Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine A Pocket Guide
This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC). Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of this practical pocket guide presents new regulations governing these services and lesse
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Pamela A. Fenstemacher Peter Winn Editors
Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine A Pocket Guide Second Edition
Current Clinical Practice
Series editor Neil S. Skolnik
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7633
Pamela A. Fenstemacher • Peter Winn Editors
Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine A Pocket Guide Second Edition
Editors Pamela A. Fenstemacher, MD, CMD, FAAFP Chief Medical Officer Living Independently for Elders (LIFE) University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia, PA, USA
Peter Winn, MD, CMD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Geriatric Assessment Clinic University of Oklahoma OUHSC Family Medicine Center Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Current Clinical Practice ISBN 978-3-319-16978-1 ISBN 978-3-319-16979-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16979-8
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Preface
Whether practitioners are still in training, recently graduated, or deciding to change the direction or focus of their career paths, either by choice or necessity, they can find themselves immersed in the long-term care (LTC) arena. Any practitioner of LTC can be overwhelmed when confronted by an LTC system that is both complex and highly regulated, let alone taking care of patients that are challenging even to the most experienced among us. These patients are challenging not only because they have numerous chronic medical conditions and extensive and complicated medication regimens but also because of advanced age and frailty. As experienced clinicians, educators, and medical directors in LTC, we have written this guide for practitioners in hopes of continuing to improve the quality of care provided through
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