The Assisted Living Residence: A Vision for the Future

by Stephen M. Golant (Editor), Joan Hyde (Editor)

Overview

Assisted living is a vital component of long-term care in the United States. In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from the private and public sectors examine the intersecting societal forces that are profoundly changing how we offer care and housing for older people who need personal assistance. The contributors examine how assisted living is both a symptom and a catalyst of these changes.

The first section provides an overview of the current state of assisted living care and the factors shaping its future appearance and operations. It contains comprehensive discussions of how consumer demand, government regulation, design philosophies, operation and care approaches, and market forces are shifting and what this means for small and large assisted living operations. In the second part, the contributors examine how the private sector—elder consumers, family members and other caregivers, owners and operators of assisted living residences, professional organizations, technology innovators, and private investors—will influence the future of assisted living. The third part focuses on how the complex layers of federal, state, and local governments will affect the availability and operational styles of assisted living residences.

Clearly written, wide ranging, and featuring up-to-date information and projections for the future, The Assisted Living Residence is an indispensable book for care providers, housing operators, investors, regulators, academics, insurance executives, marketing professionals, and beginning and advanced students of this important elder care alternative.

Foreword by Robert L. Mollica.

Contributors: Margaret P. Calkins, Paula C. Carder, Pamela Doty, J. Kevin Eckert, Susan K. Fletcher, Cristina Flores, Anthony P. Glascock, Mary Harahan, Mauro Hernandez, Carol Jenkins, William Keane, David M. Kutzik, Karen Love, Lydia Lundberg, Leslie A. Morgan, Anthony J. Mullen, Robert Newcomer, Douglas D. Pace, Rosa Perez, Larry Polivka, Peter S. Reed, Jennifer R. Salmon, Alisha Sanders, Harvey N. Singer, Philip D. Sloane, Robyn I. Stone, Keren Brown Wilson, Douglas A. Wolf, Margaret A. Wylde, Jack York, Sheryl Zimmerman

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801888175
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2008
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephen M. Golant is a professor of geography at the University of Florida. He has written extensively about and consulted on assisted living and other housing and care alternatives for older adults in both the United States and Canada.

Joan Hyde is the chief executive officer of Ivy Hall Senior Living, an assisted living company, and a senior fellow at the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Robert L. Mollica     vii
Preface     xvii
List of Contributors     xxi
Looking Toward the Future
The Future of Assisted Living Residences: A Response to Uncertainty   Stephen M. Golant     3
The Old Road Is Rapidly Aging: A Social Model for Cognitively or Physically Impaired Elders in Assisted Living's Future   Joan Hyde   Rosa Perez   Peter S. Reed     46
Tomorrow's Assisted Living and Nursing Homes: The Converging Worlds of Residential Long-term Care   Margaret P. Calkins   William Keane     86
The Measurement and Importance of Quality: A Collaborative Effort for Tomorrow's Assisted Living   Sheryl Zimmerman   Philip D. Sloane   Susan K. Fletcher     119
Small Board-and-Care Homes: A Fragile Future   Paula C. Carder   Leslie A. Morgan   J. Kevin Eckert     143
Private-Sector Influences on Tomorrow's Assisted Living Residences
The Future of Assisted Living: Residents' Perspectives, 2006-2026   Margaret A. Wylde     169
Family Care and Assisted Living: An Uncertain Future?   Douglas A. Wolf   Carol Jenkins     198
Technological Tools of the Future: Contributing to Appropriate Care in Assisted Living   David M. Kutzik   Anthony P.Glascock   Lydia Lundberg   Jack York     223
Enhancing Assisted Living: Are Collaborative Stakeholder Efforts Necessary?   Douglas D. Pace   Karen Love     248
Financing of Assisted Living Properties: Past, Present, and Future   Anthony J. Mullen   Harvey N. Singer     266
Public-Sector Influences on Tomorrow's Assisted Living Residences
The Influence of Public and Private Financing on Assisted Living and Nursing Home Care: The Past, the Present, and Possible Futures   Pamela Doty     299
Expanding Affordable Housing with Services for Older Adults: Challenges and Potential   Robyn I. Stone   Mary Harahan   Alisha Sanders     329
State and Federal Policies and Regulations: Intended and Unintended Consequences   Robert Newcomer   Cristina Flores   Mauro Hernandez     351
Tomorrow's Assisted Living: Inseparable from the Looming Financial Crisis in Long-term Care   Keren Brown Wilson     379
Assisted Living: What It Should Be and Why   Larry Polivka   Jennifer R. Salmon     397
Index     419

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Essential reading for everyone with a stake in the future of assisted living in the United States.
—Frank Caro, Editor of Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Frank Caro

Essential reading for everyone with a stake in the future of assisted living in the United States.

— Frank Caro, Editor of Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Editorial Reviews

The Assisted Living Residence: A Vision for the Future provides a broad-based perspective on current and future issues in the residential care industry. It is a must read for those who are involved with providing long-term care for the aging population. The book also provides an excellent resource for state and federal policy makers.
—Christen Smith, PhD, Activities, Adaptation and Aging

This book makes a significant contribution to the existing knowledge base of assisted living and the wider long-term care sector.
—Mary M. Ball, Gerontologist

The scope of this book is immense . . . This book should be on the shelf of everyone who has an interest in comparing the experience of the USA with parallel developments in housing-with-care throughout the world. There are lessons to learn here, suggestions on offer from a variety of perspectives, and debates that are set to continue.
—Sheila Peace, Ageing and Society

The Assisted Living Residence is a highly informative book that combines state-of-the-art knowledge of assisted living based on the American scene . . . I would encourage those with interests or involvements in assisted living research, education, and practice to take full advantage of the wealth of information contained in this book.
—Andrew Wister, Canadian Journal on Aging

From the Publisher

The Assisted Living Residence: A Vision for the Future provides a broad-based perspective on current and future issues in the residential care industry. It is a must read for those who are involved with providing long-term care for the aging population. The book also provides an excellent resource for state and federal policy makers.

Activities, Adaptation and Aging - Christen Smith

The scope of this book is immense . . . This book should be on the shelf of everyone who has an interest in comparing the experience of the USA with parallel developments in housing-with-care throughout the world. There are lessons to learn here, suggestions on offer from a variety of perspectives, and debates that are set to continue.

Ageing and Society - Sheila Peace

The Assisted Living Residence is a highly informative book that combines state-of-the-art knowledge of assisted living based on the American scene . . . I would encourage those with interests or involvements in assisted living research, education, and practice to take full advantage of the wealth of information contained in this book.

Canadian Journal on Aging - Andrew Wister

This book makes a significant contribution to the existing knowledge base of assisted living and the wider long-term care sector.

Gerontologist - Mary M. Ball