| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Congregate housing -- United States
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Older people -- Housing -- United States
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Older people -- Care -- United States
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Life care communities -- United States -- Management
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Long-term care of the sick.
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Older people.
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Older people -- Dwellings.
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Older people -- Housing.
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Long-Term Care
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Aged
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Housing for the Elderly
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Aged, 80 and over
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elderly.
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housing for the elderly.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Eldercare.
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Older people -- Dwellings
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Older people
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Long-term care of the sick
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Congregate housing
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Life care communities -- Management
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Older people -- Care
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Older people -- Housing
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Ouderen.
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Integrale zorg.
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Verzorgingshuizen.
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Voorzieningen.
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Verpleeghuizen.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957- editor.
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Sloane, Philip D., editor.
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Eckert, J. Kevin, editor.
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Lawton, M. Powell (Mortimer Powell), 1923-2001, writer of the foreword.
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| LC no. |
00012114 |
| ISBN |
0801877210 |
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9780801877216 |
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0801867053 |
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9780801867057 |
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