My mother's hip : lessons from the world of eldercare /
Luisa Margolies ; foreword by Walter M. Bortz II.
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004.
- xv, 339 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-339).
Contents
INTRODUCTION My Mother's Hip CHAPTER 1 Coral Bay Memorial Hospital "I broke my hips." LESSON 1 Hip Fracture, the Silent Killer The New Hip-Fracture Epidemic CHAPTER 2 Sacred Heart Hospital "She's not in her room. She's in therapy right now." LESSON 2 Advance Directives or Misdirectives? Interpreting a Parent's Last Wishes CHAPTER 3 Home "I didn't think I would live to come home." LESSON 3 Who Cares? Daughters Care for Their Elderly Parents CHAPTER 4 The Palms at Palm-Aire "Everyone here is berserk."
LESSON 4 Nursing Homes Are Dangerous to Your Health The Medical Model for Housing the Elderly
CHAPTER 5 Coral Bay II "You're ready to leave. Your condition is stable."
LESSON 5 Enough Is Enough Prolonging Living or Prolonging Dying? CHAPTER 6 From LovingCare to Victoria Park "Yes, we have a Medicare bed."
LESSON 6 I'd Rather Age in Place Residential Design for Elder Living CHAPTER 7 Boca Raton Medical Center "Your mother's condition is critical."
LESSON 7 Who Decides? Resuscitation and an Equitable Decision
Older people--Medical care--United States. Hip joint--Fractures--Patients--Biography. Osteoporosis in women--Complications. Aging parents--Care--United States. Caregivers--Psychology.--United States Caregivers--Family relationships--United States. Parent and adult child--United States.