Covering the essential content and procedures a home care aide needs to know,
Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition
prepares you for success in this rapidly growing field. A clear approach makes the book easy to use and understand, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings along with step-by-step procedures for skills performed by home care aides. Updated and expanded in this edition are chapters on meeting the client’s nutritional needs and on getting and keeping a job. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this textbook prepares you for the many types of situations you may encounter as a home care aide.
Hundreds of full-color photos and drawings depict
key ideas and clearly demonstrate procedure steps.
Procedures
provide step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions on performing important skills and tasks.
UNIQUE! A cast of caregivers, including a supervisor and four home care aides,
are highlighted in
scenarios
that provide realistic examples of the types of situations you are likely to encounter in the home care environment.
Guidelines for Observing, Recording, and Reporting (ORR)
are highlighted throughout the text, emphasizing the home care aide’s responsibilities for observing and documenting the client’s condition and care.
Key considerations and reminders
are presented in color font to emphasize the importance of performing these actions.
Objectives
and
Key Terms
in each chapter focus your attention on essential information.
Chapter summaries and study questions
review the key points in each chapter.
Updated/Expanded
Meeting the Client’s Nutritional Needs
chapter
includes the new
MyPlate
food guide and new nutrition guidelines.
Getting a Job and Keeping It
reflects the job prospects and challenges of today, including the realities of moving between states and differences in certification requirements.
Updated equipment photos
are included.
Evolve companion website
includes skills competency checklists and an audio glossary.