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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- Copyright © by SAGE Publications
- ISSN
- 0733-4648
- eISSN
- 1552-4523
- DOI
- 10.1177/073346489601500201
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Abstract
Guest Editorial: Home Nursing in Rural America Care With to the and of health care availability services, respect accessibility older rural Americans come out on the &dquo;short end&dquo; of most com- typically with their more urban and suburban For most parisons counterparts. example, rural elders have fewer in the areas in which live. physicians practicing they older adults who live in and Similarly, sparsely populated geographically remote rural areas tend to have less access to in-home to services, hospice, adult services and to home to care, however, day respite programs. Nursing is different. Previous research has shown that rural areas have a greater number of home beds than do urban and suburban areas. nursing per capita is an unfamiliar situation for most older rural Americans. This clearly But is such an abundance a or an affliction? to have a blessing Certainly resource that older adults need and use is a benefit to both the older many and his or her we are all aware of the reluctance Yet, person family. quite great with which most older and their view admission into a families, persons, home. some research has indicated that the of Moreover, nursing presence institutional care in a
Journal
Journal of Applied Gerontology – SAGE
Published: Jun 1, 1996