RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 1180015466
T1 Nursing Home Care & Rehabilitation
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260457087
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180015466
RD 2024/04/19
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.