Explains how to evaluate a nursing home, and discusses the medical problems of the elderly, Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance coverage, and the Canadian approach to long-term health care

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The very words "nursing home" evoke dread and distaste in nearly everyone, assert the authors of this guide. There are good nursing homes and there are homes, "which should be avoided at all costs." The goal of this book is to provide criteria for making an informed choice for an elder needing care. It covers the basics found in numerous other guides--evaluating prospective facilities, roles of staff members, visiting residents, preparing a relative for nursing home life. Unfortunately, it is written for the family member, as if the older person is incapable of participating in this crucial decision, which is not always the case. More useful are the discussions about nursing homes' policy on physical and chemical restraints and the Canadian long-term care system, although these subjects are better suited for a book on policy and planning. A better, gentler guide is Hanns G. Pieper's The Nursing Home Primer ( LJ 6/1/89).
- Karen McNally Bensing, The Benjamin Rose Inst., Cleveland
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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