Evaluating residential facilities
Subtitle: the multiphasic environmental assessment procedure
By: Rudolf H. Moos, Sonne Lemke.
Contributors: Lemke, Sonne.
Publisher: Sage Publications; Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Older people -- Institutional care -- Evaluation.; Old age homes -- Evaluation.; Nursing homes -- Evaluation.; Congregate housing -- Evaluation.; Soldiers' homes -- Evaluation.
Description: Evaluating Residential Facilities reports on a conceptually integrated method for measuring the quality of residential facilities for older adults - the Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure.

This comprehensive volume fully describes assessment procedures such as identifying resident and staff characteristics, critiquing the physical and architectural features of a facility, determining residents' and staff members' appraisals of the social climate, and evaluating the judgments of external observers. Throughout, the authors provide practical suggestions for administering and scoring all of the instruments and for giving feedback to program managers and staff.

Case studies lead the user through patient assessment for a nursing home, a residential care facility, or a congregate apartment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-334) and index.