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

by Sheryl Zimmerman

Book Overview

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:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801867053
• ISBN13: 9780801867057
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"