EP54: Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults

<p><strong>Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults</strong></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Communities should create solutions that aren't just involving geriatricians of the world or the geriatric nurses and social workers. It's going to take everybody pulling together." </span></em></p> <p><strong>-Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN</strong></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">____________________________________________________________________</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be. The last of life for which the first was made</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">." In 1864, as Robert Browning wrote those words, growing old was not regarded the same as it is today. Before nursing homes and assisted living facilities, older adults aged at home alongside their families. Today, most people still age in their communities; but for the aging population that becomes frail, they may need the support from these long-term care institutions. However, the current nursing homes and care parameters for older adults often stigmatize aging and overlooked what people want when they get older.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To counter this, we need a shift in mindset, one that sees older adults as persons with diverse needs, dreams, and aspirations about their future rather than just patients in need of care.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of This Is Getting Old, join Dr. Stuart Butler and me in rethinking nursing homes and care for older adults.</span></p> <p><strong>Part One of 'Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults'.</strong></p> <p><strong>The Convergence Report on Rethinking Care for Older Adults </strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><strong>History and Background</strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span> <a href= "https://convergencepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Rethinking-C