In-home care for older people : health and supportive services

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In-home care for older people : health and supportive services

editors, Marcia G. Ory, Alfred P. Duncker

Sage, c1992

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"This volume builds on the NIA/AoA-sponsored workshop on in home and supportive service held in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1990"--P. ix

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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