Grandma's Coming Home!: A Guide to Establishing and Operating a Health Care Environment at Home

Finally, here's a book written in plain language for the ordinary person with little healthcare background, by nurses with personal as well as professional experience. Deals with adapting the home, organizing & operating an efficient & effective healthcare environment; details how to construct an intercommunication system between homes for 24-hour monitoring, & covers many types of communication aids & systems. Sources & cautions for finding competent caregivers, & methods of hiring & training them, are discussed, as well as safeguards from possible abuse situations. It covers the identifying & solving of caregiving problems; identifies types & sources of equipment available; & describes the PACT (Plan, Action, Communication Tool) methods of assuring continuity of quality care among caregivers. The No-Code order is discussed; & a complete chapter deals sensitively but directly with what needs to be done when death occurs in the home. Grandma Ada & her family are used as examples in experiences, & each chapter opens with a brief scenario. Information-packed, touching in presentation, & where appropriate, entertaining.Baldwin, Donna R. is the author of 'Grandma's Coming Home!: A Guide to Establishing and Operating a Health Care Environment at Home' with ISBN 9780962606533 and ISBN 0962606537.