Publisher's Synopsis
- Comprehensive coverage guides you through all of the information and skills needed by today's support worker.
- Reader-friendly writing style makes it easy to understand the material.
- Chapter review questions test your comprehension of the learning objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter.
- DIPPS icons highlight the principles of support work: respecting and promoting the client's Dignity, Independence, Individualized Care, Preferences, Privacy, and Safety.
- Focus on Canada's multicultural population includes current health care statistics and demographics, including content on Canada's Indigenous population.
- Procedure boxes include steps and rationales describing how and why a procedure is performed.
- Providing Compassionate Care boxes highlight the caring aspect of the support worker role.
- Case Study boxes apply concepts discussed in the text to real-life examples of support workers and clients.
- Focus on Children and Focus on Older Adults boxes provide age-specific information about the needs, considerations, and special circumstances of children and older adults.
- Focus on Long-Term Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in the long-term care setting.
- Focus on Home Care boxes highlight information necessary for safe functioning in the home setting.
- Supporting boxes present client scenarios and discuss how PSWs make decisions and solve problems.
- Think About Safety boxes provide clear, concise, easy-to-follow advice on how to provide safe care to clients of all ages.
- Respecting Diversity boxes cover the influence of culture on health and illness practices and the importance of cultural sensitivity in support work.
- Critical Thinking in Practice sections at the end of each chapter present a realistic, practice-based challenge.
- Working in Acute Care chapter discusses this ever-expanding role of the support worker and describes how to perform delegated acts, including advanced tasks and problem-solving, the importance of consulting the client's care plan, and working closely with one's supervisor for guidance.
- Body Structure and Function and Common Diseases and Conditions chapters provide a solid foundation in anatomy and physiology, physical changes related to aging, and disease processes.
- Mental Health Disorders and Disorientation, Delirium, and Dementia chapters reflect the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition).
