Managing Long-Term Care

In Managing Long-Term Care, authors Connie Evashwick and James Riedel introduce the reader to management concepts that can be applied to a wide range of long-term care settings, including provider, payer, or regulatory organizations. The authors provoke the thinking required for decision making, present a framework for working with various issues, and offer sources for further information. Managing Long-Term Care is a practical look at the daily management challenges found in the long-term care environment.

This book is as appropriate for students exploring long-term care management as it is for clinicians without formal management training who have been promoted to an administrative position. Topics include the following:

Human resources
Management teams
Information systems
Strategic planning
Marketing
Quality assurance
Ethics
Financial Management

Dr. Evashwick is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and an immediate past Regent for District 7. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Standford University and master's and doctoral degrees from the Harvard School of Public Health.

James Riedel is a certified healthcare executvie(CHE) with the American College of Healthcare Executives. He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from St. Joseph's College in Renssselear, Indiana and an MBA from Roosevelt University of Chicago.