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Title Assisted living [electronic resource] : needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly / edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert, foreword by M. Powell Lawton.

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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xvii, 344 p.
Bibliography	Incudes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	I. Key topics in assisted living -- 1. State policy and regulations / Robert L. Mollica -- 2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment / Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica -- 3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models / Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scott -- 4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living / R. Tamara Hodlewsky -- 5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina / Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai -- II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states -- 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 -- 7. Resident characteristics / Leslie A. Morgan, Ann I. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner -- 8. Physical environment / Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl S. Zimmerman -- 9. Process of care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire -- 10. Aging in place / Shulamit l. Bernard, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert -- 11. Care for persons with dementia / Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Marcia Ory -- 12. Economics and financing / Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan -- 13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective / 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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Congregate housing -- United States.
	Older people -- Housing -- United States.
	Older people -- Care -- United States.
	Life care communities -- United States -- Management.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957-
	Sloane, Philip D.
	Eckert, J. Kevin.
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0801867053 (alk. paper)
	0801877210