Nursing homes: How they impact the dignity of older adults

Call it what you want: nursing home, skilled nursing facility, rehab center, convalescent home, or post-acute care. They are all the same and a common destination should you survive a recent hospitalization. But they all have an existing reputation and can ultimately diminish the dignity of older adults. Never in my four decades of practice Read more… Nursing homes: How they impact the dignity of older adults originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Geriatrics Source Type: blogs