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1) We spread
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"Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many "incidents." Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing,...
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"A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and Pransky, her under-occupied Labradoodle, a new leash--er, lease--on life by getting the two of them certified as a therapy dog team. Smart, spirited, and instinctively compassionate, Pransky turned out to be not only a terrific therapist but an...
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English
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"Single dad Mac Culhane has traveled to some of the world's most dangerous war zones, but now he and his young daughter have settled in Shelter Bay, where he's become the late-night DJ for the local radio station. The last thing he expects is to connect over the airwaves with a caller. After a painful divorce, Annie Shepherd opened up a scrapbook store in town and started volunteering with local senior citizens. Although she loves her work, dreams...
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ECW Press
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English
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"Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability. Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell the dangerous stories. Not the accounts of falls or bedsores or overmedication, but of seniors living with purpose and energy and love. Stories that could change the status quo. Welsh takes readers across North America and...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"When is it time to move a person living with dementia into a senior living community? How do you avoid an argument with someone who no longer knows what year it is? What do you do if the person you're caring for has trouble recognizing you? How can you lessen the guilt and anxiety that come with dementia caregiving? All of these questions-and more-are answered in this helpful guide through the difficulties of dementia care. Care partners to those...
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Tortoise Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Dwell Here and Prosper is a gritty but heartfelt novel, heavily informed by the author's father and his experiences in assisted living near Philadelphia in the 90s. With its set of memorable outcasts--a shady jokester who insists he worked for the FBI, a schizophrenic Catholic who roams local cemeteries at night in search of the Virgin Mary, a twenty-six-year-old whose teeth mysteriously fell out, a middle-aged alcoholic who prostitutes herself to...
7) An overview of the 1980 National Master Facility Inventory Survey of nursing and related care homes
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Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics volume no. 91
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 83-1250
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 83-1250
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English
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DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 88-1250
Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics volume no. 147
Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics volume no. 147
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English
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Report / 110th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 110-894
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U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2008]
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English
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Report / 110th Congress 2d session Senate volume 110-518
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2008]
Language
English
13) Trends in nursing and related care homes and hospitals, United States, selected years, 1969-1980
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DHHS publication volume no. 84-1825
Vital and health statistics. Series 14 Data from the national health survey volume no. 30
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 84-1825
Vital and health statistics. Series 14 Data from the national health survey volume no. 30
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 84-1825
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English
14) An overview of the 1982 national master facility inventory survey of nursing and related care homes
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Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics volume no. 111
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 85-1250
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 85-1250
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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics
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English
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Oryx Press
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Listing and description of state-licensed, long-term facilities in the United States and its possessions. Includes care on various levels. Information was derived from questionnaires or from current state licensure publications. Geographical arrangement. Each entry gives address, telephone number, administrator, licensure, beds, ownership, certifications, admission requirements, staff, and facilities. Contains an alphabetical listing of nursing...
17) Directory of nursing homes, rest homes and homes for the aged and other certified facilities in Ohio
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Ohio Dept. of Health
Pub. Date
1977-199u
Language
English
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Vital and health statistics. Series 14 Data from the national health survey volume no. 33
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 89-1828
DHHS publication volume no. 89-1828
DHHS publication volume no. (PHS) 89-1828
DHHS publication volume no. 89-1828
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
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