The Heart of Long-Term Care

by Robert L. Kane and Rosalie A. Kane

Book Overview

Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing home as its benchmark, but the monetary, social, and psychological costs of nursing home care are all too high. This book challenges the current dominance of nursing homes as the principal institution of long-term care. It offers a series of alternative models where both services and housing can be provided in a way that allows long-term consumers to enjoy dignified, "normal" lifestyles. It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122380
• ISBN13: 9780195122381
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"