LTC
Resource Library
1. Books/Manuals
Clinical
Applications
Community Applications
Government
Resources
Management
Applications
Research Applications
Resident
Dining Applications
2. Annals of
Long Term Care
Annals of Long Term Care online
Health Care Publications
3. Videos
4. Websites
Government
Sites
Informative
Sites
Major
Long Term Care Organizations
Professional
Groups In The Aging Field
Book
Publishers For Long Term Care Materials
1. Books/Manuals
Clinical
Applications
Title:
Care
Plans for Nutrition Hydration & Tube Feeding
Audience: Health Professionals in Long-Term Care
Description: This book focuses on the issues of cognitive
impairment, hydration, disease states, dysphagia, and more. It serves
as a tool for care planning for nutrition hydration and tube feeding
in the long-term care setting.
Contact: Kobriger
Presents
PO Box 55
Chilton, WI 53014
Phone: 920-849-7806
Fax: 920-849-3904 (fax)
Cost: $39.95
Title:
Continuous
Quality Improvement and Nutritional Care Planning: A Manual for Long-Term
Care Facilities. Rosemary I. Behrens, Anne K. Blocker (1993)
ISBN#: 0834205203
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: Not available
Contact:
Amazon.com
Phone: 1-800-282-0693
Cost: $158.00
Title:
Food Medication Interactions (11th edition). Z Pronsky, M Zaneta,
J Crowe, S Epstein (ed), V Young (ed) (1999)
ISBN #: 0960616489
Audience: Students and Health Professionals
Description: Reference for any dietetic student, dietitian or
nutritionist and provides valuable information for today's healthcare
environment. Provides accurate and up-to-date information on how medications
can affect and be affected by food, which plays a vital role in providing
comprehensive care to for your clients.
Contact: Amazon.com
Cost: $21.95
Title:
Geriatric
Nutrition: The Health Professional's Handbook, Second Edition R
Chernoff, PhD, RD ISBN #: 0834210827
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: This book offers a comprehensive review of
nutritional assessment, intervention programs for the elderly, and health
promotion activities. It enhances the health professional's ability
to provide comprehensive health care, advice, and treatment to older
clients and patients. Thoroughly revised and updated, this Second Edition
includes new chapters on smell, taste, and somatosensation and exercise.
Contact: Aspen
Publishers, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-234-1660
Fax: 1-800-901-9075
customer.care@aspenpubl.com
P.O. Box 911
Frederick,
MD 21704
Cost: $72.00
Title:
Geriatric
Nutrition and Diet 3E. Marie Jaffe, RN, MS
(1998)
ISBN#:1-56930-096-8
Audience: Dietitians
Description: Nutritional problems are discussed within a nursing
process format.
Contact: Delmar
Publishers
5 Maxwell
Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Cost: $25.16
Title:
Geriatric
Nutrition
Handbook.
Mary Marian MS, RD, CNSD, Douglas Taren PhD, Myra Muramoto MD, Stephen
Bartlett RD (1995)
ISBN#: 0412136414
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: This handbook, developed by health care practitioners
both in nutrition and geriatrics, provides the essential knowledge necessary
to provide optimal nutritional care for geriatric patients. This information-packed
pocket reference will allow you to quickly and effectively assess and
provide appropriate care and guidance.
Contact: Aspen
Publishers, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-234-1660
Fax: 1-800-901-9075
Email: customer.care@aspenpubl.com
P.O. Box 911
Frederick, MD 21704
Cost: $22.00
Title:
Geriatric
Nutrition Patient Education Resource Manual. Aspen Center for Patient
Education, Ronni Chernoff PhD, RD, FADA (2000)
ISBN#: 0834218666
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: The most comprehensive patient education resource
available on geriatric nutrition. This manual includes specific,
ready-to-use patient education handouts in two different reading levels.
Spanish language handouts are also provided. An easy-to-use CD-ROM allows
the health care professional to adapt handouts to fit their particular
practice situation.
