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Titolo: | Assisted living : needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly / / edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert, foreword by M. Powell Lawton |
Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.61 |
Soggetto topico: | Congregate housing - United States |
Older people - Housing - United States | |
Older people - Care - United States | |
Life care communities - United States - Management | |
Altri autori: | ZimmermanSheryl <1957-> SloanePhilip D EckertJ. Kevin |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Incudes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "The largest, most comprehensive study of residential care/assisted living ever undertaken." -- Housing Studies "Policy makers, educators, advocates, and service providers along the continuum of care for older adults will find this work impressive." -- Inside GCM. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Assisted living |
ISBN: | 0-8018-7721-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822061903321 |
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