This comprehensive text provides the content necessary for training nursing assistants to provide restorative care in long-term care facilities, as required by OBRA law. The content includes measurable objectives and interventions to optimize resident care and to enable facilities to gain maximum reimbursement. This text provides all information necessary to train nursing assistants in restorative care, as well as information required to implement a restorative care training program. It enables the necessary training to advance the certified nursing assistant to the restorative nursing assistant level. Thus, to attain the goal of maintaining or improving residents' conditions, the text focuses on techniques to promote resident involvement, ultimately improving resident independence and self-esteem.