Assisted living
Subtitle: needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly
By: edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert ; foreword by M. Powell Lawton.
Contributors: Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957-; Sloane, Philip D.; Eckert, J. Kevin.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Housing for the Elderly; Long-Term Care -- Aged; Congregate housing -- United States; Aged -- Housing -- United States; Aged -- Care -- United States; Life care communities -- United States -- Management
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Key topics in assisted living; title: 1. State policy and regulations / Robert L. Mollica; title: 2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment / Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica; title: 3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models / Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scott; title: 4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living / R. Tamara Hodlewsky; title: 5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina / Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai; title: II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states; title: 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; title: 7. Resident characteristics /  Leslie A. Morgan, Ann I. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner; title: 8. Physical environment / Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl S. Zimmerman; title: 9. Process of care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire; title: 10. Aging in place / Shulamit l. Bernard, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert; title: 11. Care for persons with dementia / Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Marcia Ory; title: 12. Economics and financing / Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan; title: 13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective / J. Kevin Eckert, Sheryl S.  Zimmerman, and Leslie A. Morgan; title: III. Future directions in assisted living; title: 14. Emerging issues in residential care/assisted living / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert; title: Index.