Transforming palliative care in nursing homes the social work role / edited by Mercedes Bern-Klug.

SeriesEnd-of-life care
End-of-life care. ^A614030
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009023928
ISBN9780231132244 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231132247 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231132251 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0231132255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231507073 (e-book)
ISBN0231507070 (e-book)

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