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A Nursing‐Home Care Unit: Extended Care Service
Author(s) -
KURASIK STEVE
Publication year - 1973
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.1532-5415.1973.tb00873.x
Subject(s) - medicine , miami , nursing , unit (ring theory) , nursing homes , service (business) , rehabilitation , gerontology , physical therapy , mathematics education , mathematics , environmental science , economy , soil science , economics
A new Nursing‐Home Care Unit, opened at the Miami Veterans Administration Hospital in September 1970, is described. The aim is to take the best possible care of the residents in all aspects of their lives during the process of rehabilitation. The Unit could be regarded as a model for nursing homes everywhere.