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Author Schmidt, Mary Gwynne.

Title Negotiating a good old age : challenges of residential living in late life / Mary Gwynne Schmidt.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1990.
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HV1454.2.U6 S36 1990    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxiii, 299 pages ; 24 cm.
Series The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
The Jossey-Bass health series
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Jossey-Bass health series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index.
Contents Part 1: The people, the places, the paths -- Roles for the elderly: boarders and patients -- Mountainside and countryside: two very different homes -- Choices and challenges of residential life -- Part 2: What actually takes place in residential settings? -- Getting what one wants: resources and obstacles -- Champions beyond the walls: spouses, relatives, and friends -- How residents are controlled: penalties and privileges -- Changing patterns of support and power as residents age -- Good deaths and unhappy departures -- Part 3: Adaptations to a changing climate: where we are now and what we can do -- The spiral of change: political and demographic -- Toward better endings -- Things to do while waiting for reform -- Resources: Resource A: Attrition during the study -- Resource B: Instruments used in the study -- Resource C: Waystations in the career of the elderly resident.
Subject Old age homes -- United States -- Case studies.
Old age homes.
United States.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Long-term care facilities -- United States -- Case studies.
Long-term care facilities.
Older people -- Institutional care -- United States -- Case studies.
Older people -- Institutional care.
Foyers pour personnes âgées -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Établissements de soins à long terme -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Personnes âgées -- Soins en institutions -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Genre/Form Case studies.
ISBN 1555422934 alkaline paper

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