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Residential Care for the Elderly: Critical Issues in Public Policy » Read Now
by Sharon A. Baggett. 168 pgs.

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Although residential care and assisted living for older adults has expanded rapidly in recent decades, it has done so in a policy environment beset by confusion or conflicting purposes. Baggett traces many of the current problems to insufficient knowledge of the population these policies are...
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Although residential care and assisted living for older adults has expanded rapidly in recent decades, it has done so in a policy environment beset by confusion or conflicting purposes. Baggett traces many of the current problems to insufficient knowledge of the population these policies are designed to serve. In her examination of the frequently neglected interface between policy and people, she provides a comprehensive review of current federal and state policies, a detailed case study of a state residential care program, and an analysis of the needs and characteristics of residential care users. The book links the larger policy issues with an in-depth analysis of residents served and actual services provided.
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Care Homes for Older People » Read Now
by Judith Torrington. 127 pgs.

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Geriatric Residential Care » Read Now
by John Bowling, Robert D. Hill, Anthony Morrison, Brian L. Thorn. 301 pgs.

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This book's main goal is to examine the concept of residential care from a psychological perspective. The chapter authors espouse a psychological approach to long-term residential care and an effort is made throughout the text to present a model of care that encompasses the whole individual. Since...
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This book's main goal is to examine the concept of residential care from a psychological perspective. The chapter authors espouse a psychological approach to long-term residential care and an effort is made throughout the text to present a model of care that encompasses the whole individual. Since psychologists are being increasingly asked to provide consultation to long-term residential care facilities, the need for psychologically-based care models has become apparent. This text offers assistance in developing and maintaining residential care environments that maximize quality of life and personal well-being in the presence of declining physical and emotional resources that are associated with the vicissitudes of living into advanced aging. Geriatric Residential Care is divided into four parts. Part I addresses psychological and social issues facing the frail elderly who are candidates for, or are living in residential care settings. Part II addresses issues in the assessment of individuals in residential care. Part III highlights the design and execution of intervention strategies in residential care. Part IV addresses how organizational aspects of residential care contexts can optimize the quality and meaningfulness of care.
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Captive Populations: Caring for the Young, the Sick, the Imprisoned, and the Elderly (Chap. 5 "The Elderly, Long-Term Care, and Home-Based Services") » Read Now
by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Marcia Lynn Whicker. 196 pgs.

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President Bush's "1000 points of light," with its deemphasis on federal services flames this decade's debate over the effectiveness of public versus private services. Does the private sector provide better services more efficiently than the public sector? Captive Populations examines this debate by...
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President Bush's "1000 points of light," with its deemphasis on federal services flames this decade's debate over the effectiveness of public versus private services. Does the private sector provide better services more efficiently than the public sector? Captive Populations examines this debate by comparing for-profit, nonprofit, and government service delivery for four dependent population groups. Focus is placed on services provided to these groups: education and child care, health-care systems, criminal justice services, and long-term care for the elderly.
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Strategies for Therapy with the Elderly: Living with Hope and Meaning (Part II "Nursing Homes") » Read Now
by Claire M. Brody, Vicki G. Semel. 278 pgs.

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Nursing Home Ethics: Everyday Issues Affecting Residents with Dementia » Read Now
by Bethel Ann Powers. 218 pgs.

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Cross-Subsidization in Nursing Homes: Explaining Rate Differentials among Payer Types, in Southern Economic Journal » Read Now
by Jennifer L. Troyer. 24 pgs.

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...Cross-subsidization in nursing homes: Explaining rate differentials...patients, but it is not clear that nursing homes are actually losing money on Medicaid...form of...
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Enhancing Relationships in Nursing Homes through Empowerment, in Social Work » Read Now
by Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Tracy Schroepfer, Julia Pryce, Carol Waarala. 5 pgs.

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...Enhancing relationships in nursing homes through empowerment. by...Within the "top-down" hierarchy of nursing homes, the contributions of family members...residents have...
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Characterizing Organizational Spirituality: An Organizational Communication Culture Approach, in Communication Studies » Read Now
by James S. Sass. 23 pgs.

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...makes Mercy different from other nursing homes. As the Director of Nursing laments...Black family, we didnt believe in nursing homes, and my dad was only like 49...
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The Worst of Both Worlds: Nursing Home Regulation in the United States, in Policy Studies Review » Read Now
by William Hovey. 18 pgs.

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...Improving quality of care in nursing homes often means adding more staff...command-and-control regulation of nursing homes will exacerbate the current unhappy...fruitless...
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Institutional Abuse: Perspectives across the Life Course (Chap. 8 "The Abuse of Older People in Institutional Settings: An Overview") » Read Now
by Jill Manthorpe, Bridget Penhale, Nicky Stanley. 242 pgs.

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Public inquiries and court cases concerning institutional abuse in a range of settings have generated considerable media interest in the field of institutional abuse, highlighting the need for preventive strategies and appropriate responses to this form of abuse. Letting In the Light brings together...
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Public inquiries and court cases concerning institutional abuse in a range of settings have generated considerable media interest in the field of institutional abuse, highlighting the need for preventive strategies and appropriate responses to this form of abuse. Letting In the Light brings together a number of different research studies and accounts of institutional abuse from leading academics and researchers. Contributors examine four significant areas: the institutional abuse of children, of adults with mental health problems, of adults with learning difficulties, and of older people. Each section includes a chapter on users' experiences of abuse and their views on how to prevent institutional abuse and address the needs of survivors.
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One Last Pleasure? Alcohol Use among Elderly People in Nursing Homes, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Waldo C. Klein, Carol Jess. 11 pgs.

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...alcohol use among elderly people in nursing homes. by Waldo C. Klein...alcohol problems among residents of nursing homes is limited (Joseph et al.); however...limitations...