13 Long-Term Care Populations: Persons With Mental Illness FAIKA ZANJANI AMY F. HOSIER CHAPTER OVERVIEW A breakdown in mental/cognitive processes causing significant impairment is considered mental illness. This includes an…
15 Long-Term Care and the Law MARSHALL B. KAPP CHAPTER OVERVIEW The law exerts a significant influence on the quality, accessibility, and affordability of long-term care (LTC) services that are,…
14 Ethics, Aging, and Long-Term Care: Questioning What “Everyone Knows” MARTHA B. HOLSTEIN CHAPTER OVERVIEW The purpose of this chapter is to frame ethical concepts, particularly feminist ethics of care,…
4 Family Involvement in Residential Long-Term Care MELANIE N. G. JACKSON JOSEPH E. GAUGLER CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter focuses on family involvement in residential long-term care. We begin by providing…
3 The Role of Family in Community-Based Long-Term Care CAROL J. WHITLATCH LINDA S.NOELKER CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter provides a broad discussion of the experience of family caregivers who provide…
2 History of Long-Term Care CAROLE HABER CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter focuses on the development of long-term care in the American colonies and the United States from the 17th through…
CHAPTER NINE CASE STUDY METHODS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Mary de Chesnay and Genie E. Dorman Research courses for nurse practitioner (NP) students are generally not appreciated by these high-functioning clinicians—at…
CHAPTER FOURTEEN LOSS OF A CHILD TO AN AFRICAN FAMILY: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY Jacqueline Kigundu and Titus Sairo This study investigates the effects of grief on one family system…
CHAPTER TWELVE “I’M THE GUY WITH THE DOG”: LIFE HISTORY OF A COMBAT VETERAN SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND TBI Stacey Tatroe and Laura D. Elledge “War and its personal outcome…