Contact: Aspen
Publishers, Inc.
Tel: 1-800-234-1660
Fax: 1-800-901-9075
E-mail: customer.care@aspenpubl.com
P.O. Box 911
Frederick, MD 21704
Cost: $209.00
Title:
Improving
the Quality of Long-Term Care. (2001) ISBN# 0309064988
Audience: Health Professionals in Long-Term Care
Description: This book takes a comprehensive look at the
quality of care and quality of life in long-term care situations including
nursing homes, home health agencies, and other care settings, describing
the state of care and identifying problem areas. It also looks at the
populations that use long-term health care, identifying their needs,
as compared to past populations and offering recommendations for federal
and state policy makers.
Contact: Amazon.com
Cost: $47.95
Title:
The
Interdisciplinarey Team in Long Term Care Continuum: A Collaborative
Approach. Joan Wagner, MSN, CRNP Roseanne Hanlon Rafter, MSN, RN,
CS Juliana Saveriano, BSN, RNC (1999)
ISBN#:0-8261-1322-2
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: This is a complete training package for preparing
staff and residents in long-term care facilities to fully participate
in interdisciplinary care. It was developed by experts at The Whitman
Group's Geriatric Research and Training Center. The package consists
of two videos and two training manuals.
Contact: Springer
Publishers Company
536 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-431-4370
Fax: 212-941-7842
Toll-Free Ordering: 877-687-7476
Cost: $199.00
Title:
Keeping America's
Seniors Healthy at Home: A Guide to Nutrition Screening and Interventions
in Home Health Care
Audience: Home Care Professionals
Description: This manual provides practical steps and
tips for developing and implementing a nutrition screening and interventions
program in the home care setting. Approved for five hours of continuing
professional education by The American Dietetic Association and the
Commission for Case Manager Certification.
Contact: The
Nutrition Screening Initiative
The Nutrition Screening Initiative
1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite #800
Washington, DC 20007
Cost:
$7.00
Title:
Managing Nutrition
Care in Health Plans: Incorporating Nutrition Screening and Interventions
in Managed Care
Audience: Managed Care Professionals
Description: This manual provides the medical framework
and practical guidance to establish a nutrition screening and interventions
program for geriatric members. Approved for five hours of continuing
professional education by The American Dietetic Association, the American
Academy of Family Physicians and the Commission for Case Manager Certification.
Contact: The
Nutrition Screening Initiative
1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite #800
Washington, DC 20007
Cost: $7.00
Title:
Manual
of Clinical Dietetics, Sixth Edition (with binder) (2000)
Audience: Students and Health Professionals
Description: This manual offers an international perspective
of nutrition care. The latest advances in medical nutrition therapy
for numerous diseases and conditions are described in this authoritative
reference. Guidelines for implementing specific diets are covered along
with nutrition assessment for adults and children and many aspects of
nutrition management throughout the lifecycle. Numerous tables provide
practical information, such as summaries of guidelines and specific
recommendations for food selection. More section headings in each chapter
and tabbed dividers allow for easier access to information. The Manual
of Clinical Dietetics is an essential resource for registered dietitians,
students, and health care providers working in a variety of clinical
settings. Use the manual that is adopted by hospitals nationwide as
your reference to the most up-to-date information on clinical nutrition.
Contact: American
Dietetic Association
216 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
Phone: 312-899-0040
Cost: $104.95 (non-members) $94.95 (members)
*without binder $99.95 (non-members) $89.95 (members)
Title:
Mini
Nutritional Assessment (MNA): Research and Practice in the Elderly Nestle
Nutrition Workshop Series. Clinical & Performance Programme, V.1
Bruno Vellas, Philip J. Garry and Yves Guigoz (1999)
ISBN#: 3805568037
Audience: Health Professionals
Description:The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) provides
a single, rapid assessment of nutritional status in the elderly of different
degrees of independence, allowing the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition
to be determined and to evaluate the efficacy of nutritional intervention
and strategies.
