Assisted Living : Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly /
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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.