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Old age in a new age : the promise of transformative nursing homes /
"In Old Age in a New Age, journalist Beth Baker takes readers on a journey into some of the best places in America for elders to live. In these remarkable nursing homes, residents have a say in their everyday lives, enjoy an environment that looks and feels like an ordinary home, live with dign...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nashville :
Vanderbilt University Press,
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- pt. 1. The last resort
- 1. "Promise you'll never put me in a nursing home" : why we're in denial
- 2. "I almost cried" : the universal longing for home
- pt. 2. Stories from the front lines of change
- 3. "We'll fly to Paris" : honoring individual choice
- 4. "We are nothing" : empowering staff
- 5. "This is my home" : tearing up the blueprints
- Photographs
- 6. "You can dance alone or we'll dance with you" : creating community
- 7. From the top of the Ferris wheel : breaking barriers
- 8. Beyond bingo : finding meaning in late life
- 0. Family-friendly homes : welcoming relatives to the team
- 10. The zen of memory loss : living in the moment
- 11. "My bags are packed" : dying in the nursing home
- pt. 3. Making the case for change
- 12. Too good to be true? Overcoming obstacles
- 13. Baby boomers' legacy? Building a movement
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Index.