[Tagging] Nursing homes

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu, 2018-03-22 at 19:19 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > The other thing is that the tag that renders in map edit & also on
> > OSMAND+
> > shows someone in a wheelchair? Yes, there will be a number of
> > people in any
> > nursing home confined to a wheelchair, but there are also a *lot*
> > who
> > aren't! Are we possibly inviting complaints suggesting that nursing
> > home =
> > disabled?
> 
> (First, that's a discussion for osmand or carto; the tag is fine even
> if
> renderers do something unwanted.)
> 
> 
> In the US, nursing home is basically for people who need skilled
> nursing, which means one or more of
>   unable to self-transfer
> 
>   need an nurse to administer medications (anything beyond someone
>   putting pills in front of you)
> 
>   cognitively impaired
> 
> so while there are people with walkers, the notion that nursing home
> and
> disability are very related is really how it is.
> 
> It could be that the US word "nursing home" and what you mean (UK?)
> are
> different.
Nursing home means exactly the same in the UK.


> 
> We also have "assisted living", where a cane or walker is more
> typical,
> not needing a nurse, and lower levels of cognitive impairment.  There
> a
> person/cane icon is probably more appropriate.
> 
Assisted living in the UK is where there are houses or apartments and
somebody on hand to check on and help where needed but the person
essentially looks after themselves.

In between the two is a care home.

Phil (trigpoint)