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MEDICAL CARE IN THE EXTENDED CARE FACILITY *
Author(s) -
MILLER MICHAEL B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb01924.x
Subject(s) - medicine , skilled nursing facility , multidisciplinary approach , medical care , rehabilitation , nursing , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , physical therapy , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
A bstract : Seven case reports are used to illustrate various aspects of quality care for the ill aged in an extended care facility or a nursing home. The majority of these patients require maximal nursing care for activities of daily living. Quality medical care implies the physician's capacity to design a therapeutic program involving the coordinated efforts of a total rehabilitation approach on the part of the available multidisciplinary professional team. If the concept of custodial care were made obsolete and only skilled care provided for all patients, quality medical care would ensue.