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Ageing in a Nursing Home - Foundations for Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Ageing in a Nursing Home - Foundations for Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Spending the final chapter of your life in a nursing home is
considered, by many, a fate worse than death. Others, however, have
found that through enlightened, imaginative care even the frailest
of lives can flourish. The key to such a transformation is to
replace the constricting custodial centres of the past with a more
informed, research-based approach. This book is timely, responding
to evidence of the urgent need for change described in the
Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Final
Report: Care, Dignity and Respect and its predecessor subtitled
Neglect. In this book, the author proposes a model of care that
places the whole person at its centre, sidestepping the constraints
of a reductionist funding model that focusses on residents'
deficits - and the proprietor's financial gain. Aged care requires
a comprehensive research-based guide to fulfil this aim. Narratives
are included throughout the book to reinforce the fact that nursing
home care is about individual residents and their unique lives.
Topics explored in various chapters include: * Ageing in a Changing
Community * Social, Gerontological Care * A Palliative Approach *
Community Expectations Ageing in a Nursing Home: Foundations for
Care takes a realistic approach that draws on contemporary research
and narratives from the unique lives of older Australians who,
despite their frailty, teach us how to care. Such knowledge informs
and influences their future. The book is a resource intended for
all who have a stake in the provision of best practice residential
aged care, and all who benefit from such care. Its academic appeal
will include those who design and teach courses in aged care:
gerontology, general practice medicine, nursing, attendant care,
allied health, and chaplaincy. Academics and teachers will find
useful, well-referenced material for their courses, together with
ample scope for researchers.
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