Home Health Aides, the accompanying workbook, and the instructor?s guide are now available!This book will help your aides master what they need to know to provide excellent, compassionate care to clients with very different needs.This book is organized around learning objectives with colored tabs for easy location of material.The second edition contains new and/or updated information on: HIPPA and protecting a client's privacy MRSA and VRE Care for the client with COPD Cultural sensitivity Hip replacement care Mercury-free thermometers Disinfection and sterilization NEW two-step procedure for taking blood pressure We also condensed and made the anatomy and physiology chapter more basic, added chapter review questions, and updated the design and many of the illustrations.
This title is the definitive history of care work and its surprisingly central role in the American labour movement and class politics from the New Deal to the present.
This book provides the necessary information for home health aides and caregivers to care for clients in their homes.
The companion CD-ROM makes the lessons easy-to-customize All materials are in the manual AND on the included CD-ROM--enabling you to modify the lessons to meet the particular needs of your agency or the requirements of your state.