Vulnerable Populations in the Long Term Care Continuum (Advances in Long-Term Care)
Contributors: Paul R. Katz (Editor); Mathy Doval Mezey (Editor); Marshall B. Kapp (Editor)
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780826168344
Subjects: Health systems & services; Nursing - General; General; Medical; Education / Teaching; Nursing - Gerontology; Gerontology
First sentence: All nursing home residents are inevitably vulnerable and dependent to a certain degree; if a person were independent and reasonably self-sufficient, that person would not need to be admitted to a nursing home.