The Last Nursing Home Analysis

What matters to us in the end is such an important and meaningful conversation that is usually not being had. When doctors diagnose someone with a life-threatening illness, this should be included when discussing treatment options. When someone is faced with the possibility of their own death, instilling a false hope into them can allow them to not make the most of what time they have left. This seems to be the case most of the time, in general people are hanging on to any thread of hope, willing to try any kind of treatment to try to buy them any extra time. Even when studies show us that some experimental treatments have been shown to not only not add time to lives, but some may actually shorten it. Even if the treatments are able to add

When did the bottom line become more important than providing the best care possible? How are we as human beings able to rationalize the decline in personalized health care? No two patients are alike, what works for one will not necessarily work for another. But one thing that does work for everyone to extend their lifespan is increasing the quality of life. The author talks about a nursing home that brought in children, birds, dogs, and cats in hopes of improving the quality of life for the residents. That something that seems so inconsequential could make such a dramatic difference in the lives of this group is nothing short of amazing. Human beings require human interactions to survive. We need to feel needed, even if it is by a pet as opposed to another person. This is the key to increasing the quality of life and prolonging the lifespan. We have to get back to our roots, care must become personal

What level of effort is worth what level of benefit? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Will the reader benefit in some way by reading this book? This resource tool would be appropriate for anyone that works in any way with the dying and/or their families. It would also be appropriate for the dying and their families. Those who work with the dying can use this book to analyze their current practices and ensure that the needs of these patients and their families is truly being met in a holistic way. We must not only attend to the bodies of our dying patients, but also to their spirits. Giving false hope in these situations seems almost inhumane, but at the other end of this spectrum those without hope are almost guaranteed to not recover from their illnesses. In the article The end is (not) near: aging, essentialism, and future time perspective published in the Developmental Psychology Journal (Freund, Grah, Job, Mathia, & Weiss, 2016, p. 996) the authors state that “aging is an inevitable part of life, and not necessarily one that is associated with positive changes”. Even though the life expectancy has increased dramatically, the tools used to measure aging based on chronological age have not been adjusted to reflect this change (Sanderson & Scherbov, 2008,