TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Nursing Home Care & Rehabilitation A1 - Byerly, Laura K. A1 - Allison, Theresa A. A2 - Walter, Louise C. A2 - Chang, Anna A2 - Chen, Pei A2 - Harper, G. Michael A2 - Rivera, Josette A2 - Conant, Rebecca A2 - Lo, Daphne A2 - Yukawa, Michi PY - 2021 T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e AB - Nearly half of adults in the United States over the age of 65 years will need to spend time in a nursing home, also called a care home, a long-term care home, a convalescent home, or a skilled nursing facility (SNF). Older adults often transition between levels of care, and it is easy for the older adult, families, and even clinicians to be confused by the differences in types of care available. If clinicians are going to care for the older adults who call these sites “home,” even if only for a short period of time, it is important to understand the sites’ teams, services, and regulations. In this chapter, we discuss the nursing home as model of care, the differences between short-term and long-term nursing home care, the composition of the interprofessional nursing home team, and some of the regulations that govern these sites. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180015466 ER -