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Reinventing Care: Assisted Living in New York City
David Barton Smith
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Description for Reinventing Care: Assisted Living in New York City
Paperback. How well have the advocates and developers of assisted living delivered on the promise of shelter, health care, control of one's own life and less government involvement? This work offers insights into this question by examining the realities of assisted living in New York City. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
The recent growth of ""assisted living"" facilities and programs has shaken the foundations of the system of long-term care for the elderly in the United States. Fueled by consumer frustrations with the available options, notably nursing homes, the assisted living model emerged during the 1990s to promise shelter, health care, control of one's own life, less government involvement, and a ""real home."" But how well have the advocates and developers of assisted living delivered on such promises? And what are the model's implications for public policy and the future of caregiving? In Reinventing Care, David Barton Smith offers brilliant insights ... Read more
The recent growth of ""assisted living"" facilities and programs has shaken the foundations of the system of long-term care for the elderly in the United States. Fueled by consumer frustrations with the available options, notably nursing homes, the assisted living model emerged during the 1990s to promise shelter, health care, control of one's own life, less government involvement, and a ""real home."" But how well have the advocates and developers of assisted living delivered on such promises? And what are the model's implications for public policy and the future of caregiving? In Reinventing Care, David Barton Smith offers brilliant insights ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826514295
SKU
V9780826514295
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About David Barton Smith
David Barton Smith is a professor in the Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management at Temple University. His seminal study, Long Term Care in Transition (1981), helped set the stage for major nursing home reforms.
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