ISBN: 9781603583794 Year Added to Catalog: 2011 Book Format: Paperback Dimensions: 6 x 9 Number of Pages: 216 Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Release Date: June 28, 2011 Web Product ID: 635
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Alone and Invisible No More
How Grassroots Community Action and 21st Century Technologies Can Empower Elders to Stay in Their Homes and Lead Healthier, Happier Lives
"Alone and Invisible No More is a deeply human, delightfully funny, and fascinating account of how people have come together in community to create the 'Maine Approach.'"
—Nikitas Zervanos, MD, Director Emeritus, Family Practice Residency, Lancaster General Health
In Alone and Invisible No More, physician Allan S. Teel, MD, describes how to overhaul our eldercare system. Based on his own efforts to create humane, affordable alternatives in Maine, Teel’s program harnesses both staff and volunteers to help people remain in their homes and communities. It offers assistance with everyday challenges, uses technology to keep older people connected to each other and their families, and stay safe. This approach works.
If rolled out to the millions of Americans approaching retirement age, Teel’s “Maine Approach” could avert the financial and personal disaster approaching nationwide.
Allan S. Teel, MD is a family physician in Damariscotta, Maine. During his twenty-five-year medical career, he has worked with thousands of older patients in the hospital, at nursing homes, in assisted living homes, and in their own homes. Each one has left a lasting impression. Dr. Teel's passion and commitment have driven him to speak out forcefully on the crisis facing our communities and our country. He puts human faces on our elders who are too often alone and invisible. ...
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