Assisted living : 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.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Zimmerman, Sheryl, 1957-; Sloane, Philip D.; Eckert, J. Kevin.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvii, 344 p.
• Other title: I. Key topics in assisted living --; 1. State policy and regulations /; 2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment /; 3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models /; 4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living /; 5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina /; II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states --; 6. Overview of the collaborative studies of long-term care /; 7. Resident characteristics /; 8. Physical environment /; 9. Process of care /; 10. Aging in place /; 11. Care for persons with dementia /; 12. Economics and financing /; 13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective /
• Bibliography: Incudes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0801867053 (alk. paper); 0801877210
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert, foreword by M. Powell Lawton.