The chronically limited elderly : the case for a national policy for in-home and supportive community-based services

Author(s)

• Palley, Howard A.
• Oktay, Julianne S.

Bibliographic Information

The chronically limited elderly : the case for a national policy for in-home and supportive community-based services

Howard A. Palley and Julianne S. Oktay

Haworth Press, c1983

Note

"Has also been published as Home health care services quarterly, volume 4, number 2, summer 1983"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographies

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Stresses the need for a clear national policy designed to provide improved home health and other in-home services for the chronically limited elderly and their families within a comprehensive system of community-based health and social services.

Table of Contents

Contents SECTION I: THE FAMILY, THE ELDERLY, AND NATIONAL LONG-TERM CARE POLICY In-Home and Other Supportive Community-Based Services for the Chronically Limited Elderly: Problems, Prospects, and Proposals The Aged, Their Health and Social Status, and the Family Family Policy and Community-Based and In-Home Care for the Frail Elderly SECTION II: IN-HOME SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR THE CHRONICALLY LIMITED ELDERLY: AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL POLICY Methodological Considerations in the Study of In-Home Services The Level of Provision of Home Health and Other In-Home Services for the Chronically Limited Elderly: Some Considerations of Equity, Adequacy, and Public Accountability SECTION III: IN-HOME SERVICES AND THE COMMUNITY-BASED NETWORK OF SERVICES: THE STATUS OF CURRENT PROGRAMS AND A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS Selected Aspects of the Community Long-Term Care Package: Home-Based Care and Other Community-Based Services In-Home and Other Community-Based Long-Term Care: A Critical Review of Some Legislative Proposals and Recent National Legislation SECTION IV: INTERNATIONAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING IN-HOME SERVICES FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY In-Home Services for the Elderly: Some Comparative Examples Afterword: Some Conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA60030422
• ISBN:
  • 0866562362
• LCCN: 83010686
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 142 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA564.8
  • DC19 : 362.6/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Community health services for the aged -- Government policy -- United States
  • LCSH : Aged -- Home care -- Government policy -- United States
  • LCSH : Aged -- Services for -- Government policy -- United States
  • LCSH : Aged -- United States -- Family relationships
  • MESH : Health services for the aged
  • MESH : Chronic disease -- In old age
  • MESH : Home care services
  • MESH : Public policy -- United States