If you've ever had reason to visit someone in a nursing home, you know two things right away: 1. I wouldn't want to live here and, 2. It's not right to treat people this way. Beth Baker's new book describes what can be created for elders and the people who care for them. In easy to read prose, with a journalist's eye for detail, and including some well-researched statistics, Beth describes the worst and the best in nursing homes today. Best of all, she made me, the reader, want to tell the world what's being done in the best of homes and made me want to do all I can to help make this transformation.Get this book and see that better care doesn't have to cost more, staff turnover can be reduced dramatically, and residents can have much more control over their daily lives even though they are elderly. When I go to a nursing home I see myself petting my cat,listening to jazz, and lobbying for social justice - all things I enjoy now.Click Here to see more reviews about: Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes (Paperback)
