Assisted living needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly / [electronic resource] : edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert, foreword by M. Powell Lawton. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. - xvii, 344 p.

Incudes bibliographical references and index.

I. Key topics in assisted living -- 1. State policy and regulations / 2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment / 3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models / 4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living / 5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina / II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states -- 6. Overview of the collaborative studies of long-term care / 7. Resident characteristics / 8. Physical environment / 9. Process of care / 10. Aging in place / 11. Care for persons with dementia / 12. Economics and financing / 13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective / Robert L. Mollica -- Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica -- Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scott -- R. Tamara Hodlewsky -- Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai -- Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert, Verita Custis Buie, Joan F. Walsh, Gary Grove Koch, and J. Richard Hebel -- Leslie A. Morgan, Ann I. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner -- Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl S. Zimmerman -- Sheryl S. Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire -- Shulamit l. Bernard, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert -- Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Marcia Ory -- Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan -- 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.


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Congregate housing--United States.
Older people--Housing--United States.
Older people--Care--United States.
Life care communities--Management.--United States


Electronic books.

HD7287.92.U54 / A85 2001