How Long to Read Quality of Life in Long-term Care

By Dorothy H. Coons

How Long Does it Take to Read Quality of Life in Long-term Care?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 41 minutes to read Quality of Life in Long-term Care by Dorothy H. Coons

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Quality of Life in Long-Term Care provides long-term care professionals and persons responsible for training staff at long-term care facilities with guidelines for developing a quality of life that enables elderly persons, even those physically or mentally challenged, to achieve life satisfaction and to live with dignity. Readers learn of concepts and methods for implementing change through staff training, a supportive management style, the development of appropriate activities, and the ongoing evaluation of outcomes. While the focus of Quality of Life in Long-Term Care is on the psychosocial aspects of long-term care, Authors Dorothy Coons and Nancy Mace also recognize and emphasize the need for excellent medical care and a therapeutic physical environment. They give administrators very specific examples of ways to develop a quality of life that enables even the very impaired to live with dignity. In helping long-term care facility administrators and staff trainers, the authors show how to support staff development so the staff becomes friends and therapists, rather than simply caretakers. The training methods presented provide ways to help staff better understand and empathize with elderly residents. Readers will find that these effective staff training and management practices help to greatly reduce staff turnover. Chapters in Quality of Life in Long-Term Care describe facilities which provide individuality, opportunities for choice, social stimulation, and continuity of lifestyle for elderly people who live in retirement homes, nursing homes, or special dementia units. These examples are from facilities which have brought about change despite limitations including financial problems, structural restrictions, and staffing problems. Other topics covered which help long-term care facility administration and staff provide a superior quality of life for their residents include: criteria for creating a health fostering and therapeutic environment in long-term care settings management styles and methods that help staff achieve success specific training topics and methods to help staff understand the needs of the elderly activities and opportunities that can enrich long-term care environments an instrument designed to measure quality of life Health care specialists; long-term care facility administrators; nurses; occupational, activity, and recreational therapists; designers and developers of special dementia units; policy planners in long-term care; and academicians in gerontology and long-term care will refer to Quality of Life in Long-Term Care repeatedly as they strive to provide residents with a good quality of life and a nurturing environment.

How long is Quality of Life in Long-term Care?

Quality of Life in Long-term Care by Dorothy H. Coons is 161 pages long, and a total of 40,411 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Quality of Life in Long-term Care Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Quality of Life in Long-term Care aloud.

What Reading Level is Quality of Life in Long-term Care?

Quality of Life in Long-term Care is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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