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Author/Creator:Baker, Beth.
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Title:Old age in a new age : the promise of transformative nursing homes / Beth Baker.
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ISBN:9780826515629 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826515622 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780826515636 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826515630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Edition:1st ed.
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Published/Created:Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2007.
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Physical Description:xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Links:Table of contents only
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
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Contents:"Promise you'll never put me in a nursing home": why we're in denial -- "I almost cried": the universal longing for home -- "We'll fly to Paris": honoring individual choice -- "We are nothing": empowering staff -- "This is my home": tearing up the blueprints -- "You can dance alone or we'll dance with you": creating community -- From the top of the Ferris wheel: breaking barriers -- Beyond bingo: finding meaning in late life -- Family-friendly homes: welcoming relatives to the team -- The zen of memory loss: living in the moment -- "My bags are packed": dying in the nursing home -- Too good to be true? Overcoming obstacles -- Baby boomers' legacy? Building a movement.
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Subjects:Nursing homes--United States.
Older people--Nursing home care--United States.
Older people--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
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Subjects (Medical): Homes for the Aged--organization & administration--United States.
Nursing Homes--organization & administration--United States.
Aged--psychology--United States.
Organizational Case Studies--United States.
Quality of Life--United States.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7859587