Nursing Home Ethics

Providing an examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care, this book explores the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and how family members experience life in the nursing home. It also illustrates practical approaches to understanding ethical everyday issues affecting nursing home residents.

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Powers provides a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care. The first two chapters set the stage by exploring the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and, in contrast, how residents and family members experience life in the nursing home. The following chapters contain detailed hypothetical cases that include questions, possible actions, and insightful commentary to illustrate practical approaches to understanding ethical everyday issues affecting nursing home residents.