abusive behavior
activities directors
activities of daily living (ADLs)
adult child caregivers
fear of parents and
and feeling trapped
and loss of parental advice and approval
preparation for
advance directives
crucial documents in
defined
DPAs and
estate planning and
living wills and
trusts and
aging-in-place theory
Alzheimer’s
in author’s family
definition of
demographics of
denial of
diagnostic tests for
as disease of behaviors
duration of
early diagnosis of
as epidemic
nursing homes and
patients’ right to know diagnosis of
special-care units and
symptoms of
warning signs of
anger:
caregivers and
fear of parental
appetite, changes in
assisted living facilities
appearance of
changes in elders’ needs while in
cost of
evaluation criteria for
medication management and
out-of-pocket payment for
services of
tenure in
variations in
attending physicians
bathing hazards
burnout:
caregivers and
prevention of
signs of
Butler, Robert
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, see CPR
caregivers:
as advocates for parents
anger in
burnout and
chosen by default
death of
denial in
depression and sadness in
elder needs as first consideration among
and facing own mortality
family assistance needed by
grief of
guilt of
as “hidden” patients
and isolation
long-distance
longevity of
medications and
personality types of
and postponing lives
powers of attorney and
professional
promises made to elders by
resentment in
risk of illness in
self-neglect of
siblings as
spouses as
stress and
support systems for
see also adult child caregivers; primary caregivers; secondary caregivers
caregiving
adverse effects of
career vs.
child rearing vs.
emotional consequences of
end of
family members as team in
heroic measures and
preparatory steps in
sibling disagreements about
unequal division of
catheters
Cecilia (author’s sister)
charge nurses
children, in nursing homes
CNAs (certified nurse’s assistants)
coinsurance, Medicare
communication:
diminishing abilities in
importance of
complaints, of elders
continuing-care retirement communities
copayments, Medicare
CPR
see also DNR
death:
of caregiver spouses
at home
myths about
opening conversations about
planning for
prolonged; see also heroic measures
talking about
dementia:
conditions mimicking
denial and
depression as pseudo-
duration of
forms of
in nursing homes
patients’ right to know diagnosis of
special-care units and
symptoms of
three stages of
denial
and Alzheimer’s
caregivers and
as defense mechanism
in out-of-town siblings
predominance of
in primary caregivers
in secondary caregivers
in spouses
dental care
Department of Healthcare Service surveys
depression:
caregivers and
causes and symptoms of
and loss of interest
as pseudo-dementia
diaper use
directors of nurses
discharge planners
DNRs (“do not resuscitate” forms)
“doughnut hole”
DPAs, see powers of attorney, durable
driving
drugs, see medications; restraints, chemical
Eldercare Locator
elder-law attorneys
elders:
abusive behavior in
advance directives and
bathing hazards for
behavior problems in
car outings and
catheter use in
children’s fear of
children’s visits to
complaints from
controlling behavior in
CPR use in
crucial documents of
diaper use in
disclosing diagnoses to
disclosure to nursing homes of condition of
drug use in, see medications; restraints, chemical
eating patterns in
estate planning and
fears of
financial affairs of
independence lost by
legal affairs of
living wills and
longevity in
music and
personal care in
personality changes in
pets and
photos and
restraints used on
role transfer and
sociability of
spokespersons for
as superfluous
tenures in long-term care
trusts and
wandering and
wills and
emergency plans for long-term care
end-of-life planning
end-stage disease
demands of
estate planning
attorneys for
education on
family:
caregiving as healing for
meetings, tips for
as part of caregiving team
fears:
in elders
of elders in children
finances:
awkwardness about
of elders
fears about
mishandling of
food, carelessness with
geriatric-care managers
geriatric psychiatry
Gerontological Nursing Care (Tyson)
grief, of caregivers
guilt, of caregivers
healthcare agents, see powers of attorney, for health
healthcare programs
Henry, Christopher
Henry, Stella Mora
as CNA
Henry, Terry
heroic measures:
caregiving and
consequences of
sibling disagreements over
“hidden” patient, caregiver as
HMOs
in Medicare Advantage
home-care services
out-of-pocket payment for
hospice
Medicare coverage for
requirements for
hospital discharge planners, see discharge planners
housekeeping, declines in
How to Care for Aging Parents (Morris)
independence:
driving and
fear of loss of
inspection reports:
nursing homes and
reliability of
Internet research
invisible crisis, health decline as
irrevocable trusts, see trusts
isolation, caregivers and
“I” statements, use of
living wills
longevity in elders
long-term care
admission to
assisted living as
baby boomers and
continuing-care retirement communities as
emergency plans for
facility selection
future of
hospice as
Internet as tool for finding
levels of
medical crises as catalyst for
options in
planning for
rehabilitative-care centers as
as safe solution
special-care units as
visiting in
