04828nam 2200565 a 450 991081417850332120200520144314.00-8018-9601-0(CKB)2560000000049627(EBL)3318555(MiAaPQ)EBC3318555(EXLCZ)99256000000004962720090106d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNursing homes and assisted living the family's guide to making decisions and getting good care /Peter S. Silin2nd ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20091 online resource (388 p.)Rev. ed. of: Nursing homes. 2001.0-8018-9352-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index.""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: CARING DECISIONS""; ""CHAPTER 1 When Someone You Love Goes Into Care""; ""Becoming a Caregiver""; ""Becoming “the Family Member� of Someone in Care""; ""Learning the Role of “the Family Member�""; ""Types and Levels of Care""; ""Other Considerations""; ""Alastair""; ""CHAPTER 2 Deciding about Care""; ""How to Talk about Care""; ""Choosing the Right Time""; ""Stress and Burnout""; ""When a Parent Chooses to Live at Risk""; ""Making the Decision""; ""Your Legal Right to Make Decisions for Your Relative: A Warning""""Advance Directives and Medical Decisions""""Lydia Jean""; ""CHAPTER 3 Family Decision Making""; ""Family Relationships and Care Decisions""; ""How to Make Family Decisions""; ""Family Meetings""; ""Keep Your Relative Involved""; ""Mary""; ""CHAPTER 4 Guilt, Loss, and Grief""; ""What Is Guilt?""; ""Conflicts That Give Rise to Guilt""; ""Families and Guilt""; ""Adult Children""; ""Guilt, Culture, and Society Today""; ""When Guilt Has Other Purposes in Your Life""; ""Not All Relationships Were Ideal""; ""Guilt and Dementia""; ""Dealing with Guilt""; ""Letting Go""; ""Grief and Loss""""Handling Grief""""Marjorie""; ""PART II: THE RESIDENCE""; ""CHAPTER 5 About Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities""; ""Keeping Your Relative at Home""; ""Where to Start Finding a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility""; ""Applying for Seniors Housing""; ""About Good Care and Good Caring""; ""Models of Care""; ""On Abuse""; ""Specialized Dementia Care Units""; ""Costs""; ""Nursing Homes and Legal Responsibility""; ""Mildred""; ""CHAPTER 6 Viewing the Residence""; ""Staffing""; ""Programming""; ""Policies""; ""Dining""; ""Physical Plant""; ""Surveys and Accreditation""""John and Joyce""""CHAPTER 7 Staff Roles: Who Does What?""; ""Receptionist""; ""Administrator""; ""Personal Care: Nurse�s Aides""; ""Nurses""; ""Dietitian and Food Services Staff""; ""Social Worker""; ""Recreation Therapists""; ""Rehabilitation Staff""; ""Housekeepers / Building Maintenance Staff""; ""Pharmacist""; ""Physicians""; ""Other Staff Members""; ""Mabel""; ""CHAPTER 8 Nursing Home and Assisted Living Systems""; ""How the System Works""; ""A Typical Day""; ""Cyrus""; ""PART III: MOVING IN AND SETTLING IN""; ""CHAPTER 9 Preparations for Moving Day""""How to Prepare Your Relative""""Get to Know the Home in Advance""; ""Equipment""; ""Valuables""; ""Clothing and Laundry""; ""Plan Ahead for Moving Day""; ""Plan to Take Care of Yourself""; ""Betty""; ""CHAPTER 10 Moving Day""; ""Stay Calm""; ""If Your Relative Refuses to Go""; ""Walking through the Door""; ""When You First Arrive""; ""Joan""; ""CHAPTER 11 Settling In""; ""Resident Adjustment""; ""Changes and Differences in Behavior""; ""Dementia and Behavior""; ""Sex and Relationships in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living""; ""On Staying Healthy""; ""Your Emotional Adjustment""""The Gap in Your Life""It is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.Older peopleNursing home careNursing home patientsFamily relationshipsOlder peopleNursing home carePsychological aspectsOlder peopleNursing home careSocial aspectsOlder peopleNursing home care.Nursing home patientsFamily relationships.Older peopleNursing home carePsychological aspects.Older peopleNursing home careSocial aspects.362.16Silin Peter S.1954-1132817Silin Peter S.1954-1132817MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814178503321Nursing Homes and Assisted Living4050347UNINA