The Heart of Long-Term Care Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 1998-09-15
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195122380
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

The Heart of Long-Term Care pdf
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Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing home as its benchmark, but the monetary, social, and psychological costs of nursing home care are all too high. This book challenges the current dominance of nursing homes as the principal institution of long-term care. It offers a series of alternative models where both services and housing can be provided in a way that allows long-term consumers to enjoy dignified, "normal" lifestyles. It addresses the political and economic consequences of making this decision.
The authors start with the premise that long-term care is designed to assist people who lack the capacity to function fully independently. They argue that no disabled person of any age should be required to forsake his/her humanity in exchange for care. The book rejects the artificial dichotomy between social and medical care, asserting that both play important roles in psychological and physical well-being of long-term care patients. The authors consider the need Download The Heart of Long-Term Care for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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