Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook

✍ Scribed by Roger O. Weed

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 873
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Focused on prioritizing and managing the spectrum of services for people with serious medical problems and their families, life care planning has evolved into an advanced practice. Evolving with the field, this second edition of a bestseller provides a comprehensive resource for professionals and consumers who need to solve the complex medical care problems of life care planning. The book includes information for the patient, family, care providers, and everyone concerned with coordinating, assessing, evaluating, and monitoring necessary services. It offers an overview of issues relevant to selected disabilities while teaching readers about the roles various professionals play.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
FOREWORD......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
THE EDITOR......Page 14
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 16
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 18
CONTENTS......Page 32
1. LIFE CARE PLANNING: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE......Page 36
2. THE ROLE OF THE PHYSIATRIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 52
3. THE ROLE OF THE NURSE CASE MANAGER IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 60
4. THE ROLE OF THE VOCATIONAL COUNSELOR IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 70
5. THE ROLE OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 92
6. THE ROLE OF THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 112
7. THE ROLE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 124
8. THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 164
9. THE ROLE OF THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTAND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 180
10. THE ROLE OF THE AUDIOLOGIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 252
11. THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 300
12. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR THE AMPUTEE......Page 316
13. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY......Page 348
14. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR THE BURN PATIENT......Page 386
15. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR THE HIV/AIDS PATIENT......Page 416
16. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA......Page 460
17. LIFE CARE PLANNING ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN......Page 490
18. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY......Page 518
19. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION......Page 576
20. LIFE CARE PLANNING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED......Page 606
21. APPLICATION OF LIFE CARE PLANNING PRINCIPLES IN ELDER CARE MANAGEMENT......Page 626
22. FORENSIC ISSUES FOR LIFE CARE PLANNERS......Page 650
23. A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 666
24. A PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY’S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 678
25. A DEFENSE ATTORNEY’S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 690
26. ETHICAL ISSUES FOR THE LIFE CARE PLANNER1......Page 710
27. RELIABILITY OF LIFE CARE PLANS: A COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND UPDATED PLANS1......Page 720
28. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA): FROM CASE LAW TO CASE MANAGEMENT AND LIFE CARE PLANNING PRACTICE......Page 728
29. TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 742
30. LIFE CARE PLANNING RESOURCES......Page 756
31. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CHOICES AND THE ROLE OF THE REHAB EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST IN LIFE CARE PLANNING......Page 776
32. THE COMMISSION ON HEALTH CARE CERTIFICATION (CHCC): CREDENTIALING IN LIFE CARE PLANNING SERVICE DELIVERY......Page 796
Appendix I......Page 826
Appendix II......Page 832
Appendix III......Page 846
INDEX......Page 854