Contact: Karger
Publications
S. Karger AG
P.O Box
CH-4009 Basel
(for courier services only: Allschwilerstrasse 10, CH-4055 Basel)
Fax:+41 61 306 12 34
Cost:
$137.50
Title:
Minimum
Data Set 2.0 with Emphasis on Nutrition for Health Professionals
Audience: Health Professionals in Long-Term Care
Description: This book is useful for finding valuable
nutrition, hydration, pressure ulcer and tube feeding information on
the Minimum Data Set in other than Section K. It also includes a chapter
on documentation & clinical tips for RAPS.
Contact: Kobriger
Presents
PO Box 55
Chilton, WI 53014
Phone: 920-849-7806
Fax: 920-849-3904
Cost: $29.95
Title:
New
Ways to Care for Older People. Evan Calkins, MD Chad Boult, MD,
MPH Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH James T. Pacala, MD, MS, Editors (1999)
ISBN#:0-8261-1220-X
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: The editors of this book systematically examined
interventions that work and those that are not successful in improving
health outcomes among the full range of older people from triathletes
to those near the end of life. Focusing primarily on the older person
rather than on the facilities, institutions, or professionals providing
care, optimal systems of care are presented.
Contact: Springer
Publishers Company
536 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-431-4370
Fax: 212-941-7842
Toll-Free Ordering: 877-687-7476
Cost:$42.95
Title:
Nutrition
Care of the Older Adult: A Handbook for Dietetic Professionals Working
Throughout the Continuum of Care. (1998)
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: Guidelines for providing MNT for older adults. Contains
16 chapters.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
2219 Cardinal Drive
Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
E-mail: cdhcf@cdhcf.org
Cost: $42.00
Title:
Nutrition
Care in Nursing Facilities/Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities/A
Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. Clara
L. Gerwick, R.D. (1992) ISBN#:0880911050
Audience: Dietitians
Description: Not available
Contact: Amazon.com
Phone: 1-800-282-0693
Cost: Not available
Title:
Nutrition
in Long Term Care Facilities: A Handbook for Dietitians. Anna Katherine
Jernigan (1987)
ISBN#: 0880910291
Audience: Dietitians
Description: Not available
Contact: Amazon.com
Phone: 1-800-282-0693
Cost: $20.90
Title:
Nutrition
Support to Elderly Women: Influence on Diet Quality (Garland Studies
on the Elderly in America). Michelle B. Pierce (2000)
ISBN#: 0815338120
Audience: Health Professionals
Descritpion: Previous research on this topic has not focused
on nutrition-specific social support for elderly women. This unique
study seeks to describe and explore the current situation in
a group of elderly women living alone in government subsidized housing.
Study to explore, in depth, specific aspects of social relationships
and their association with dietary quality. Contains a description of
the methods and findings of the research project.
Contact: Routledge
New York | London
29 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
E-mail: info@routledge-ny.com
Cost:
$75.00
Title:
The
Role of Nutrition In Wound Healing. Kathleen Niedert, MBA, RD, LD,
FADA Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, CD (2001)
ISBN#:5019
Audience: Dietitians and Health Professionals
Description: This study guide discusses the risk factors
for development of pressure ulcers including nutrition interventions.
Other skin conditions frequently seen in the elderly such as arterial
ulcers, diabetic ulcers etc. are defined. The PUSH Tool: Pressure
Ulcer Scale for Healing developed by the National Pressure Ulcer
Advisory Panel is included. Several case studies are included.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
P2219 Cardinal
Drive Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
Email: cdhcf@cdhcf.org
Cost: $15.00
Title:
Survey
Survival Kit for Long-Term Care
Audience: Health Professionals in Long-Term Care
Description: The Survey Survival Kit for Long-Term Care
includes two companion books. It will help you save time and
money while preparing for your long-term care survey. The first book
guides through the CMS survey process offering examples, forms, checklists,
and even a mock survey self-assessment tool. The second book provides
an overall picture of how quality indicators and MDS documentation affect
your facility´s survey. Also included is a 5x7 laminated survey
checklist that nursing home leaders may carry and refer to as they
get ready for their survey and our new special report: Survey Monitor:
A report on CMS new survey process. As an added bonus, samples of
each of the long-term care newsletters are included.