word-of-mouth recommendations
see also assisted living facilities; nursing homes
long-term-care insurance
ADLs defined by
advantages of
agents’ role in
benefit periods and
candidates for
daily benefits and
inflation protection and
policy provider selection for
preexisting conditions and
premium waivers and
rated policies and
rate increases and
step-down provisions and
terminology used in
third-party notices and
underwriting and
waiting periods and
“look back” periods
meals and appetite, changes in
Medicaid
benefits
eligibility for
financial assets and
long-term-care insurance and
“look back” periods and
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act and
nursing homes and
prescription drugs and
“Medicaid planning”
medical costs coverage
Medicare
applying for
assignment (set fees) and
eligibility for
long-term insurance and
Part A (hospital insurance)
Part B (medical insurance)
Part C (Medicare Advantage)
Part D (drug benefits)
Personal Plan Finder
reasonable charges and
specialty plans of
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
Medicare Personal Plan Finder
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
medications:
adverse reactions to
assisted living and
caregivers and
confusion about
monitoring of
nursing homes and
OTC (over-the-counter)
see also restraints, chemical
Medigap
memory loss
causes of
see also Alzheimer’s
Mimi-Mental Status Exam
mobility, decreases in
Mora, Anthony
Mora, Estella
Mora, Pat
Mora, Raul
Morris, Virginia
mortality, faced by caregiver
music in nursing homes
“no code,” see DNR
nurse’s aides, see CNAs
Nursing Home Compare
nursing homes
activities director
adjusting to
administrators of
admission times
Alzheimer’s patients and
appearances of
attending physicians and
behavior problems in
car outings and
catheter use in
charge nurses in
children’s visits to
choosing of
clothing in
complaints by elders in
controlling behaviors by elders in
cosmetics in
death planning in
definition of
dementia in
dental care and
diaper use in
directors of nurses in
disclosure of elders’ condition to
doubts about admission to
eating patterns in
fears of abandonment in
first day in
individualized plans for residents
information to provide to
inspection reports on
leaving cash with elders in
Medicaid consequences in
medication supply in
music in
OTC medications and
perceptions of
personalities of
pharmacy services in
photo albums in
as place to die
pleas to leave
podiatrists and
private pay/Medicaid
restraints used in
roommates in
sociability in
staff grief in
staff importance in
staff-to-resident ratios in
tenure in
tipping policies of
urgency in selection of
visiting hours in
visits to, see visits, nursing home
voluntary admission to
walk-through tours of
over-the-counter (OTC) medications
paramedics
parent-child role transfer
parent, loss of second
Patient Self-Determination Act (1991)
pets
PFFSs (private fee for service plans)
photos, as comforting reminder
planning:
crucial documents and
for death
end-of-life
family meetings for
of individualized care in nursing homes
for long-term care
Medicaid
with siblings for role transfer
urgency of
podiatrists, nursing homes and
POSs (point of service plans)
powers of attorney
crucial documents and
durable
for finances
for health
PPOs (preferred provider organizations) in Medicare Advantage
protections afforded by
primary caregivers:
assistance needed by
choosing of
denial in
and family communication
promises to elders
against nursing homes
effects of
evaluation criteria for
examples of fair
Raul Mora and
proxies, see powers of attorney, for health
red flags, see warning signs
rehabilitative-care centers
resentment:
among siblings
caregivers and
effects of
restraints
revocable living trusts, see trusts
role transfer, parent-child
loss of independence and
planning with siblings for
sadness, caregivers and
secondary caregivers:
denial in
role of
as caregivers
caregiving disagreements among
and choice of primary caregiver
denial in out-of-town
disharmony and resentment of
as part of caregiving team
roles of
skilled nursing facilities
Medicare coverage for
Social Security
social workers
as discharge planners
see also discharge planners
special-care units
“spending down”
Spousal Impoverishment Protection Law, see Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
spouses:
as caregivers
denial in
supplemental insurance
support systems, caregivers and
surrogates, see powers of attorney, for health
tipping, nursing home policies on
tours, walk-through
trusts
irrevocable
revocable living
wills vs. revocable living
Tyson, Shirley Rose
violence, see abusive behavior
visits, nursing home
benefits of
and food gifts
frequency of
hours for
outings and
timing of
Vista del Sol Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Facility
walk-through tours
wandering
warning signs
carelessness with food as
changes in long-term-care needs as
declines in housekeeping as
depression and loss of interest as
diminishing communication abilities as
driving dangerously as
invisible crisis and
meals and appetite changes as
medication confusion as
memory losses as
mishandled finances as
mobility decreases as
personal care declines as
wills
see also trusts