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Important perspectives for the nursing home staff.

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management

| March 01, 1988 | White, C.S. | COPYRIGHT 1988 Vendome Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Having my mother in a nursing home for seven years and a brother on hyperal feeding and dialysis for eight years gave me an opportunity to gain insight into nursing care from a unique perspective. Those were two people whom I loved dearly.

My mom, Emma, lived to be 971/2 and was alert and fiercely independent to the end, even though there were many times she was weak and very sick.

My brother, Lawrence, had virtually all of his intestines removed because of gangrene. He could gain his proper nutrition only through intravenous hyperal feeding, even though he atelike a starved pet. Complications had affected his kidneys as well. He was forced to have ...

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