Making myself at home in a nursing home /

"Sandra Gaffney entered her first nursing home for long-term care at the unusually young age of fifty. Fourteen years earlier she had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Over the next sixteen years, Gaffney lived in nursing homes in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaffney, Sandra J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2012.
Subjects:
Gaffney, Sandra J. > Health.
Nursing homes > United States > Psychological aspects.
Nursing homes > Social aspects > United States.
Nursing home care > United States.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Soins en établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > États-Unis.
MEDICAL / Caregiving.
Health.
Nursing home care.
Nursing homes > Psychological aspects.
Nursing homes > Social aspects.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About Our Mother; 1. About Myself; 2. Needing Help; 3. Sixteen Years, Three Nursing Homes; 4. Choosing a Nursing Home; 5. Moving In; 6. My Room, My Home; 7. Life in a Nursing Home; 8. Understanding Rules and Culture in a Nursing Home; 9. Staying in Control; 10. Making Yourself at Home; Index.

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