For undergraduate courses in Long-Term Care; also for use in nursing assistant training courses. Stressing the vital role nursing assistants play in improving the quality of life for residents, this top-selling, cutting-edge text addresses long-term care with a writing style that encourages students to personally relate to the material, and offers a detailed and informative presentation that strives to make students' learning experience enjoyable. Maintaining an emphasis on compassionate, restorative care that focuses on the individuality of each resident, it highlights the psychosocial and physical needs as well as the significance of resident choices and independenceintroducing students to such areas as cross-training, subacute care, advance directives, and computer skills; covering guidelines for caring for residents with swallowing problems, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes; and providing the most up-to-date information on infection control.