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When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care

1 review
Robert F. Bornstein, Mary A. Languirand Ph.D.

Newmarket Press, 2009

A Valuable and Practical Guide
This handbook is a valuable resource for anyone faced with the daunting task of choosing care for an elderly family member. The vast majority of readers most likely have found themselves thrust into an emergency situation with a loved one who needs immediate care. Navigating the uncharted waters of eldercare options can quickly become overwhelming and stressful. This guide will help readers ...

Senior Living Communities: Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and ...

11 reviews
Benjamin W. Pearce

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

An essential part of your long-term care management library.
Pearce has done an excellent job of writing a sentinel primer for managing long-term care communities. The details are all there. Of even greater importance, the details are presented within the context of critical principles that distinguish the excellent community from the average or mediocre. As a faculty member responsible for a number of long-term care management courses at two schools of ...

Assisted Living Administration: The Knowledge Base, Second Edition

2 reviews
James E. Allen MSPH PhD CNHA

Springer Publishing Company, 2004

Assisted Living
J. Allen is very knowledgeable on the subject and I would suggest a person or company to get this book if thinking about asisted living in any way.

Assisted Living: Current Issues in Facility Management and Resident Care
Paul K. Chafetz, Kevan Namazi

Praeger, 2000

Assisted living is a rapidly evolving industry, and many personnel lack adequate knowledge of emerging regulatory and reimbursement issues, resident care models, and marketing needs. A panel of experts covers clinical, business, and operational aspects of assisted living, presenting innovative approaches to providing a superior atmosphere of care. Most operators/administrators of assisted living (AL) facilities have backgrounds in long-term care ...

Assisted Living for Our Parents: A Son's Journey (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)

4 reviews
Daniel Jay Baum

ILR Press, 2007

ALF - your parent's new caregivers
This is a very good book for anyone who has to put their parent in an Assisted Living Facility, even if you live close to your parent. You can tell Dan always had his mother's over-all well-being at the center of his decisions. The future is so uncertain, this is a good book to read as Dan tells of his personal experience with their choice of ALF. Sharing Ida's experience has helped me ...

Out of the Wreckage: The Pop Stories

8 reviews
Barbara Blanks

Lulu.com, 2008

A Delightful Read...
A wonderful book that had me laughing out loud one minute and sobbing the next minute. Barbara Blanks is a delightful author who shares her point of view in elder care. I hope to have the patience that she did in caring for Pops when it comes time for me to take over the total care of my parents. Thanks for sharing the good times, the bad times and the sad times. I look forward to more books ...

Assisted Living Strategies for Changing Markets

1 review
Jim Moore

Westridge Publishing, 2001

A must for current or prospective senior living operators!
Excellent, thorough, and thoughtful analysis of past, present, and future strategies in the senior care marketplace. It is a definite must for anyone who is currently involved or planning to be involved in the senior care/assisted living space. The book does a very good job of positioning successful senior care strategies within the environment of marketplace demands and managed care and cost ...

Humanistic Design of Assisted Living

2 reviews
John P. Marsden

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Practical and Scholarly Look at Assisted Living Design
Assisted living is a relatively new branch of eldercare, designed to meet the needs of a rapidly growing segment of the elder population. Many seniors wish to maintain their independence, but may need varying amounts of help with daily living activities. Assisted living residences are multiplying across the country to meet this demand. But assisted living facilities are still evolving and ...

The Assisted Living Residence: A Vision for the Future

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

Assisted living is a vital component of long-term care in the United States. In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from the private and public sectors examine the intersecting societal forces that are profoundly changing how we offer care and housing for older people who need personal assistance. The contributors examine how assisted living is both a symptom and a catalyst of these changes. The first section provides ...

Nursing Homes and Assisted Living: The Family's Guide to Making Decisions and Getting Good Care

3 reviews
Peter S. Silin

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

WIsh I had read this book earlier!
"Your book is a treasure. I wish I had read it 5 years ago. It definitely would have made my journey easier! Appendix 2, Accessing care in Canada, and Appendix 4, the Questionnaire for viewing Nursing Homes, are invaluable. It took me months to figure those facts out for myself ... particularly the route to accessing care facilities, and the awareness that with costs based on income, they can ...

