Inside Assisted Living

The Search for Home
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9260-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

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 “Mr. Sidney at Laurel Ridge,” the detailed profiles of individuals show the commonalities among the residences while highlighting the positive and negative aspects of each. The voices of those living, visiting, and working in the homes clarify the important local (social relations, staff dynamics, leadership) and national (funding, regulation, aging-in-place) challenges presented by assisted living.

Introductory and concluding chapters synthesize new findings that cross the six settings and reflect issues vital to all participants. The book also features an appendix detailing the research process involved in creating the profiles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckert, J Kevin

Carder, Paula C

Morgan, Leslie A

Frankowski, Ann Christine

Roth, Erin G

Weitere Mitwirkende

Zimmerman, Sheryl

Keimig, Lynn

Rubinstein, Robert L.

Schumacher, John G.

Dobbs, Debra

Piggee Jr., Tommy B.

Clark, Leanne J.

Thomas, Bill

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Pflegedienste
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Foreword, by Bill Thomas, M.D.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Miss Helen at Valley Glen Home
3. Opal at Franciscan House
4. Karen at Huntington Inn
5. Mrs. Koehler at Middlebury Manor
6. Dr. Catherine at the Chesapeake
7. Mr. Sidney at Laurel Ridge
8. Everyday Life in Assisted Living
9. Aging in Places
10. Aging in Places
Appendix: Technical Description of the Research Project
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roth, Erin G
Erin G. Roth is a senior research analyst and ethnographer with the Center for Aging Studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Morgan, Leslie A
Leslie A. Morgan is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a senior research associate with the Center for Aging Studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Frankowski, Ann Christine
Ann Christine Frankowski is a senior research associate with the center and an adjunct assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Zimmerman, Sheryl
Sheryl Zimmerman, Ph.D., is an associate professor, School of Social Work, and co-director and senior research fellow of the Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; she has conducted numerous research projects directly studying nearly ten thousand residents of long-term care settings and has published widely.

Eckert, J Kevin
J. Kevin Eckert is director of the Center for Aging Studies at the Erickson School, and dean of and professor at the school and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His is the co-author of Small Board-and-Care Homes: Residential Care in Transition.

Carder, Paula C
Paula C. Carder, formerly associate director of the Center for Aging Studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is an assistant professor at the Institute on Aging, Portland State University.

This book is a collaborative effort undertaken by researchers and professors affiliated with the Center for Aging Studies at the Erickson School and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). J. Kevin Eckert is director of the center and dean of and professor at the school and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Paula C. Carder, formerly associate director of the center, is an assistant professor at the Institute on Aging, Portland State University. Leslie A. Morgan is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology, UMBC, and a senior research associate with the center. Ann Christine Frankowski is a senior research associate with the center and an adjunct assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology, UMBC. Erin G. Roth is a senior research analyst and ethnographer with the center.