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Nursing home ethics : everyday issues affecting residents with dementia / Bethel Ann Powers.
LIBRA RC524 .P69 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powers, Bethel Ann, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Patients--Care.
- Dementia.
- Nursing home care--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Nursing home care.
- Nursing Homes.
- Homes for the Aged.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nursing Homes.
- Homes for the Aged.
- Dementia.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Living With Dementia 1
- "It was such an unexpected thing" 2
- "It came to the point where we needed a diagnosis" 5
- "She fought me tooth and nail" 10
- "It was traumatic for her and for us" 16
- "There was no way we could let her live alone" 18
- "I don't think they watched her very well" 20
- "We decided to move in with her" 22
- "I wanted to make everything right and you just can't" 23
- "I felt like I'd be betraying him" 24
- "It's brought us close together" 26
- Chapter 2 The Nursing Home Experience 29
- "I remember thinking, 'This just is happening too fast'" 29
- "I have to be her advocate" 33
- "I want to go home" 37
- Care Concerns
- "That's not my idea ... but I would never say anything" 38
- Social Concerns
- "Days are slow and not very interesting" 42
- Environmental Concerns
- "Sharing a room was very hard" 44
- Nursing Homes and Long Term Care
- "It's the way society is today" 54
- Chapter 3 Ethics in Action 59
- What Counts as an Ethical Matter 60
- Application of Ethics in Practice 62
- Contextual Considerations 67
- Organizational Subcultures 69
- Universal Moral Concerns 71
- Frameworks for Assessing Resident-Focused Issues 74
- Chapter 4 Case Examples 100
- My Favorite Things 109
- Breaking Bad News 112
- I'm Scared of Him 115
- It Feels Just Like Jail 119
- Night and Day 124
- As I Remember Him 132
- Timing is Everything 135
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore 142
- A Moving Experience 145
- I'm Ready to Go Home 151
- Please, Just One More Bite 156
- Get Me Out Of Here 164
- Nursing Home Ethics Committee Q & A 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826119646
- OCLC:
- 52107502
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