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The Baby Boomer's Guide to Nursing Home Care

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This book is a comprehensive, easy to understand, authoritative, and enormously helpful guide to all issues related to seeking nursing home care and living in a nursing home. It is designed primarily for residents and their families and it addresses all the most common issues consumers face when they enter the complex and confusing world of nursing homes. Its question and answer format and "Word to the Wise" tips make it a reassuring and accessible resource. It also includes useful information about agencies to contact for help and important information about paying for care. It's a terrific book and every consumer considering, seeking, or experiencing nursing home care should keep it close at hand!
Alison Hirschel, Elder Law Attorney

This book has very serious credentials - see The Commonweath Fund's site. I bought it when my mother was in a nursing home and our right to informed consent and then review of her medical records were being completely ignored by the "professional" staff. It tells you what your rights are so you can attempt to be a more effective advocate (winning against a nursing home is an unrealistic expectation).

I have suggested this book to friends who have parents in nursing homes - in other words, exactly the audience for which it is intended.

This book isn't just for "boomers" - it's for everyone who is helping a family member or friend who is or may become a nursing home resident. It's in plain language, and full of practical help. The Federal and state governments are doing a poor job enforcing the rules that are supposed to protect nursing home residents - it's up to family members and friends to be aware and assertive. Our non-profit agency (H.E.L.P. of Torrance, CA) assists older adults and families - we wholeheartedly recommend this book.

This book is a basic guide to the mystery of the nursing home, medicare, medicade system that is a maze of rules, regulations, and guidelines. It would be improved by a link to updated information since the rules change regularly.

A terrific book. Well written, concise and understandable. I am an attorney; however, I have recommended this book to some of my clients and their children, as I feel it will help them through what ultimately will be a very difficult time.

Thank you to the authors for preparing this one of a kind resource for us baby boomers. More and more of us are facing this issue of long term care. This is an excellent guide as you deal with monitoring the care for or helping to move a loved one into a nursing home but its also a good idea to look at it now to know what to anticipate should you be thrust into this situation. Advance planning cannot happen too soon and this will prove to be an invaluable resource to many.

This book has tons of great information for anyone considering nursing homes for themselves or a loved one. It became like a bible to me and I referred to it often. I would've been so lost without this book, it gave me the best ideas and info to help take care of my parents.

This book was a life-saver for me. The world of nursing home care, patient's rights and insurance is a mystery to most of us, until we find ourselves in the situation where we face those issues, often suddenly and unexpectedly. The Baby Boomer's Guide gives understandable, clear advice and information, and anticipates the problems the patient and family are most likely to encounter. This book has helped me to identify and solve so many problems. The authors are to be commended for providing such a useful resource for all of us.