Contact: Healthcare
Marketplace
Phone: 877-727-1728
Cost: $150.00
Title:
Steps to Success
for the Consultant Dietitian, 4th edition (1998)
Audience: Dietetics Professionals
Description: Formerly Resource Guide, this manual
continues to provide fingertip expertise for the dietitian with a consulting
practice. This manual in combination with the new publication Nutrition
Care of the Older Adult provides the practitioner with a well-rounded
approach to the business of consulting and also includes RD Forms and
ORG diskettes.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
2219 Cardinal Drive
Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
Cost: $69.95
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Community
Applications
Title:
The
Aging Network: Programs and Services, 5th Edition (1999)
Audience: Health Professionals and Gerontology Students
Description: An essential bookfor students of gerontology and
public health, and a useful reference for health practitioners. Clearly
and concisely written, this thoroughly updated edition points out the
goals, target populations, and important components in a multitude of
programs. These programs include income maintenance, transportation,
nutrition, housing, in-home services, adult day care, and long-term
care institutions. In addition, the author clarifies the relationship
of federal legislation and funding to the programs on state and local
levels.
Contact: Springer
Publishing Co.
Springer Publishing Company
536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-431-4370
Fax: 212-941-7842
Cost: $48.95
Title:
Health Promotion
for the Elderly (2000). Colleen Keller, Julie Fleury
Audience: Health Care Practitioners & Health Provders
Description: This book provides a foundation for understanding
the requirements and goals for health promotion for the elderly, as
well as both individual and community models that have been developed.
The authors provide an overview of health promotion needs and objectives
for aging populations and address health promotion for risk reduction
and individual and community models for health promotion.
Contact: Sage
Publications
Sage Publications, Inc.
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks,CA 91320
Phone: 805-499-0721
Fax: 805-499-0871
Cost: Hardcover $54.00/Paperback $39.95
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Government
Resources
Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Program Manuals (2001)
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: CMS is undertaking an effort to provide electronic
versions of Program Manuals on their web site. These manuals
reference Medicare and Medicaid services throughout the continuum of
care. For a description of each manual, please see section on how to
purchase manual.
Contact:
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid
E-mail:
manuals@hcfa.gov
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Long-Term Care Resident Assessment
Instrument RAI Version 2.0 Questions and Answers
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: This Question and Answer document contains
responses to 90 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Version 2.0 questions,
directed to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formely
Health Care Financing Admnistration.
Dowloadable at: www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mds20/res_man.htm
2002-2003
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Long-Term Care
Audience: LTC Professionals and Organizations
Description: The all-in-one source for accreditation information
for Long Term Care and Subacute Programs. The manual contains
all the information needed by a long term care organization to effectively
and efficiently prepare for a Joint Commission survey, to seek and maintain
accreditation by the Joint Commission, and to continuously and consistently
improve its overall performance. Each standard that applies to long
term care organizations and subacute programs includes the intent of
the standard, sometimes with special information applicable to subacute
programs, scoring, aggregation rules and decision
rules.
Contact: Joint
Commission Resources
Cost: $225.00
Title:
Long-Term
Care Compliance Manual
Audience: Health Professionals
Descritpion: The Office of Inspector General´s Compliance
Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities emphasizes the importance of
compliance and integrity programs to protect against fraud, waste, and
abuse. If you need help creating or refining your long-term care facility´s
corporate compliance program, consider The Long-Term Care Compliance
Manual, by D. Scott Jones, a national speaker and consultant who
has helped dozens of healthcare facilities create compliance programs.
