Dying at home [electronic resource] : a family guide for caregiving / Andrea Sankar.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Some Who Died at Home -- Home Death: A Return to Tradition -- The Term Caregiver -- Factors Contributing to the Trend -- The Desire for Control -- The Hospice Movement -- The Limitations of Medical Science -- Advances in Home-based Technology and Pharmacology -- Change in Insurance Reimbursement -- Problems of Caregiving -- The Dying Person -- Intimacy -- The Caregiver's Responsibility -- Physical and Emotional Stamina -- Expenses -- Deciding Whether to Become a Caregiver -- The Research for This Book -- The Method -- The Informants -- Taking the Patient Home to Die -- Participating in Hospital Care -- The Appropriateness of Treatment -- Procedures -- Bedside Nursing -- Communicating with the Hospital Staff -- The Decision to Discharge the Patient -- Discharge Options -- Planning the Discharge -- The Transfer Home -- Rehospitalization -- Reasons for Readmission -- Considering Readmission -- Strangers in the Home: The Use of Formal Support -- The Functions of Formal Support -- To Provide Respite -- To Provide Skilled Care -- To Supply Information and Reassurance -- To Offer Spiritual Support -- Deciding to Use Formal Support -- Assessing the Need for Services -- Types of Agencies -- Hospice -- Home Care -- Health Maintenance Organization -- Professionals Who Work in the Home -- Physicians -- Nurses -- Home Health Aides -- Other Professionals -- Gaining Access to the Formal System -- Access through Discharge from the Hospital -- Access without Prior Hospitalization -- Contacting an Agency -- Preparations.

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