Title It shouldn't be this way : the failure of long-term care / Robert L. Kane and Joan C. West.

Publication Info.	Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (180 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.
Contents	Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?
Note	Print version record.
Summary	A wrenching, firsthand account of how the longterm care system can defeat even the best prepared of us - with the lessons they learned to help others dealing with it, too.
Subject	Kane, Ruth, -2002.
	Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017
	West, Joan C., 1945-
	Kane, Robert L., 1940- (OCoLC)fst01440398
	Kane, Ruth, -2002. (OCoLC)fst01827871
	West, Joan C., 1945- (OCoLC)fst01600978
	Older people -- Long-term care -- United States -- Case studies.
	Caregivers -- United States -- Biography.
	Frail older people -- United States -- Biography.
	Long-term care facilities -- United States -- Case studies.
	Frail older people -- Care -- United States -- Case studies.
	Frail older people -- Family relationships -- United States -- Case studies.
	Long-Term Care.
	Family.
	Homes for the Aged.
	Nursing Homes.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Eldercare.
	Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
	Frail elderly. (OCoLC)fst00933579
	Frail elderly -- Care. (OCoLC)fst00933581
	Frail elderly -- Family relationships. (OCoLC)fst00933584
	Long-term care facilities. (OCoLC)fst01002279
	Older people -- Long-term care. (OCoLC)fst01199455
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Personal Narratives.
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author	West, Joan C., 1945-
Other Form:	Print version: Kane, Robert L., 1940- It shouldn't be this way. 1st ed. Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2005 0826514871 082651488X (DLC) 2004028921 (OCoLC)57235792
ISBN	1423774035 (electronic bk.)
	9781423774037 (electronic bk.)

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