Handbook of long-term care administration and policy
Covers topics such as public perception, understanding system failure, and the tensions between the social model and the medical model. This book focuses on recipients and their care givers, and emphasizes services, exploring models that confront the barriers to achieving coordination of care
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| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL
CRC Press 2008
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| Series: | Public administration and public policy
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Table of Contents:
- History, concepts and overview / Cynthia Massie Mara
- Public perceptions of long-term care / Laura Katz Olson
- Looking for care in all the wrong places / Deborah Stone
- Medicalization of long-term care: weighing the risks / Colleen M. Grogan
- Older long-term care recipients / Megan E. McCutcheon and William J. McAuley
- Younger individuals with disabilities: compatibility of long-term care and independent living / Arthur W. Blaser
- Informal caregivers and caregiving: living at home with personal care / Sharon M. Keigher
- Trends and challenges in building a twenty-first century long-term care workforce / Edward Alan Miller and Vincent Mor
- The role and responsibilities of the medical director and attending physician in long-term care facilities / Daniel Swagerty
- Long-term care services, care coordination, and the continuum of care / Megan E. McCutcheon and William J. McAuley
- Legal issues related to long-term care: elder law, estate planning, and asset protection / Jan L. Brown
- Long-term care housing trends: past and present / Shannon M. Chance
- Long-term care governance and administration: a historical perspective / Stephen E. Proctor
- Improving the quality of long-term care with better information / Vincent Mor
- Long-term care housing types and design / Shannon M. Chance
- Long-term care politics and policy / William Weissert
- Geriatric mental health policy: impact on service delivery and directions for effecting change / Bradley E. Karlin and Michael Duffy
- Private financing for long-term care / Galen H. Smith and William P. Brandon
- Public financing of long-term care / Stephen A. Stemkowski and William P. Brandon
- Focal points of change / Cynthia Massie Mara.