Making the Transition to Home: Simple Modifications to Encourage Independent Living (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781452059419)

"An excellent tool for case managers, discharge planners and other professionals involved with providing senior services who are having to explain home modifications" Monica N, Case manager. Making the transition from a care facility to home can mean sudden changes are needed in the home to allow continued independence. Having an aging parent move into the home can also require modifications in the environment The book, Making the Transition to Home, is a compilation of the most common questions asked by seniors and their families. This practical guide helps in doing a needs assessment and includes the four questions to better planning. Color photographs and text show solutions to many common problems we all face as an aging population. Case managers could have this book on a lap top in the home with a familty. A discharge planner could show this bedside to someone about to be discharged. Families with an aging parent suddenly moving in would all find this useful.

Author: Paul Furtaw
ISBN-10: 1452059411
ISBN-13: 9781452059419
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.12d