In-Home Care for Older People

UMI
ISBN: 978-0-8039-4414-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Gewicht: 304 g

Bringing the reader up-to-date on research in home care, respite services and board and care homes for older adults, this volume focuses on the characteristics of different home care models and the implications of these models for effectiveness, coordination, efficiency and quality assurance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ory, Marcia G.

Ory, Marcia G.

Duncker, Alfred P.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Altenpflege
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Marie R Haug
Introduction - Marcia G Ory and Alfred P Duncker
The Home Care Challenge
An Overview of In-Home Health and Supportive Services for Older Persons - A E Benjamin
Home Care - Susan L Hughes
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Examining Respite - Rhonda J V Montgomery
Its Promises and Limits
Board and Care Homes - J Kevin Eckert and Stephanie M Lyon
From the Margins to the Mainstream in the 1990s
A Model of a Comprehensive Care System - James G Zimmer
Case Management, Assessment, and Quality Assurance
Home and Community-Based Mental Health Services for the Elderly - Mary S Harper