Care for frail elders: developing community solutions

This book discusses state infrastructure for Long-Term Care, benefits and costs, and how public responsibility for Community Care and How It Should Be Borne Private Insurance Methods and Medicare Strategies should be Borne.

Abstract

[List of] Tables Foreword by James J. Callahan, Jr. Introduction What Is Long-Term Care and Who Needs It? State Infrastructure for Long-Term Care: Criteria for Adequacy Understanding and Measuring Quality of Care Practice and Design Variations in Community Care Management Home-Care Personnel Issues: The Hidden Challenge in Community Care Aging Differently: Issues of Gender and Race Program Benefits and Costs: What We Cover and How We Pay Social Benefits and Costs: Public Responsibility for Community Care and How It Should Be Borne Private Insurance Methods National Medicaid and Medicare Strategies Conclusion Glossary References Index