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In recent years the number of elderly residents in nursing homes has grown enormously. As a result, nursing homes have become hard pressed to keep pace with the needs of their clients. New concepts and models of care giving for the elderly are desperately needed. This work proposes a new plan for enhancing the lives of the elderly. It is based on the authors' strong belief that old age can be a time of growth, vitality and contentment: not a period of decline and wasting. The emphasis on nursing home care must be on meeting the emotional needs of the residents and on providing an environment for learning, living and growth. The nursing home should serve as a centre for the living, not the dying. The methods and practices used by the authors to achieve these objectives are the foundations of this book. This work is meant primarily for the professional staff of nursing homes but should be of no less value to those who work with the elderly in other settings. Nurses, social workers, activity directors, administrators and aides in geriatric care centres will find the material adaptable to their programmes. Also those who provide home health care a - vitally important, growing field - can utilize the principles and practices described here in working with their clients.

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