Centers for ending : the coming crisis in the care of aged people /

Centers for ending : the coming crisis in the care of aged people /

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Author / Creator:Sarason, Seymour Bernard, 1919-2010.
Imprint:New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 109 p.)
Language:English
Series:Caregiving: Research, practice, policy
Caregiving.
Subject:
Long-term care facilities.
Older people -- Care.
Long-term care facilities.
Older people -- Care.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8898886
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ISBN:9781441957252 (electronic bk.)
1441957251 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason's eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at best. And rarely discussed among the grim statistics is the psychosocial price paid by nursing home patients, from loneliness and isolation to depression and dependency. In "Centers for Ending", Dr. Sarason uses his firsthand experience as both practitioner and patient in senior facilities
Other form:Print version: Centers for ending New York : Springer, c2011 9781441957245 1441957243

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