Housing’s Role in the Long-Term Care Continuum
9 Housing’s Role in the Long-Term Care Continuum CAROLINE CICERO JON PYNOOS CHAPTER OVERVIEW Picture your parents and grandparents growing older. They will likely tell you of their strong preference…
Hospice and Providing Palliative Care
12 Hospice and Providing Palliative Care AMY M. WESTCOTT SUSAN LYSAGHT HURLEY KAREN B. HIRSCHMAN CHAPTER OVERVIEW In our aging society, increasing numbers of adults with advanced illness receive long-term…
Rehabilitation
6 Rehabilitation DEBRA J. SHEETS CHAPTER OVERVIEW Geriatric rehabilitation is an increasingly important intervention in the continuum of long-term care. The purpose of rehabilitation is to restore or enhance function…
Nursing Facilities
11 Nursing Facilities JESSICA DORNIN JAMIE FERGUSON-ROME NICHOLAS G. CASTLE CHAPTER OVERVIEW Nursing facilities are an integral part of the health care system. In this chapter, a history of the…
Adult Day Services
7 Adult Day Services HOLLY DABELKO-SCHOENY KEITH A. ANDERSON JEE HOON PARK CHAPTER OVERVIEW Adult day services (ADS) provide individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities community-based long-term care services in…
Understanding Long-Term Care Policy
17 Understanding Long-Term Care Policy RICHARD H. FORTINSKY NOREEN A. SHUGRUE CHAPTER OVERVIEW Currently, there is no unifying long-term care policy in the United States. Public policies at the federal,…
Long-Term Care Populations: Persons With Mental Illness
13 Long-Term Care Populations: Persons With Mental Illness FAIKA ZANJANI AMY F. HOSIER CHAPTER OVERVIEW A breakdown in mental/cognitive processes causing significant impairment is considered mental illness. This includes an…
Long-Term Care and the Law
15 Long-Term Care and the Law MARSHALL B. KAPP CHAPTER OVERVIEW The law exerts a significant influence on the quality, accessibility, and affordability of long-term care (LTC) services that are,…
Ethics, Aging, and Long-Term Care: Questioning What “Everyone Knows”
14 Ethics, Aging, and Long-Term Care: Questioning What “Everyone Knows” MARTHA B. HOLSTEIN CHAPTER OVERVIEW The purpose of this chapter is to frame ethical concepts, particularly feminist ethics of care,…
History of Long-Term Care
2 History of Long-Term Care CAROLE HABER CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter focuses on the development of long-term care in the American colonies and the United States from the 17th through…
