Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly
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Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly

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ISBN-13: 9780801867057 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Publication date: 11/30/2001 Pages: 368 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.24(d) Age Range: 18 Years With the number of elderly persons needing long-term care expected to double to 14 million over the next two decades, assisted living has become the popular choice for housing or care. Assisted living represents a promising model of long-term care that blurs the sharp distinction between nursing homes and community-based care and reduces the gap between receiving long-term care in one's own home and in an "institution." Assisted Living: Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly examines the evolving field of residential care and focuses on national issues of regulation, reimbursement, and staffing. The book is based on a four-state study of assisted living facilities and describes the facilities, the persons residing in them and their needs, and how the services vary by facility. Because o

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