Nursing homes and assisted living : the family's guide to making decisions and getting good care / / Peter S. Silin

• Autore: Silin Peter S. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.16
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Nursing home care; Nursing home patients - Family relationships; Older people - Nursing home care - Psychological aspects; Older people - Nursing home care - Social aspects
• Altri autori: SilinPeter S. <1954->
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: Nursing homes. 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: CARING DECISIONS""; ""CHAPTER 1 When Someone You Love Goes Into Care""; ""Becoming a Caregiver""; ""Becoming “the Family Memberâ€? of Someone in Care""; ""Learning the Role of “the Family Memberâ€?""; ""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: Nurseâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: It is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
• ISBN: 0-8018-9601-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814178503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II