My Mother's Hip: Lessons from the World of Eldercare

Foreword Walter M. Bortz II, M.D. Acknowledgments Introduction: My Mother's Hip 1. Coral Bay Memorial Hospital "I broke my hips." Lesson 1. Hip Fracture, the Silent Killer: The New Hip-Fracture Epidemic 2. Sacred Heart Hospital "She's not in her room. She's in therapy right now." Lesson 2. Advance Directives or Misdirectives? Interpreting a Parent's Last Wishes 3. Home "I didn't think I would live to come home." Lesson 3. Who Cares? Daughters Care for Their Elderly Parents 4. The Palms at Palm-Aire "Everyone here is berserk." Lesson 4. Nursing Homes Are Dangerous to Your Health: The Medical Model for Housing the Elderly 5. Coral Bay II "You're ready to leave. Your condition is stable." Lesson 5. Enough Is Enough: Prolonging Living or Prolonging Dying? 6. From LovingCare to Victoria Park 'Yes, we have a Medicare bed." Lesson 6. I'd Rather Age in Place: Residential Design for Elder Living 7. Boca Raton Medical Center "Your mother's condition is critical." Lesson 7. Who Decides? Resuscitation and an Equitable Decision 8. Heartbroken "I have only my memories." Epilogue: En Route References