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Author Anderson, Keith A., author.

Title Home- and community-based services for older adults : aging in context / by Keith A. Anderson, Holly I. Dabelko-Schoeny, and Noelle L. Fields.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 260 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Policies related to home and community-based services -- The Older Americans Act and the aging network -- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary practice skills across home- and community-based services settings -- Family caregiving -- Home health care services -- The village concept and naturally occurring retirement communities -- Home-based primary care -- Assisted living and housing with services -- Adult day services -- Hospice in community settings -- International perspectives on home and community-based services -- Technology in home and community-based services -- Afterword: a commentary on the future of home and community-based services.
Summary As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services have risen up to provide care. This book examines existing and emerging models of these services. Emphasizing the multidisciplinary and interprofessional practice approaches used to deliver care, it is an essential learning tool.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Older people -- Medical care -- United States.
Older people -- Medical care.
United States.
Older people -- Care -- United States.
Older people -- Care.
Older people -- Services for -- United States.
Older people -- Services for.
Home care services -- United States.
Home care services.
Community health services for older people -- United States.
Community health services for older people.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dabelko-Schoeny, Holly I., author.
Fields, Noelle L., author.
Other Form: Print version: Anderson, Keith A. Home- and community-based services for older adults. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] 9780231177689 (DLC) 2017048967
ISBN 9780231546997 (electronic book)
0231546998 (electronic book)
9780231177689 hardcover