| Description |
xii, 274 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Springer series, advances in long-term care, 1053-0606
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rehabilitation in the nursing home / Eugenis L. Siegler and Bruce Kinosian -- Medical practice in nursing facilities: assessing the impact of OBRA / Rebecca D. Elon -- Long-term care: a new model / Amasa B. Ford -- Respite revisited: re-assessing the impact / Rhonda J. V. Montgomery and Karl Kosloski -- Advance directives: moving from theory to practice / Tracy E. Miller -- How effective is geriatrics? a review of the evidence / Chad Boult, Lisa Boult, and Robert L. Kane -- End-of-life treatment decisions in the nursing home: ethics and the nursing assistant / Eileen R. Chichin, Ellen Schulman, Margaret Harrington, Joyce Norwood, and Ellen Olson -- Ethical themes in long-term care / Rosalie A. Kane -- Quality of life in nursing homes: an emerging focus of research and practice / Darryl Wieland, Lisa V. Rubenstein, and Susan H. Hirsch -- Pain management in long-term care / Bruce A. Ferrell -- Integrated communications systems in long-term care / William Kavesh. |
| Subject |
Older people -- Long-term care -- Quality control.
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Older people -- Long-term care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Long-term care of the sick -- Quality control.
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Nursing home care -- Quality control.
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Home care services -- Quality control.
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| Added Author |
Katz, Paul R. (Paul Richard)
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Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017.
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Mezey, Mathy Doval.
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| ISBN |
0826168329 |
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