Nursing homes and assisted living : the family's guide to making decisions and getting good care / Peter S. Silin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silin, Peter S., 1954-

Contributor:

Silin, Peter S., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Nursing home care.

Older people.

Nursing home residents--Family relationships.

Nursing home residents.

Older people--Nursing home care--Psychological aspects.

Older people--Nursing home care--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Summary:

It is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: CARING DECISIONS""; ""CHAPTER 1 When Someone You Love Goes Into Care""; ""Becoming a Caregiver""; ""Becoming “the Family Member� of Someone in Care""; ""Learning the Role of “the Family Member�""; ""Types and Levels of Care""; ""Other Considerations""; ""Alastair""; ""CHAPTER 2 Deciding about Care""; ""How to Talk about Care""; ""Choosing the Right Time""; ""Stress and Burnout""; ""When a Parent Chooses to Live at Risk""; ""Making the Decision""; ""Your Legal Right to Make Decisions for Your Relative: A Warning""

""Advance Directives and Medical Decisions""""Lydia Jean""; ""CHAPTER 3 Family Decision Making""; ""Family Relationships and Care Decisions""; ""How to Make Family Decisions""; ""Family Meetings""; ""Keep Your Relative Involved""; ""Mary""; ""CHAPTER 4 Guilt, Loss, and Grief""; ""What Is Guilt?""; ""Conflicts That Give Rise to Guilt""; ""Families and Guilt""; ""Adult Children""; ""Guilt, Culture, and Society Today""; ""When Guilt Has Other Purposes in Your Life""; ""Not All Relationships Were Ideal""; ""Guilt and Dementia""; ""Dealing with Guilt""; ""Letting Go""; ""Grief and Loss""

""Handling Grief""""Marjorie""; ""PART II: THE RESIDENCE""; ""CHAPTER 5 About Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities""; ""Keeping Your Relative at Home""; ""Where to Start Finding a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility""; ""Applying for Seniors Housing""; ""About Good Care and Good Caring""; ""Models of Care""; ""On Abuse""; ""Specialized Dementia Care Units""; ""Costs""; ""Nursing Homes and Legal Responsibility""; ""Mildred""; ""CHAPTER 6 Viewing the Residence""; ""Staffing""; ""Programming""; ""Policies""; ""Dining""; ""Physical Plant""; ""Surveys and Accreditation""

""John and Joyce""""CHAPTER 7 Staff Roles: Who Does What?""; ""Receptionist""; ""Administrator""; ""Personal Care: Nurse�s Aides""; ""Nurses""; ""Dietitian and Food Services Staff""; ""Social Worker""; ""Recreation Therapists""; ""Rehabilitation Staff""; ""Housekeepers / Building Maintenance Staff""; ""Pharmacist""; ""Physicians""; ""Other Staff Members""; ""Mabel""; ""CHAPTER 8 Nursing Home and Assisted Living Systems""; ""How the System Works""; ""A Typical Day""; ""Cyrus""; ""PART III: MOVING IN AND SETTLING IN""; ""CHAPTER 9 Preparations for Moving Day""

""How to Prepare Your Relative""""Get to Know the Home in Advance""; ""Equipment""; ""Valuables""; ""Clothing and Laundry""; ""Plan Ahead for Moving Day""; ""Plan to Take Care of Yourself""; ""Betty""; ""CHAPTER 10 Moving Day""; ""Stay Calm""; ""If Your Relative Refuses to Go""; ""Walking through the Door""; ""When You First Arrive""; ""Joan""; ""CHAPTER 11 Settling In""; ""Resident Adjustment""; ""Changes and Differences in Behavior""; ""Dementia and Behavior""; ""Sex and Relationships in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living""; ""On Staying Healthy""; ""Your Emotional Adjustment""

""The Gap in Your Life""

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Nursing homes. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index.

Related Work:

Silin, Peter S., 1954- Nursing homes.

ISBN:

0-8018-9601-0