Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes - Brossura

Baker, Beth

 
9780826515636: Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes
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ISBN 10: 0826515630 ISBN 13: 9780826515636
Casa editrice: Vanderbilt Univ Pr, 2007

Sinossi

On investigative visits to nursing homes across the nation, Beth Baker has witnessed profound changes. Culture change leaders are tearing up everything—the floor plans, the flow charts, the schedules, the lousy menus, the attitudes, the rules—and starting from scratch. They are creating extraordinary places where people live in dignity and greet the day with contentment, assisted by employees who feel valued and appreciated. Perhaps most surprising, these homes prove that a high quality of life does not have to cost more. Some of the best homes in the nation serve primarily low-income people who are on Medicaid.

In Old Age in a New Age, Baker tell the story of a better way to live in old age. Although each home is different, they share common values: respecting individual choices; empowering staff; fostering a strong community of elders, staff, family members, and volunteers; redesigning buildings from a hospital model to a home (where pets and children are part of everyday life); and honoring people when they die. Her visits to more than two dozen facilities include those associated with the Eden Alternative, Green House, Kendal, and the Pioneer Network. Whether these transformational homes become the norm or the domain of a lucky few is the question that faces the next generation of elders, the baby boomers.

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Informazioni sull?autore

A former hospital worker herself, Beth Baker is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the Washington Post Health Section and the AARP Bulletin. Baker is the winner of two Gold National Mature Media Awards for her reporting on aging.

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Editore
Vanderbilt Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0826515630
ISBN 13 
9780826515636
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
236
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9780826515629: Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes

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ISBN 10:  0826515622 ISBN 13:  9780826515629
Casa editrice: Vanderbilt Univ Pr, 2007
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