Editorial Review:

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Text on the current concerns surrounding long-term care provision, for gerontologists and practitioners working with the disabled. Topics include the role of technology in long-term care, financial issues, ethics, and more. 14 U.S. contributors.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Possibly the best analysis of current nursing home issues.s:

Binstock and his fellow editors recruited well-known expert contributors to explore long-term care policy as the Baby Boomers become Grey-by Boomers. The chapters cover such topics as the Clinton/Gingrich policies on long term care, the impact of managed care and changing technology, and our better understanding of the political and cultural factors affecting the nursing home. There's lots of hard data, historical perspective, and regulatory history, but the real reason to read this book are the... more info

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