The assisted living residence
Subtitle: a vision for the future
By: edited by Stephen M. Golant and Joan Hyde.
Contributors: Golant, Stephen M.; Hyde, Joan.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780801888175
Subjects: Older people -- Housing; Older people -- Housing -- Economic aspects; Congregate housing; Older people -- Care; Long-term care facilities; Homes for the Aged -- economics -- United States; Homes for the Aged -- organization & administration -- United States; Long-Term Care -- economics -- United States; Long-Term Care -- trends -- United States
Description: "In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from the private and public sectors examine the intersecting societal forces that are profoundly changing how we offer care and housing for older people who need personal assistance. The contributors examine how assisted living is both a symptom and a catalyst of these changes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The future of assisted living residences : a response to uncertainty / Stephen M. Golant; title: The old road is rapidly aging : a social model for cognitively or physically impaired elders in assisted living's future / Joan Hyde, Rosa Perez, and Peter S. Reed; title: Tomorrow's assisted living and nursing homes : the converging worlds of residential long-term care / Margaret P. Calkins and William Keane; title: The measurement and importance of quality : a collaborative effort for tomorrow's assisted living / Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and Susan K. Fletcher; title: Small board-and-care homes : a fragile future / Paula C. Carder, Leslie A. Morgan, and J. Kevin Eckert; title: The future of assisted living : residents' perspectives, 2006-2026 / Margaret A. Wylde; title: Family care and assisted living : an uncertain future? / Douglas A. Wolf and Carol Jenkins; title: Technological tools of the future : contributing to appropriate care in assisted living / David M. Kutzik ... [et al.]; title: Enhancing assisted living : are collaborative stakeholder efforts necessary? / Douglas D. Pace and Karen Love; title: Financing of assisted living properties : past, present, and future / Anthony J. Mullen and Harvey N. Singer; title: The influence of public and private financing on assisted living and nursing home care : the past, the present, and possible futures / Pamela Doty; title: Expanding affordable housing with services for older adults : challenges and potential / Robyn I. Stone, Mary Harahan, and Alisha Sanders; title: State and federal policies and regulations : intended and unintended consequences / Robert Newcomer, Cristina Flores, and Mauro Hernandez; title: Tomorrow's assisted living : inseparable from the looming financial crisis in long-term care / Keren Brown Wilson; title: Assisted living : what it should be and why / Larry Polivka and Jennifer R. Salmon.