| Description |
xviii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword: Health Care Reform, Long-Term Care, and the Future of an Aging Society / Fernando M. Torres-Gil -- From Nursing Homes to Home Care: Introduction / Marie E. Cowart and Jill Quadagno -- Ways of Thinking About the Long-Term Care of the Baby-Boom Cohorts / Eric R. Kingson -- Changes in Health, Mortality, and Disability and Their Impact on Long-Term Care Needs / Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard -- Home and Community-Based Care: Recent Accomplishments and New Challenges / Robert B. Hudson -- Informal Care vs. Formal Services: Changes in Patterns of Care Over Time / Sharon Tennstedt, Brooke Harrow and Sybil Crawford -- Race and Gender Differences in the Distribution of Home and Community-Based Services in Florida / Lein Han, Charles Barrilleaux and Jill Quadagno -- Financing Reform for Long-Term Care: Strategies for Public and Private Long-Term Care Insurance / Joshua M. Wiener -- Designing Home Care Benefits: The Range of Options and Experience / Vicki A. Freedman and Peter Kemper -- Home Care: Moving Forward with Continuous Quality Improvement / Peter W. Shaughnessy, Robert E. Schlenker, Kathryn S. Crisler, Angela G. Arnold, Martha C. Powell and James M. Beaudry -- Long-Term Care Policy and the American Family / Marie E. Cowart. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"Has also been published as Journal of aging & social policy, Volume 7, Numbers 3/4 1996"--T.p. verso. |
| Subject |
Older people -- Long-term care -- United States.
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Older people -- Long-term care -- Government policy -- United States.
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Health Policy -- United States.
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Health Services for the Aged -- United States.
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Long-Term Care.
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| Added Author |
Cowart, Marie E.
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Quadagno, Jill S.
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| Added Title |
Journal of aging & social policy.
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| ISBN |
1560248262 alkaline paper |
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