This easy-to-use resource goes beyond theory to bring you the practical,
nuts-and-bolts advice on how to build a solid corporate compliance program.
Contact: Health
Care Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website: http://www.hcpro.com
Cost: $149.00
Title:
Long-Term
Care Survey Preparation Handbook: Understanding HCFA's Regulations
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: The Long-Term Care Survey Preparation Handbook
is a hands-on guide that provides all you´ll need to quickly
and easily carry out the following activities: research the changes
CMS has made to the State Operations Manual, follow what CMS surveyors
are focusing on, assess your compliance with the requirements, and be
aware of-and avoiding-the most common deficiencies CMS surveyors are
citing.
Contact: Health
Care Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website:
http://www.hcpro.com
Cost:
$134.10
Title:
RAI-Home
Care Assessment Manual for Version 2.0
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: Created for use in the U.S. and Canada, The RAI
Home Care Manual is a comprehensive, standardized instrument for
evaluating the needs, strengths, and preferences of elderly clients
of home care agencies.This manual was designed to be a functional,
user-friendly client assessment system that highlights function and
quality of life and allows for appropriate referrals when necessary.
Contact:
Health Care
Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945 USA
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website:
http://www.hcpro.com
Cost:
$40.00
Title:
Resident
Assessment Training Manual
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: The
manual is a collection of field-tested inservices, based on performance
standards designed to meet OBRA regulations, that will help nurses assess
conditions associated with the 18 RAP summary items.
Conctact: Health
Care Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website:
http://www.hcpro.com
Cost:
$134.10
Title:
Survey
Success: Understanding the New Restraint Rules for Long-Term Care
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: This special report explains the new guidelines
and provides you with the tips, tools, expert advice, and sample forms
you need to ensure compliance in your facility.
Contact:
Health Care
Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website:
http://www.hcpro.com
Cost:
$39.00
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Management
Applications
Title: Foodservice Organizations: A Managerial and Systems Approach.
MC Spears (1999)
ISBN #: 0138952361
Audience: Students and Food Service Managers
Description: This book presents a comprehensive portrait
of commercial and non-commercial foodservice, emphasizing a "real-world"
focus on the foodservice customer and the customer's satisfaction. Practical
illustrations taken from everyday life reinforce theory and concepts,
while coverage explores management and marketing issues and examines
delivery systems. Addressed issues include aspects involved in planning,
ingredient and quality control, production, food safety, sanitation,
and maintenance - as well as the management of supplies, employees and
finances. The book also offers a focus on the central figure in delivery,
the menu and discusses purchasing, receiving, storage, and inventory.
For foodservice operations employees who want to increase their knowledge
and efficiency.
Contact: Amazon.com
1-800-282-0693 (tel)
Cost: $71.00
Title: Foodservice
Policies and Procedures for Residential and Intermediate Care Facilities.
Patricia H. Rusch (1997)
ISBN#: 0880911565
Audience: Dietitians and Diet Technicians
Description: Fills the gap between instructions for foodservice
at large institutions and in the home, focusing on guidelines for small
group living facilities. Presented in a three-ring binder, tabbed sections
contain protocols for nutrition care, meal service, menus, purchasing,
food preparation, sanitation and infection control, in-service and orientation,
safety, emergency and disaster procedures, and continuous quality improvement.
Contact: Amazon.com
Phone: 1-800-282-0693
Cost: $40.00
Title:
How
to Market and Deliver Legendary Service: Establishing the Gold Standard
in Quality Home Care
Audience:
Health Professionals
Description: At over 320 pages, How to Market and Deliver
Legendary Service provides a thorough, down-to-earth approach to
help you transform your agency from one that provides high-quality care
to one that delivers legendary service, the gold standard of service
to your patients and community. The formula for legendary service in
home care? It´s simple:
provide great patient care, employ the very best staff, be reknown in
your community, meet or exceed your financial goals and projections.
