TY  - BOOK
AU  - Margolies,Luise
TI  - My mother's hip: lessons from the world of eldercare 
SN  - 1592132375 (cl. : alk. paper)
AV  - WT 120 M329m 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Temple University Press
KW  - Older people
KW  - Medical care
KW  - United States
KW  - Hip joint
KW  - Fractures
KW  - Patients
KW  - Biography
KW  - Osteoporosis in women
KW  - Complications
KW  - Aging parents
KW  - Care
KW  - Caregivers
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Parent and adult child
N1  - 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

CHAPTER 8
   Heartbroken
   "I have only my memories."


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