This book discusses biopsychosocial barriers and facilitators of long-term care services, focusing on health promotional activities targeted to maximize quality of life. This knowledge of meaningful activities helps to identify and improve strategies for supporting people living in long-term care facilities with various chronic disorders at a deeper level. Although no all-encompassing theory of caregiving has yet been developed, this book explores various theoretical formulations as central aspects of promoting health in long-term care practices.
The current culture change in long-term care controls the well-being of the concerned person physically, psychologically, socially, and economically. In later life, these issues profoundly impact individuals' morbidity and lifespan. Further, it has been evidenced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' five-star rating system that provides long-term care facilities' quality information to the public does not fully represent what matters to the residents from their perspectives. Resident satisfaction is an integral part of the quality of care; instead of clinical quality measures only, it is influenced by residents, their family members, staff, and administration. Person-centered care not only requires a 'culture change' in how residents and caregivers work together, but it also requires facilities to ensure staff deliver care with the highest possible level of empathy and adopt meaningful care practices. Among the topics covered in this contributed volume:
Are Quality of Care and Quality of Life Synonymous in Long-Term Care? Aging-in-Place or Long-Term Care? Changing the Narrative to Promote Aging in Place in Long-Term Care Person-Centered Care and Culture Change Movement in Long-Term Care Extending the Age-Friendly Movement to Long-Term Care Potential of Health Promotional Practices in Long-Term Care
Health Promotion in Long-Term Care Facilities is an essential resource for a diverse readership including academics and researchers in gerontology, aging studies, health management and policy, health sciences, nursing, psychology, social work, and public health, as well as caregivers and policymakers. The book's academic value from a multidisciplinary perspective would be beneficial for students in the above-mentioned fields.
Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MA, PhD, is an assistant professor and health economist at the University of Memphis School of Public Health in Tennessee. Dr. Bhattacharyya considers himself a physician gerontologist interested in studying health from a biopsychosocial perspective to improve the quality of life of older adults, especially those with dementia, living in the community and long-term care. Dr. Bhattacharyya received his master's degree in gerontology from Georgia State University and completed his PhD in aging sciences at the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State University. Kallol is particularly focused on the individualized care provided in long-term care, especially nursing homes, and the economics of long-term care, especially how regulatory oversight and resident choices in the nursing home market affect health outcomes. He is also interested in the risk factors and alternative therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
Kallol has been an active member of the Gerontological Society of America. He has several publications in well-known peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and many conference presentations. His first book with Springer was
Rethinking the Aging Transition: Psychological, Health, and Social Principles to Guide Aging Well. His innovative research has won many awards in scholarly platforms, including the Gerontological Society of America, Southern Gerontological Society, etc. He is serving in the editorial teams of
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine,
BMC Geriatrics, and
PLOS ONE. Finally, Kallol has extensive clinical, leadership, and administrative experience working as a family physician in India before rejoining academia.
