Making Myself at Home in a Nursing Home : Vanderbilt University Press /

"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
Main Author: Gaffney, Sandra J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gaffney, Sandra J. > Health.
Nursing homes > Social aspects.
Nursing homes > Psychological aspects.
Nursing home care.
Health.
MEDICAL / Caregiving.
Soins en etablissements de soins, de cure, etc. > États-Unis.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Nursing home care > United States.
Nursing homes > Social aspects > United States.
Nursing homes > United States > Psychological aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
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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