Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctv17v23hp
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Title
It shouldn't be this way.
International Standard Book Number
082651488X
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Kane, Robert L.,1940-2017.
Kane, Ruth,-2002.
West, Joan C.,1945-
Kane, Robert L.,1940-2017
Kane, Ruth,-2002.
West, Joan C.,1945-
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Caregivers-- United States, Biography.
Frail elderly-- Care-- United States, Case studies.
Frail elderly-- Family relationships-- United States, Case studies.
Frail elderly-- United States, Biography.
Long-term care facilities-- United States, Case studies.
Older people-- Long-term care-- United States, Case studies.
Family-- psychology.
Homes for the Aged-- organization & administration.