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by Robert L. Kane; Joan C. West


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The failure of long-term care is the country's best-kept embarrassing secret. Almost every adult in the United States will either enter a nursing home or have to deal with a parent or other relative who does. Studies show that 40 percent of all adults who live to age sixty-five will enter a nursing home before they die, while even more will use another form of long-term care. Part memoir, part practical guide, part prescription for change, It Shouldn't Be This Way is a unique look at the problems of long-term care. Robert L. Kane, a highly experienced physician and gerontologist, and his sister, Joan C. West, tell the painful story of what happened to their mother after she suffered a debilitating stroke and spent the last years of her life in rehabilitation, assisted-living facilities, and finally a nursing home. Along the way, her adult children encountered some professionals who were kind and considerate but also many frustrations--inadequate care and the need to hire private duty aides, as well as poor communication and lack of coordination throughout the system. The situation, they found, proved far more difficult than it needed to be. As the authors recount their mother's story, they impart various lessons they learned from each phase of the experience. They alert those who are confronting such situations for the first time about what they will likely face and how to approach the problems. Closing with a broader look at why long-term care is the way it is, they propose steps to make necessary reforms, including the development of national organizations to work for change. Their message to families, care professionals, and policy-makers could not be more urgent.

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The demand for long-term care is increasing steadily.

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  • Title It Shouldn't Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care
  • Author Robert L. Kane; Joan C. West
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vanderbilt University Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-05-16
  • ISBN 9780826514882 / 082651488X
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Generational Orientation: Elderly/Aged
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Long-term care facilities - United States, Caregivers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004028921
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.610

About the author

Joan C. West, an educator for over thirty years, has been an elementary school classroom teacher, mentor, staff developer, and workshop leader. She is currently an adjunct professor at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue, New York, where she supervises student teachers in their field placement. She was the principal caregiver for her mother during the episode described in this book. Robert L. Kane, M.D., holds an endowed chair in long-term care and aging at the Minnesota School of Public Health. The author or editor of more than twenty-five books and three hundred journal articles, he has analyzed long-term systems both in this country and abroad
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