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Too old, too sick, too bad : nursing homes in America
- Title
- Too old, too sick, too bad : nursing homes in America / Frank E. Moss, Val J. Halamandaris.
- Author
- Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003.
- Publication
- Germantown, Md. : Aspen Systems Corp., 1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Halamandaris, Val J.
- Description
- xvi, 326 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- nursing homes: the greatest fear of the elderly. The origins of nursing homes ; the catalouge of fears -- nursing home abuses. kane ; a compendium of abuse -- nursing home drugs: pharmaceutical russian roulette. the numbers ; distribution ; nursing home studies ; the chemical straight jacket ; the high incidence of drug reactions ; drug addiction among nursing home patients ; human experimentation in nursing homes ; nursing home fires: a chronic condition. why are nursing homes a special safety problem? ; precautions against fire ; new concerns -- profiteering: services to the needy by the greedy. the immense profitability of the nursing home industry ; profiteering, penury, and kickbacks --nursing homes: new depositories for the mentally impaired. impetus for the exodus ; consequences -- no vacancy for minority groups. Elderly Asians ; aged blacks ; elderly Indians ; older Mexican Americans ; enforcement of the civil rights act -- how many nursing homes are substandard? -- lack of policy toward the infirm elderly. Medicare ; Medicaid ; financial incentive to poor care ; what must be done -- enforcement standards: a national farce. HEW's default on the standards and enforcement ; four state enforcement systems are ineffective -- political influence in the nursing home at -- the Physician's abdication ; consequences of the abdication -- nursing homes without nurses. The effect of a shortage of nurses ; what is a nurse's aid ; consequences of relying on untrained personnel ; a disproportionate number of aids are members of minority groups -- America's finest nursing homes. Two scenes ; what makes the governors in home? ; what programs by a serve to rehabilitate patients? ; what improvements can be made in nursing home design? ; what improvements can be made an employee training? ; what kind of activity programs to good homes offer? ; how can nursing homes aid the community? ; how can individuals hope nursing home patients? -- how to choose at a nursing home. What kind of care does the patient need? ; the cost of nursing Home Care ; making a shopping list ; the patients' bill of rights -- suggestions for improvement. toward a national policy: prognosis good.
- ISBN
- 0912862432
- 9780912862439
- LCCN
- 77072515
- OCLC
- ocm03267452
- 3267452
- SCSB-112587
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library