Title: Institutionalization and alternative futures /
Authors: Hendricks, Jon, 1943-
Publisher: Baywood Pub. Co.,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Older people Services for United States.; Older people United States Social conditions.; Old age homes United States.; Aged psychology; Homes for the Aged; Nursing Homes
Contents: The 4% fallacy : a methodological and empirical critique of extended care facility population statistics / Robert Kastenbaum and Sandra E. Candy -- Living conditions and everyday needs of the elderly with particular reference to social isolation / Ruth Bennett -- A successor model for community support of low-income minority group aged / Sylvia K. Barg and Carl Hirsch -- Pre-institutionalization factors as predictors of adjustment to a long-term care facility / Sylvia Sherwood ... [et al.] -- From "waiting on the list" to becoming a "newcomer" and an "oldtimer" in a home for the aged / Camilda Weinstock and Ruth Bennett -- An exploratory study of patterns of social interaction, organization, and facility design in three nursing homes / Lorraine Hiatt Synder.