Health Care of the Aged

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. The aged are caught in the sweeping changes currently occuring in the financing, organizing, and delivery of human and health care services. 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. As roles and issues change, this valuable book will become increasingly important to those involved in providing services and care to the elderly. Health care administrators, policymakers, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, and caregivers will benefit from the expertise presented in Health Care of the Aged.

Abraham Monk

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