It shouldn't be this way : the failure of long-term care / Robert L. Kane and Joan C. West

Author: Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2005]
Copyright Date: ©2005
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: 180 pages ; 22 cm
Additional Creators: West, Joan C., 1945-

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Contents

Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?.

Subject(s)

Kane, Ruth, -2002
Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017
West, Joan C., 1945-
Older people—Long-term care—United States—Case studies
Caregivers—United States—Biography
Frail older people—United States—Biography
Long-term care facilities—United States—Case studies
Frail older people—Care—United States—Case studies
Frail older people—United States—Family relationships—Case studies
Long-Term Care—psychology
Family—psychology
Homes for the Aged—organization & administration
Nursing Homes—organization & administration

ISBN

0826514871 (cloth : alk. paper)
082651488X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.

Source of Acquisition

Harrisburg copy: Purchased with funds from the Highmark Blue Shield Education Fund; 20056.

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