E-book
Transforming palliative care in nursing homes the social work role
Record details
- ISBN: 0231132255
- ISBN: 9780231132251
- ISBN: 0231132247
- ISBN: 9780231132244
- ISBN: 0231507070
- ISBN: 9780231507073
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 360 pages) : illustrations.
remote
electronic resource - Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The need to extend the reach of palliative psychosocial care to nursing home residents with advanced chronic illness / Mercedes Bern-Klug -- The structure and process of advanced chronic illness and palliative care in nursings homes / Sarah Thompson and Lisa Church -- Paying for advanced chronic illness and hospice care in America's nursing homes / Michael J. Klug -- Trends in the characteristics of nursing homes and residents / Mercedes Bern-Klug -- Anticipating and managing common medical challenges encountered at the end of life / Ann Allegre -- Identifying and addressing the psychosocial, social, spiritual, and existential issues affecting nursing home residents at the end of life / Jean C. Munn -- Identifying and addressing family members' psychosocial, spiritual, and existential issues related to having a loved one living and dying in a nursing home / Patricia J. Kolb -- Identifying and addressing ethical issues in advanced chronic illness and at the end of life / Charles E. Gessert and Don F. Reynolds -- Final discharge planning: rituals related to the death of a nursing home resident / Peggy Sharr and Mercedes Bern-Klug -- Grief, self-care, and staff-care: repeated loss in the nursing home environment / Sara Sanders and Patti Anewalt -- The future of palliative psychosocial care for nursing home residents with advanced chronic illness / Mercedes Bern-Klug |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted by subscription. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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