Background
Kane, Robert Lewis was born on January 18, 1940 in New York City.
(Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing...)
Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing home as its benchmark, but the monetary, social, and psychological costs of nursing home care are all too high. This book challenges the current dominance of nursing homes as the principal institution of long-term care. It offers a series of alternative models where both services and housing can be provided in a way that allows long-term consumers to enjoy dignified, "normal" lifestyles. It addresses the political and economic consequences of making this decision. The authors start with the premise that long-term care is designed to assist people who lack the capacity to function fully independently. They argue that no disabled person of any age should be required to forsake his/her humanity in exchange for care. The book rejects the artificial dichotomy between social and medical care, asserting that both play important roles in psychological and physical well-being of long-term care patients. The authors consider the need for competent and compassionate medicine and discuss the methods for improving both its coordination of care and its effectiveness. The book redefines the meaning of safety and protection in long-term care, and how this goal can be accomplished without sacrificing quality of living. As the new millennium and the aging of baby boomers approaches, more creative approaches to providing better long-term care are required. This volume outlines a useful framework for the provision of effective and humane community-based programs that are both feasible and affordable. It will be an invaluable guide for geriatricians, public health professionals, family physicians, nurses and others who care for elderly patients.
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( Chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, an...)
Chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, and Parkinson disease are the principal cause of all sickness and death in the United States and represent the vast majority of health care expenditures. Although we now live in a world dominated by chronic conditions, health care is still organized around a commitment to treating acute illnesses. Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness examines current deficiencies in chronic illness care and explores ways to improve it. Addressing the challenges of shifting from the primacy of acute illnesses to the predominance of chronic conditions, the authors identify the components necessary to reorganize and reform health care: properly prepared health care workers; involved patients and families; appropriate use of new technologies, especially information systems; an appropriate role for prevention; and the creation of funding approaches that will provide necessary incentives. This book calls on policy makers, health care providers, and educators to address one of the greatest challenges facing the health care system.
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Kane, Robert Lewis was born on January 18, 1940 in New York City.
AB, Columbia College, New York City, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1965.
Acting coordinator senior clerkship program department community medicine, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1968-1969;
service unit director, United States Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Shiprock, New Mexico, 1969-1970;
special assistant to regional health director, United States Public Health Service Department of Health, Education and Welfare Region VIII, Denver, 1970-1971;
from assistant to associate professor family and community medicine, U. Utah School Medicine, Salt Lake City, 1970-1977;
senior researcher, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1977-1985;
from associate professor to professor medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1978-1985;
professor School Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 1980-1985;
professor School Public Health, University of Minnesota, since 1985;
dean, University of Minnesota, 1985-1990;
intern, U. Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, 1965-1966;
resident in community medicine, U. Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, 1966-1969. Adjunct Professor Leonard Davis School Gerontology, University of Southern California, 1982-1985. Member expert commission on aging World Health Organization, since 1986.
Minnesota endowed chair in long-term care and aging, since 1989. Member of advisory commission on Alzheimer's Disease, Washington, 1988-1996. Member commission on quality Institute Medicine, 1988-1990.
( Chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, an...)
(Both practical and applied, Understanding Health Care Out...)
(Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing...)
(Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Text providing an introd...)
With United States Public Health Service, 1969-1970.
Married Rosalie Smolkin, June 17, 1962. Children: Miranda, Ingrid, Kate.