Caring for the Chronically Ill - Philadelphia, 1945-1965

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, I. CHANGING PATTERNS OF LONG-TERM CARE, II. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL LONG-TERM CARE FOR THE INDIGENT AGED, III. LONG-TERM HOME CARE IN PHILADELPHIA, IV. COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE LONG-TERM SICK, V. THE SEARCH FOR QUALITY IN LONG-TERM CARE, VI. CONCLUSION, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Janne L. Diechmann

Summary

First published in 1999. When human populations and their needs change, organizations responsible for their care inevitably react. With the rapidly and significantly increased demand for chronic care at mid-twentieth century, solutions deemed satisfactory in the past were entirely inadequate. Thus, community leaders and politicians began promoting several approaches to long-term care services in the two decades between 1945 and 1965, but without an adequate source of financing to establish an effective system. In contrast to acute care services and despite the need, chronic care remained unavailable and of poor quality. This study consists of six chapters: an introduction and conclusion, along with four case studies that examine in detail the development of a long-term care system in Philadelphia between 1945 and 1965.

Product details

• Authors: Janna Dieckman, Janna L. Dieckmann, Dieckmann Janna, Dieckmann Janna L., Gerald Montagu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780815332510
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3251-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Garland Studies on the Elderly; Garland Studies on the Elderly in America; Garland Studies on the Elderly in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History: specific events & topics, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Care of the elderly, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Age groups: the elderly, c 1950 to c 1959, History: specific events and topics, History of the Americas, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, C 1945 To C 1960, US Northeast