Bathing Without a Battle

This book provides a practical approach to providing person-centered, problem-focused solutions to reduce anxiety about and improve comfort during bathing. The book contains specific suggestions on assessment, interventions, care products and equipment, training, and organizational changes required to implement person-directed care.It presents: evidence-based practice; a simple, practical approach; techniques for reducing agitation, aggression, and discomfort; specific exercise for training staff; and, outcome measures for bathing.The changes in the new edition include: line drawings replaced with photographs; a chapter on the history of bathing by Mary Lavelle; an updated chapter on equipment and supplies; and, an interactive training chapter.

Ann Louise Barrick, PhD, is a Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, and director of psychology at John Umstead Hospital, Butner, NC. Joanne Rader, RN, MN, is currently an independent consultant. She has worked in the field of long term care for 30 years. Dr. Beverly Hoeffer is professor and associate dean emerita, School of Nursing, Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, is Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A geriatrician, he has served as medical director of several long-term care facilities. Stacey Biddle, COTA/L, has combined her creative talents with degrees in art therapy and occupational therapy by providing direct services for 15 years to seniors in skilled, long term assisted living, outpatient, home health care, and healthcare travel assignment. She has extensive experience adapting and modifying the environment to enhance the quality of life and daily living activities of older adults.