Assisted-Living Housing for the Elderly: Design Innovations from the United States and Europe
Victor Regnier

Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994

The pressing social issue of housing for the elderly is thoroughly explored here, from the broad issues of social policy and landuse planning to individual details of management and room layout. The emphasis throughout is on independence, comfort, and well-being, with advice on such services as bathing, grooming, and dressing.

The Pocket Guide to Senior Housing: What they dont tell you and what you need to know

3 reviews
Pamela Pierson

BookSurge Publishing, 2009

Outstanding Resource for Senior Housing Options
The author has done an excellent job at organizing information and checklists about Senior Housing. It is obvious that her years in the industry have made her a seasoned expert. The glossary of terms is especially helpful and this book is the kind of resource that can be used coast to coast no matter where one lives. I highly recommend this pocket guide to anyone faced with the overwhelming ...

Business Plan for an Assisted Living Facility (Fill-in-the-Blank Business Plan for an Assisted Living ...
MBA Nat Chiaffarano

Progressive Business Consulting, Inc., 2209

A step-by-step, complete Business Plan for an Assisted Living Facility . The user only has to fill in the selected blanks to complete the plan. We have even provided numeric value recommendations for some of the blank fields, along with other helpful tips. Includes everything from Financing Options, Market Analysis, Industry Trends, Financial Plan, Marketing Plan, Funding Sources, Start-up Requirements, Pricing Strategy, Sales Strategy, ...

Assisted Living Nursing: A Manual for Management and Practice

2 reviews

Springer Publishing Company, 2009

AL Manual review
I'm a little disappointed in the manual. It doesn't include some things that I would have expected, and were actually the reason I purchased it. For example, very little on Quality Assurance, Incident Reports, and Care Planning. It also has a lot of information on the aging and disease process. I went to nursing school and I wasn't looking for information on diseases or medications. I needed ...

Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: Your Practical Guide for Making the RIGHT Decision (Sphinx ...
Linda Connel

Sphinx Publishing, 2004

Gives specifics for evaluating facilities and health-care providers Explains methods for handling the expense of long-term care Includes resources for determining the appropriate health-care facility Indicates questions that must be asked when making a decision Shares strategies for dealing with resistant patients

Insider's Guide to Assisted Living: What You Really Need to Know Before You Sign a Contract

2 reviews
Molly Shomer

Aeltern Press, 2005

Important Information on Assisted Living
This important handbook helps guide family members through the maze of assisted living options for their elderly loved ones. As the number of elderly Americans continues to surge, more and more families are faced with the overwhelming task of finding, evaluating, and choosing an assisted living facility. As an eldercare executive, I have seen huge increases in people searching for assisted ...

Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail

1 review
Victor Regnier

Wiley, 2002

Designing for Seniors - includes European & USA
This is an amazing book because it includes design considerations that are European and American. Northern Europe has a definite view of the aging population that is very different than that of Americans. Much more focused on wellness, physical activity, landscape as part of healing, maximizing the aging process. This book also includes American facilities that are more focused on creating a ...

Inside Assisted Living: The Search for Home

1 review
J. Kevin Eckert PhD, Paula C. Carder PhD, ...

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

Chapters cover new findings and issues and detail positive, negative, and common experiences to be found
Inside Assisted Living: The Search for Home draws on in-depth interviews with residents, family members, and administrators who all consider daily life in six different types of assisted living residence. Chapters cover new findings and issues and detail positive, negative, and common experiences to be found in assisted living homes, making this an important reference for any general lending ...

Beat the Nursing Home Trap : A Consumer's Guide to Assisted Living & Long-Term Care (3rd Ed)

2 reviews
Joseph L. Matthews

Nolo.com, 1999

Helps consumers make the best choices for long-term care.
Helps consumers make the best choices for long-term care, from protecting assets to understanding Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs.

Living for the Elderly: A Design Manual (Design Manuals)
Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke

Birkhäuser Basel, 2009

Quality living in old age is one of the important topics of our time. Architects and builders can contribute innovative types of housing, intelligent concepts for barrier-free buildings, and advanced systems of care for people who are fragile or suffering from dementia. Intelligent design solutions can push back the limits on housing and care, on residential architecture and care facilities, on individual, collective, and assisted forms of ...

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