Contact: Health
Care Marketplace, the online store for healthcare management professionals
(HCPro)
200 Hoods Lane
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 800-650-6787
Fax: 800-639-8511
E-mail: webmaster@hcmarketplace.com
Website:
http://www.hcpro.com
Cost:
$299.00
Title:
Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care. A Handbook
for Leaders. R Jackson (1996)
ISBN #:0834207605
Audience: Dietetics Educators and Practitioners
Description: This handbook will help dietetics professionals
develop the skills and attitudes to facilitate expansion of the profession.
A "must have" resource for nutrition and food service administrators,
providing vital information about trends in the industry, how others
are meeting current demands with innovative programs that contain costs
without compromising quality, the standards of care in more progressive
settings and how innovative techniques and technological advancements
can be implemented to control resources while upholding these standards.
Actual case studies illustrating innovative solutions to the common
dilemmas confronting dietetic professionals today. Includes an Instructor's
manual.
Contact: Aspen
Publishers, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-234-1660
Fax: 1-800-901-9075
customer.care@aspenpubl.com
P.O. Box 911
Frederick,
MD 21704
Cost: $70.00
Title:
Policies
and Procedures for Long-Term Care Dietetic Services. Ann P. Hunter
(1990)
ISBN#: 0834201283
Audience: Dietitians and Diet Technicians
Description: This manual provides an operational framework
for long-term care foodservice operations to meet state and federal
licensure requirements and promote greater efficiency. It includes detailed
policies and procedures for use in dietetics, addressing every phase
of the department operation from procurement and storage to nutrition
assessment and charting.
Contact: Aspen
Publishers, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-234-1660
Fax: 1-800-901-9075
E-mail: customer.care@aspenpubl.com
P.O. Box 911
Frederick, MD 21704
Cost: $182.00
Title:
Real
World of Food Service Management. William J. Wentz
(2003)
ISBN#:0-7668-6243-7
This item will be published on October 1, 2003. You may order it
now and it will be shipped to you when it arrives.
Audience: Dietitians and Diet Technicians
Description: From soup to nuts, learn how to manage the various
complexities of food service from those with real-world experiences
and helpful advice. Emphasis is placed on leadership, communication,
and includes topics on building sales, controlling costs, attracting
and retaining employees, and using time effectively.
Contact: Delmar
Publishers
5 Maxwell
Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065.
Cost: $52.16
Title:
Resource
Manual for JCAHO Compliance in LTC Dietary Operations (1999)
ISBN#:5013
Audience: Dietitians and Diet Technicians
Description: Helps in preparation for your next JCAHO Survey.
It is a pocket size guide to JCAHO compliance. Developed by CD-HCF
and DMA.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
P2219 Cardinal
Drive Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
Email: cdhcf@cdhcf.org
Cost: $15.00
Title:
The Role
of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly: Evaluating
Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population. Committee
of Nutrition Services of Medicare (Editor) (2000)
ISBN#: 0309068460
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: This book provides recommendations for nutrition
services for the elderly, and considers how the coverage policy should
be approached and practiced. The book discusses the role of nutrition
therapy in the management of a number of diseases. It also examines
what the elderly receive in the way of nutrition services along the
continuum of care settings and addresses the areas of expertise needed
by health professionals to provide appropriate nutrition services and
therapy.
