Collaboration and control: nurses' constructions of the role of family in nursing home care

AbstractApproximately 1.3 million of our nation's elderly live in nursing homes. Despite the increasingly important role of Medicare and Medicaid, many must bear the costs of their care. This Note examines one means of financing nursing home care—the life care contract. These require residents to pay an entrance fee and transfer to the nursing home all or part of their property in return for the home's promise to provide care for the remainder of the resident's life. The Note discusses the potential problems a life care resident may face, such as substandard living conditions or a home's financial instability. It concludes by delineating steps that potential residents can take in constructing life care contracts to ensure protection of their rights and needs.

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Person-centered nursing home care in the United States, United Kingdom, and Sweden: Why building cross-comparative capacity may help us radically rethink nursing home care and the role of the RN

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/2057158516649145 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 59-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kirsten N Corazzini ◽

Julienne Meyer ◽

Katherine S McGilton ◽

Kezia Scales ◽

Eleanor S McConnell ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Nursing Home ◽

Home Care ◽

The United States ◽

Nursing Home Care

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Residency training in the nursing home setting

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association ◽

10.7547/87507315-80-5-236 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 80 (5) ◽

pp. 236-237

Author(s):

CA Lund

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Home Care ◽

Residency Training ◽

Residency Program ◽

Nursing Home Care ◽

Home Setting ◽

Nursing Home Setting

The author discusses the establishment of the Nursing Home Care Unit at the Tampa Veterans Hospital. The role of the podiatric resident and the residency program in the care of the patients in the facility is presented.

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Infection surveillance and control programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home care units: A preliminary assessment

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2005.10.001 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 80-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Linda Tsan ◽

Christa Hojlo ◽

Martha A. Kearns ◽

Chester Davis ◽

Robert Langberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Home Care ◽

Veterans Affairs ◽

Nursing Home Care ◽

Department Of Veterans Affairs ◽

Preliminary Assessment ◽

Control Programs ◽

Infection Surveillance ◽

And Control

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Care management and social work: A case study of the role of social work in hospital discharge to residential or nursing home care

European Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1080/714890030 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 171-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Judith Phillips ◽

Jan Waterson

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Social Work ◽

Home Care ◽

Hospital Discharge ◽

Care Management ◽

Nursing Home Care

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Strategic sorting: the role of ordeals in health care

Economics and Philosophy ◽

10.1017/s0266267120000139 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Richard Zeckhauser

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Weight Loss ◽

Nursing Home ◽

Home Care ◽

Moral Hazard ◽

Waiting Time ◽

Nursing Home Care ◽

Dead Weight ◽

Health Care Resources

Abstract Ordeals are burdens placed on individuals that yield no benefits to others; hence they represent a dead-weight loss. Ordeals – the most common is waiting time – play a prominent role in rationing health care. The recipients most willing to bear them are those receiving the greatest benefit from scarce health-care resources. Health care is heavily subsidized; hence, moral hazard leads to excess use. Ordeals are intended to discourage expenditures yielding little benefit while simultaneously avoiding the undesired consequences of rationing methods such as quotas or pricing. This analysis diagnoses the economic underpinnings of ordeals. Subsidies for nursing-home care versus home care illustrate.

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