Centers for ending

By Seymour Bernard Sarason

Subjects: Care, Medical care, united states, Aged, Nursing homes, Long-term care facilities, Older people, Long-Term Care, Older people, medical care, Older people, government policy, Health Policy, Nursing Homes, Older people, care, Older people, psychology, Health Services for the Aged, Medical policy, Psychology

Description: As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason's eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at best. And rarely discussed among the grim statistics is the psychosocial price paid by nursing home patients, from loneliness and isolation to depression and dependency. In "Centers for Ending", Dr. Sarason uses his firsthand experience as both practitioner and patient in senior facilities.