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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957-

Sloane, Philip D.

Eckert, J. Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congregate housing--United States.

Congregate housing.

Older people--Housing--United States.

Older people.

Older people--Care--United States.

Life care communities--United States--Management.

Life care communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Incudes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7721-0

OCLC:

923190479