Manual of Nursing Home Practice for Psychiatrists

Contents......Page 6
Notice......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Section 1 Clinical Considerations......Page 14
1 Nursing Homes, Mental Illness, and the Role of the Psychiatrist......Page 16
2 Evaluation and Management of Psychiatric Problems in Long-Term Care Patients......Page 20
3 Sexuality in the Nursing Home......Page 32
Section 2 Regulatory Aspects: OBRA, the Minimum Data Set, and Other Regulations That Affect Nursing Home Practice......Page 36
4 The Minimum Data Set as a Tool for the Psychiatrist......Page 38
5 Introduction to OBRA-87 and Its Implications for Psychiatric Care......Page 48
Section 3 Financial Aspects......Page 58
6 Documentation, Reimbursement, and Coding......Page 60
7 Contracting With Nursing Homes......Page 66
Section 4 Legal and Ethical Issues......Page 70
8 Legal and Ethical Issues......Page 72
Section 5 Perspectives for the Future......Page 80
9 Perspectives for the Future......Page 82
Appendixes......Page 84
A: Staffing in Long-Term Care......Page 86
B: Sample Preadmission Note to a Nursing Home......Page 88
C: Sample Form for Transfer From a Nursing Home to a Hospital or Clinic......Page 90
D: Minimum Data Set (MDS), Version 2.0......Page 92
E: Other Scales......Page 100
F: Suggested Reading......Page 120
B......Page 122
D......Page 123
I......Page 124
N......Page 125
P......Page 126
W......Page 127