Contact: National
Academy Press
National
Academy Press
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Lockbox 285
Washington, DC 20055
Phone:
888-624-8373
Fax: 202-334-2451
Cost: $49.00
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Research
Applications
Title:
Nutrition Research & the Elderly 11: Nutrition in Long-Term Care
U.S. Administration on Aging Symposium Washington D.C. (Vol 54,
No. 1, Part 2). Intl Life Sciences Inst. (1996)
ISBN#: 9997905903
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: Not available
Contact: Amazon.com
Phone: 1-800-282-0693
Cost: $20.00
Resident
Dining Applications
Title:
Bon
Appetit! The Joy of Dining in Long-Term Care (2001)
Audience: Food Service Professionals in Long-Term Care
Description: This book shows how to restore the simple
pleasures of eating to frail, confused or otherwise challenged residents.The
authors are experts in food and beverage services and offer a comprehensive
program that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities presented
by adult day service and long-term care settings. The program is an
intelligible, beginning-to-end implementation guide that covers the
following: Food selection and presentation, individual resident programming,
staff training and support, environmental modifications,organizational
change and
program maintenance. The book also focuses on principles of resident
autonomy and person-centered care and provides opportunities for social
interaction, activity programming, functional improvements, and sensory
pleasures. Special attention is devoted to identifying the needs of
those with dementia. Critical assessment tools and a complete training
itinerary are among the invaluable aids you'll find. Best of all, there
are 72 ready-to-use recipes that provide tasty, nutritious and manageable
alternatives to traditional institutional foods.
Contact: Health
Professions Press
Phone: 888-337-8808
Fax: 410-337-8539
Cost: $26.95
Title:
Dietetic
Service Operation Handbook: Practical Applications in Geriatric Care
(1994)
ISBN# 1560220279
Audience: Food Service Professionals & Dietetics Professionals
Description: A guidebook that enhances extended-caregivers'
knowledge of basic food
service and clinical dietetics operations and serves as a functional
tool they can use to
initiate effective organization of dietetic services. This book explains
proper techniques
and tips for everything from how to plan a menu and care for equipment
to special
adaptive eating devices and modifying texture for swallowing disorders.
Contact: Amazon.com
Cost: $69.95
Title:
Dining Skills Manual:
Practical Interventions for the Caregiver of the Eating Disabled Older
Adult (1993)
Audience: Dietetics Professionals
Description: It helps the health care team address eating problems,
provides interventions to help clients improve independent eating from
the perspective of the RD, RN, OT, and SLP. The Dining Skills Supplement
is also included.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
2219 Cardinal Drive
Waterloo, IA 50701
E-mail:
cdhcf@cdhcf.org
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
Cost: $60.00
Title:
Dining Skills Supplement
(1998)
Audience: Dietetics Professionals
Description: A dining skills checklist, dysphagia reassessment
checklist, finger foods, and a staff competency checklist for eating
assistance are included.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
2219 Cardinal Drive
Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
E-mail: cdhcf@cdhcf.org
Cost: $12.95
Title:
Menu
Solutions: Quantity Recipes for Regular and Special Diets. Sandra
J. Frank, Robert E. Baker (1996)
ISBN#:0-471-55458-8
Audience: Dietitians and Diet Technicians
Description: A combination reference and quantity recipe book,
this unique resource is designed to help foodservice professionals prepare
appealing and nutritious quantity menus. Menu Solutions offers over
400 tested recipes, in quantities of 4 or 50, with complete nutritional
analyses and instructions for regular and special diets, including sodium-restricted,
consistency- and texture-modified, fat- and cholesterol-modified, diabetic,
calorie-controlled, vegetarian, and kosher.
Contact: Wiley
Publishers
Phone: 732-469-4400
or 800-225-5945
Fax: 732-302-2300
Cost: $99.00
Title:
Nutrition Management
& Restorative Dining for Older Adults (2001)
Audience: Dietetics Professionals
Description: An invaluable resource for dietetics professionals
charged with guiding and training caregivers of older adults in any
health care setting. This practical guide brings together the
combined insights and experience of various health care team members,
including dietitians,
nurses, occupational therapists, and speech pathologists. Interventions
to enhance the eating environment and rehabilitate older adults with
impaired oral function, mobility, cognition, and sensation are addressed.
Contact: Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
2219 Cardinal Drive
Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone:
319-235-0991
Fax: 319-235-7224
Cost: $66.00 (non-members),
$57.00 (members)
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