Handbook of home health care administration / [edited by] Marilyn D. Harris

Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- Home health care: an historical perspective and overview -- Medicare conditions of participation -- The joint commission\\\'s home care accreditation program -- CHAP accreditation: standards of excellence for home and community-based healthcare organizations -- ACHC: accreditation for home care and alternate site healthcare services -- National homecaring council standards of accreditation -- Certificate of need and licensure -- Credentialing: organizational and personnel options for home care -- The relationship of the home health agency to the state trade association -- The national association for home care and hospice -- Visiting nurse associations of America: empowering VNAs to strengthen their communities -- Self-care systems in home healthcare nursing -- Computerized clinical documentation -- Home telehealth: improving care and decreasing costs -- Implementing a competency system in home care -- Culturally and linguistically appropriate services -- Classification: an underutilized tool for perspective payment -- Clinical care classification (CCC) system: an overview -- The Omaha system: improving the quality of practice and decision support -- A patient classification system for emergency events in home care -- Case management -- Care management: disease management and managed care -- Specialized infusion and ancillary home care services -- Maternal and child health -- Grantsmanship in home health care: seeking foundation support -- Home care volunteer program -- The manager as published author: tips on writing for publication -- Student placements in home healthcare agencies: boost or barrier to quality patient care? -- The role of the physician in home care -- Research in home health agencies -- Integrating palliative care into home care practice -- Hospice care: pioneering the ultimate love connection about living, not dying -- Safe harbor: a bereavement program for children, teens, and families -- Adult day services: home care partners -- Collaborative efforts in the community: faith community nurses as partners in healing -- Meeting the present challenges and continuing to thrive in the future: tips on how to be successful as an administrator in home health and hospice care -- Appendix: abbreviations. \\Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Fifth Edition has been completely revised and updated to provide up-to-date, specific, authoritative guidance for the successful administration and management of home health care agencies. An excellent, comprehensive text, the Handbook addresses detailed legal and legislative issues, case management processes, and state-of-the-art technology.\\ \\The Fifth Edition includes updated information on discussion and description of home care aides in addition to accreditation standards, how to develop forms in Microsoft Word, how to submit online manuscripts, and information on the new Medicare Demonstration Project related to Adult Day Care.\\--BOOK JACKET.

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