Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident : What Physicians Need to Know

As the population ages, physicians will increasingly care for elderly and other persons residing in nursing homes and other life-care facilities. More than 1.5 million Americans live in nursing homes; their number may triple in the next generation. Good and caring physicians have been hesitant about delivering care in nursing homes or have been reluctant to visit them at all. The reasons range from inconvenience to lack of information about or comfort dealing with the common clinical problems encountered. Specialist geriatricians are not the answer to the growing need for care of frail older patients; generalist physicians are now expected and will continue to be expected to provide primary care to adults of all ages, including those residing in nursing homes.
Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident: What Physicians Need to Know is a project of the Task Force on Aging of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. The Task Force reviews the knowledge base in nursing home care and develops recommendations directed primarily toward the nongeriatrician.

General

ISBN		9780943126487
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Amer College of Physicians
List Price		$44.95
Publication Date		04/01/1996
Release Status		Out of Print
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 11 Inches (US) Width: 7.25 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.5 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 0.9 Pounds (US)
Editor		Besdine, Richard W. Rubenstein, Laurence Z. Snyder, Lois