This guide explains the knowledge needed as a nursing home administrator in relation to management functions, departments and managing human resources, financial management, the continuum of long-term care, resident care skills, and putting the systems together. This edition has been updated to reflect the 2014 National Association of Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators Domains of Practice and includes about 50 new topics, as well as changes in the long-term care field. It includes the new Minimum Data Set 3.0, 2015 Federal Requirements for Electronic Records, the new International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), new quality measures, updated Instructions for Making Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the impact of the Affordable Care Act, and new federal regulations for quality of care approaches for residents with dementia, additional medication issues, infection control, residents' rights to establish advance directives, and the definition of unnecessary drugs. It has new information on safety and disaster preparedness; updates to signs and symptoms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation; new technology vocabulary; and updated tables and figures. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)