Communities of Care

Assisted Living for African American Elders
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8194-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 674 g

Reihe: Gerontology

Very little is known about why and when African American elders seek formal long-term care, or about the characteristics of assisted living environments they consider most desirable. Drawing on qualitative studies conducted between 1998 and 2001, the authors of Communities of Care provide important information on historic and current trends in assisted living systems serving African Americans.

Focusing on six facilities that have become models of long-term care for African Americans, the authors shed light on the daily lives of the people who live, work, and visit these "communities of care."With detailed profiles of the facilities, interviews, and case histories of care recipients, the authors explore both the institutional and personal characteristics of the facilities and the issues central to their residents.

This definitive work brings to the forefront critical questions about how race, gender, and culture affect the quality of, access to, and cost of care. These questions have broad implications for the policy, administration, and operation of assisted living.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ball, Mary M

Perkins, Molly M

Whittington, Frank J

Hollingsworth, Carole

King, Sharon V

Combs, Bess L

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wykle, May L.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Über Autor(innen)

Perkins, Molly M
Molly M. Perkins is a senior research fellow and adjunct professor at Georgia State University's Gerontology Institute.

Ball, Mary M
Mary M. Ball is an associate research professor at Georgia State University's Gerontology Institute.

Hollingsworth, Carole
Carole Hollingsworth is a research coordinator at Georgia State University's Gerontology Institute; she is a coauthor, along with Mary Ball and Molly Perkins, of Communities of Care: Assisted Living for African American Elders, also published by Johns Hopkins.

The authors—Mary M. Ball, Molly M. Perkins, Frank J. Whittington, Carole Hollingsworth, Sharon V. King, and Bess L. Combs —are all on staff at the Gerontology Institute of Georgia State University.