Nursing Home Administration

James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH, NHA, IP, is an associate professor of Health Policy and Administration Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and president of LongTermCareEducation.com, a national resource website for information on the long-term care field. He has 30-plus years of experience in teaching and conducting research in the field of health care administration. He taught courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in long-term care administration, medical ethics, and the organization and financing of health care delivery in the United States. He has provided legal consultation in long-term care litigation matters across 10 states. The website www.longtermcareedu.com (or www.ltce.com) provides more than 500 pages of state-by-state, up-to-date information on such subjects as: Becoming a nursing home administrator Becoming an assisted living administrator Exploring a career in long-term care Contacting the state licensing authority in each state Enrolling in college programs in each state Obtaining key publications in the long-term care field Getting continuing education units. Dr. Allen can be reached via e-mail through the website, or directly at jeallen@mindspring.com or jamesallen@unc.edu, or via phone (1-929-815-0387) or fax (1-919-953-6825). Continuing education units for both nursing home and assisted living administrators are also available through the website (www.LongTermCareEducation.com). Additional resources from Springer Publishing Company are available to persons preparing to become long-term care administrators: Nursing Home Federal Requirements and Guidelines to Surveyors, Eighth Edition: A user-friendly rendering of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nursing home inspection requirements. Nursing Home Administration, Seventh Edition: The definitive textbook of essential knowledge for obtaining licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator. Visit www.springerpub.com for more information

Foreword by Philip Brown; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The nursing home administrator's challenge; List of Figures; List of Tables.