Inside Assisted Living The Search for Home

Name: Inside Assisted Living The Search for Home
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ISBN: 9780801892608

ISBN-10: 0801892600

ISBN-13: 9780801892608

Edition: 2009

Authors: J. Kevin Eckert, Paula C. Carder, Leslie A. Morgan, Ann Christine Frankowski, Erin G. Roth

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Assisted living is the fastest-growing alternative to skilled nursing care for frail older persons in the United States. The expectations, settings, and missions of these residences are varied, making it difficult for prospective residents and their families to anticipate what it would be like to live in them. This book is a unique portal into the real world of assisted living and the key issues facing consumers, providers, and policy makers.Drawing on in-depth interviews with residents, their family members, staffers, and administrators, Inside Assisted Living opens the window on day-to-day life in six different types of assisted living residence. From "Miss Helen at Valley Glen Home" to…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Contributors


Foreword, by Bill Thomas, M.D.


Preface



Introduction



Miss Helen at Valley Glen Home



Opal at Franciscan House



Karen at Huntington Inn



Mrs. Koehler at Middlebury Manor



Dr. Catherine at the Chesapeake



Mr. Sidney at Laurel Ridge



Everyday Life in Assisted Living



Aging in Places



The Reality and the Promise of Assisted Living


Appendix: Technical Description of the Research Project


Notes


References


Index