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Full-Text Articles in Geriatric Nursing
Those Who Can Pay: The Impact Of Socioeconomic Status In Long Term Care, Desiree Schippers
Those Who Can Pay: The Impact Of Socioeconomic Status In Long Term Care, Desiree Schippers
Crossing Borders: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship
In this personal essay I explore the disparities between two different state funded long term care facilities. After completing four months of field work living in a nursing home, I synthesize my experiences both as a long term care resident and employee into a work of creative nonfiction. I include information from interviews with experts on long term care funding, finance officers at the facilities, and refer to state long term care laws.