Abraham Monk

Health Care of the Aged

Needs, Policies, and Services

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the need for developing new service delivery models for the aged, Health Care of the Aged examines fiscal, political, and social criteria influencing this challenge of the 1990s. From various perspectives, this new book will help shape the direction for elderly health care program development and implementation. With an emphasis on greater long-term care in either home, community, or institutional settings, this important book will increase the understanding for a comprehensive, effective policy designed to carry the growing number of elderly through this decade and into the next.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781560240655
• ISBN-10: 1560240652
• Artikelnr.: 22272765

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
* Health Care for the Aged: The Pursuit of Equity and Comprehensiveness
* Health Economics, Old-Age Politics, and the Catastrophic Medicare
Debate
* Hospital-Based Long-Term Care Services for the Frail Elderly
* Utilizing Client Experience in Developing New Service Delivery Models
for Care of the Aged
* Models of Intensive Case Management
* Community-Based Long Term Care: The Experience of the Living at Home
Programs
* Integrating the Frail and Well Elderly: The Experience of Senior
Centers
* Discharge Planning: The Impact of Medicare's Prospective Payment on
Elderly Patients
* Adult Day Care Services for the Elderly and Their Families:
Lessons From the Pennsylvania Experience
* Reference Notes Included