Synopses & Reviews
Operators of assisted living facilities interpret aging in place very differently than residents do. This difference in interpretation must be taken into account by regulators, policymakers, and operators so that they may reconsider assisted living's place along the traditional continuum of care.
With the growing number of assisted living facilities opening across the United States, it is essential for scholars and practitioners to understand residents' experiences in these environments. The author examines the ideals versus the realities of assisted living and the aging in place/continuum of care debate surrounding assisted living.
While the author presents the results of a detailed, comprehensive anthropological study, she also addresses policy issues which are of concern on the national level. The book combines academic and applied approaches to create an ethnographic fieldwork investigation relevant to housing and health care policies for the elderly in the United States.
Review
[T]he text has challenging arguments along with rich data which, used in training and in training and in debate around arrangements for senitive long term care, could enhance end-of-life practices and dispositions.Ageing &Society, Volume 24
Synopsis
The first participant-observation fieldwork on assisted living, based on an in-depth study of two assisted living settings and giving the viewpoints of both administrators and residents.
Synopsis
The first participant-observation fieldwork on assisted living, based on an in-depth study of two assisted living settings and giving the viewpoints of both administrators and residents.
Synopsis
Operators of assisted living facilities interpret aging in place very differently than residents do. This difference in interpretation must be taken into account by regulators, policymakers, and operators so that they may reconsider assisted living's place along the traditional continuum of care.
Synopsis
Operators of assisted living facilities interpret aging in place very differently than residents do. This difference in interpretation must be taken into account by regulators, policymakers, and operators so that they may reconsider assisted living's place along the traditional continuum of care.
With the growing number of assisted living facilities opening across the United States, it is essential for scholars and practitioners to understand residents' experiences in these environments. The author examines the ideals versus the realities of assisted living and the aging in place/continuum of care debate surrounding assisted living.
While the author presents the results of a detailed, comprehensive anthropological study, she also addresses policy issues which are of concern on the national level. The book combines academic and applied approaches to create an ethnographic fieldwork investigation relevant to housing and health care policies for the elderly in the United States.
About the Author
JACQUELYN BETH FRANK is Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Gerontology Programs, Sociology-Anthropology Department, Illinois State University.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Home, Housing for the Elderly, and Anthropology: A Conceptual Framework
Home Is Where the Heart Is
The Nature of Assisted Living: Ideals versus Realities
Staff and Administrator's Views: The Ideal and the Real
The Resident's Reality
New Visions, Old Problems
Sitting Here in Limbo: Aging in Place in Assisted Living
Appendix I: The MEAP: Procedures and Challenges
Appendix II: The SCES Resident Questionnaire
References
Index