Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from January 1985

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from January 1985

Dogs and the elderly: the perfect prescription for companionship.
January 1, 1985... The animals arrive at the Hudson View Nursing Home in Yonkers, NY, and, as if on cue, the old people smile. Their four furry friends, two dogs and two cats, and owner/trainer Bashkim ("Bash") Dibra, are back. So are 10 volunteer students from...

Gerontological summer internship for first-year medical students. (part 1)
January 1, 1985... Like most laymen, medical students tend to visualize the elderly as a group burdened with distressing physical and mental infirmities. As a result, young professionals turn away from the branches of medicine that deal with hygiene and diseases...

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 84?
January 1, 1985... The ability of the aged to adapt successfully to the roles that society and their families assign them is of growing importance. The ways in which less developed societies resolve those problems, however, fascinating, are neither relevant nor...

When the pressures mount: recognizing and coping with stress.
January 1, 1985... Stress is a word often heard in the 1980s. It has received a lot of attention in professional journals, consumer magazines, and education programs. It has even been the subject of movies and television shows. Is it a fad or is it a real...

Careers in health care.
January 1, 1985... For anyone asking or answering questions about exciting career options, this compendium, "Careers in Health Care," of 58 different health-care professions may open new doors. New matter what one's interest, there would seem to be a...