Aging In America: One Healthcare Worker's Perspective

By Linda Schlenker
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Published: July 15, 2011
Words: 11,373 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465795762

Short description

Aging in America was written to assist seniors, their families, and the people who care for seniors. Information is critical when making choices about health care.

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Aging in America was written to assist seniors, their families, and the people who care for seniors. Information is critical when making choices about health care. Sometimes, the decision that needs to be made is whether to move into an assisted living center or to age at home. When choosing assisted living, one must choose between multitudes of facilities or choose a private group home. If choosing to stay in one's own home, many need to choose an aide to assist them. And, of course, a complex and important choice is whether to stay with traditional Medicare or go with an HMO. As an Occupational Therapist, the author is dedicated to working with seniors in nursing homes, hospitals, hospice care, and in their own homes since 1989. She wrote this book in response to the helplessness and frustration she felt watching the results of our health care system deteriorating over the last 15 years. Aging in America will help seniors and those who love and serve them make more knowledgeable de.. (Read more) Aging in America was written to assist seniors, their families, and the people who care for seniors. Information is critical when making choices about health care. Sometimes, the decision that needs to be made is whether to move into an assisted living center or to age at home. When choosing assisted living, one must choose between multitudes of facilities or choose a private group home. If choosing to stay in one's own home, many need to choose an aide to assist them. And, of course, a complex and important choice is whether to stay with traditional Medicare or go with an HMO. As an Occupational Therapist, the author is dedicated to working with seniors in nursing homes, hospitals, hospice care, and in their own homes since 1989. She wrote this book in response to the helplessness and frustration she felt watching the results of our health care system deteriorating over the last 15 years. Aging in America will help seniors and those who love and serve them make more knowledgeable decisions regarding future health care choices.
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aging parents, aging, family relationships, family dynamics, elderly caregiver, aging well, elderly troubles, children and parents, elderly care

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