Assisted living : needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly

Assisted living : needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly / edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert ; foreword by M. Powell Lawton.

This text examines the evolving field of residential care and focuses on national issues of regulation, reimbursement and staffing. The book describes assisted-living facilities, those living in them, their needs and how services vary.

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Other Authors: Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957- (Editor), Sloane, Philip D. (Editor), Eckert, J. Kevin (Editor), Lawton, M. Powell (Mortimer Powell), 1923-2001 (writer of the foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Congregate housing > United States.
Older people > Housing > United States.
Older people > Care > United States.
Life care communities > United States > Management.
Long-term care of the sick.
Older people.
Older people > Dwellings.
Older people > Housing.
elderly.
housing for the elderly.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Eldercare.
Older people > Dwellings
Older people
Long-term care of the sick
Congregate housing
Life care communities > Management
Older people > Care
Older people > Housing
Ouderen.
Integrale zorg.
Verzorgingshuizen.
Voorzieningen.
Verpleeghuizen.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Key topics in assisted living
  • 1. State policy and regulations / Robert L. Mollica
  • 2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment / Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica
  • 3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models / Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scott
  • 4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living / R. Tamara Hodlewsky
  • 5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina / Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai
  • II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states
  • 6. Overview of the collaborative studies of long-term care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert, Verita Custis Buie, Joan F. Walsh, Gary Grove Koch, and J. Richard Hebel
  • 7. Resident characteristics / Leslie A. Morgan, Ann I. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner
  • 8. Physical environment / Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl S. Zimmerman
  • 9. Process of care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire
  • 10. Aging in place / Shulamit l. Bernard, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert
  • 11. Care for persons with dementia / Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Marcia Ory
  • 12. Economics and financing / Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan
  • 13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective / J. Kevin Eckert, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Leslie A. Morgan
  • III. Future directions in assisted living
  • 14. Emerging issues in residential care/assisted living / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert
  • Index.

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