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Assisted living
— sobering realities | | Author(s) | Benyamin Schwarz |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 15, no 1/2, 2001 |
| Pages | 130 pp (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Grouped housing ; Sheltered housing ; Needs [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Assisted living is "a long-term care alternative that involves the delivery of professionally managed personal and health care services in a group setting that is residential in character and appearance; it has the capacity to meet unscheduled needs for assistance, while optimizing residents' physical and psychological independence" (Regnier, 1999). This type of housing for older people provides shelter and care services for an estimated one million individuals in the US. As more assisted-living facilities are maturing, some sobering realities are emerging. Two symposia sponsored by the International Assisted Living Foundation of America (IALF) were presented in November 2000 during the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in Washington DC. From this, the Assisted Living Interest Group arose, to expand the quantity and improve the quality of research related to assisted living. Articles in this issue of the Journal of Housing for the Elderly reflect recent research and thinking on topics relating to assisted living that have come out of this broadly-based Interest Group. They focus on accommodation for those on lower incomes and who are frail, whose needs often go unmet. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020114202 B |
| Classmark | KLH: KLA: IK: 7T |
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