Ethics, Law, And Aging Review, Volume 7: Liability Issues And Risk Management In Caring For Older Persons (sprigger Series On Ethics, Law, And Aging)

This book discusses both the real and perceived legal liability context within which health and human service delivery to older persons takes place. The benefits and costs of litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of care and the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services is evaluated. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Contributors 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 12 Chapter 1. Malpractice Liability Issues Associated With Caring for Older Persons 16 Chapter 2. Risk Management, Health Care, and the Geriatric Patient Population 26 Chapter 3. Medico-Legal Aspects of Hospital Siderail Use 40 Chapter 4. Negotiated Risk Agreements: Opportunity or Exploitation? 74 Chapter 5. A Perfect Storm of Unlimited Risks for Florida Nursing Home Providers 96 Chapter 6. Risk Management and Quality-of-Care Concerns in Long-Term Care 116 Chapter 7. Nursing Home Litigation: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 132 Chapter 8. Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Nursing Facilities: What's Regulation Got to Do With It? 148 Book Reviews 176 Bibliography: Medical Errors 180 Books Received 183 Index 186 A 186 B 186 C 187 D 187 E 187 F 188 G 188 H 188 I 189 J 189 L 189 M 189 N 190 O 191 P 191 Q 191 R 191 S 192 T 192 U 192 V 192 W 192 Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in the course of caring for patients or clients. In this volume, professionally distinguished and diverse authors discuss both the real and perceived legal liability context within which health and human service delivery to older persons takes place. The benefits and costs of litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of care and the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services is evaluated. Most important, chapters present suggestions for ways to effectively reduce or manage legal risks and anxieties while improving patient care. This volume fills a gap in the literature by providing careful and accurate analysis of legal issues rarely translated into practical and useful advice for health care and human service professionals. Seemingly, the United States is in a litigation crisis, characterized by a strong propensity on the part of its citizens to resort to litigation to resolve most everyday disputes.