Health Care of the Aged - Needs, Policies, and Services

Informationen zum Autor Abraham Monk Klappentext Focusing on the need for developing new service delivery models for the aged, Health Care of the Aged examines fiscal, political, and social criteria influencing this challenge of the 1990s. From various perspectives, this new book will help shape the direction for elderly health care program development and implementation. With an emphasis on greater long-term care in either home, community, or institutional settings, this important book will increase the understanding for a comprehensive, effective policy designed to carry the growing number of elderly through this decade and into the next. Zusammenfassung Examining the need for the development of better health care for the aged, this book focuses on the social, political and fiscal criteria involved. The contributors emphasize long-term care in either the home, the community or institutional settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Health Care for the Aged: The Pursuit of Equity and Comprehensiveness Health Economics, Old-Age Politics, and the Catastrophic Medicare Debate Hospital-Based Long-Term Care Services for the Frail Elderly Utilizing Client Experience in Developing New Service Delivery Models for Care of the Aged Models of Intensive Case Management Community-Based Long Term Care: The Experience of the Living at Home Programs Integrating the Frail and Well Elderly: The Experience of Senior Centers Discharge Planning: The Impact of Medicare's Prospective Payment on Elderly Patients Adult Day Care Services for the Elderly and Their Families: Lessons From the Pennsylvania Experience Reference Notes Included

Product details

• Authors: Abraham Monk, Monk Abraham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.1990
• EAN: 9781560240655
• ISBN: 978-1-56024-065-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Geriatrics, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Care of the elderly, Public health & preventive medicine, Geriatric medicine, Health systems & services, Public health and preventive medicine, Health systems and services