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Consumer Guide to LongTerm Care
Author: Gary Ilminen

A one-stop, easy-to-use resource for consumers and their families "Gary Ilminen clearly knows this field. He describes what can be a pleasant and rewarding experience for the future nursing home resident as well as the family." -Gerald C. Kempthorne, M.D., recipient of the "Physician of the Year" award from the Wisconsin Association of Nursing ... more »Homes "The clear, concise, and easy-to-follow format provides critical information needed to make difficult decisions. This book is a must-read for adult children of the elderly and anyone working in any capacity in long-term care." -Pamela M. Mokler, gerontologist, Quality Aging Solutions "Consumer Guide to Long-Term Care brings together complex, highly regulated, and economically challenging long-term care issues to a centralized resource." -Bruce A. Kraus, M.D., president of Cornucopian Health Concepts Consumer Guide to Long-Term Care provides the first comprehensive guide to long-term care. Equipped with this book, you can make informed choices that ensure the best possible experience for yourself or a family member when long-term care becomes a necessity. Empowers consumers and their families, telling them how to protect their rights and advocate for a high standard of care and excellent quality of life. Offers key information, in one convenient source, on where to find the most up-to-date, accurate facts quickly and easily. Takes the mystery out of such topics as managed care, prospective pricing, and bundled services. Explains how to deal with choosing a facility, paying for care, and other difficult issues, including the right to refuse care. Inside you'll find chapters on. . . Choosing a Long-Term Care Facility

It Isn't Just a Building Your Bill of Rights

Protecting Your Rights in the Long-Term Care Setting For the Record

Your Rights to See Your Medical Record (and What You're Likely to Find) Is There a Doctor in the House

Who Chooses Your Doctor and What Rules Apply to Physician Services? People Skills

What Consumers Should Expect Their Caregivers to Know Recreation Therapy

Having Fun in a Long-Term Care Facility Hear My Voice

Privacy, Dignity, Self Determination, Participation, and Accommodation of Needs Saying "No" to Care

Your Right to Refuse Full Code, Slow Code, No Code

Decoding the Lingo of Life Support Is This Pill Really Necessary?

Freedom from Unnecessary Drugs Don't Tie Me Down!

The Right to Be Free from the Use of Physical Restraints

and much, much more!

ISBN-13: 9780299164201
ISBN-10: 0299164209
Publication Date: 11/1999
Pages: 236
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Genres:

Health, Fitness & Dieting >> Personal Health >> General
Health, Fitness & Dieting >> General
Parenting & Relationships >> Aging Parents >> Eldercare
Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
Medicine >> Specialties >> Pediatrics >> General

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