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Resident and facility characteristics of adult family home, adult residential care and assisted living settings in Washington State
Author(s)Michael P Curtis, Asuman Kiyak, Susan Hedrick
Journal titleJournal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 34, no 1, 2000
Pagespp 25-42
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsLiving patterns ; Living with family ; Care homes ; Sheltered housing ; United States of America.
AnnotationWashington State leads the way in private and public funding of residential care settings, and licenses three distinct types of setting: adult family homes (AFH), adult residential care (ARC) and assisted living (AL). This article gives findings of a needs assessment of all AFH, ARC and AL providers in the State. Overall disability of residents was high, with AFHs serving a more impaired clientele than ARCs or ALs. ALs were more likely to serve private pay residents and had the highest occupancy rates. Although hourly caregiving staff wages were similar, AFHs reported greater difficulties in recruiting and retaining caregiving staff; they also reported greatest dissatisfaction with state reimbursement rates. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010216208 A
ClassmarkK7: KA:SJ: KW: KLA: 7T

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