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...
| Основен автор: | Baker, Beth. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Nashville :
Vanderbilt University Press,
2007.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=360692 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Old age in a new age. |
Съдържание:
- 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.