A new book focuses on what long-term care staff can learn from residents.
Health Professions Press has published What Living as a Resident Can Teach Long-Term Care Staff: The Power of Empathy to Transform Care by Leslie Pedtke, available in print and e-book format.
A focus of the book is on culture change and walking in the shoes of residents. Readers will learn how to set up the program in a residential care setting and address high turnover through the hiring and orientation process.
Goals include eliminating alarms, decrease falls and the use of psychotropic drugs, and improving staff retention.