Category Archives: Human care relationship

New Edition of our Best-Selling Resource on Chronic Illness Now Available

Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention, Eighth Edition Ilene Morof Lubkin, RN, MS, GNP, California State University, California Pamala D. Larsen, PhD, CRRN, FNGNA, Associate Dean and Professor, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-4905-0 … Continue reading

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November 2011: Author celebrates National Caregiver’s Month

The following blog post is from Cathy Cress, author of Handbook of Geriatric Care Management: November is National Caregiver’s Month. This is an opportunity for Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) to celebrate and call attention to the plight of family caregivers. … Continue reading

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Author identifies need for mediation in Geriatric Care Management

Cathy Cress, author of  Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition, looks deeper into GCM and the possible need for professional mediation: Have you ever thrown up your hands with an aging, dysfunctional family and considered a mediator? Based on … Continue reading

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Contributing author discusses mediation and geriatric care management

Check out this interesting blog post from Dana Curtus, contributing author to Cathy Cress’s Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition. Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition now includes for the first time a chapter on mediation, titled Mediation … Continue reading

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Q&A with Author Cathy Cress on Geriatric Care Management

After publishing Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition, author Cathy Cress answers some questions about the geriatric care management field and profession. What is geriatric care management? Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) are healthcare professionals trained as social workers, nurses, … Continue reading

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New Edition of Watson’s Human Caring Science

Jones & Bartlett Learning is pleased to announce the recent publication of: Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing, Second Edition Jean Watson, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-2810-9 | Paperback | 122 pages | … Continue reading

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