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Direct linkSimmons, Daniela – Educational Gerontology, 2011
Nonhome-based long-term care sustainable living arrangements for elderly people with Alzheimer's is presented. Characteristics contributing to sustainability are discussed. The ultimate goal in sustainable design for older adult communities is a people-centered model of care in environments that improve their quality of life. Without sustainable…
Descriptors: Dementia, Quality of Life, Older Adults, Sustainable Development
Phenice, Lillian A.; Griffore, Robert J. – Educational Gerontology, 2012
Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home-care organizations, use web sites to describe their services to potential consumers. This virtual ethnographic study developed models representing how potential consumers may understand this information using data from web sites of 69 long-term-care providers. The content of long-term-care web…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Older Adults, Ethnography, Web Sites
Brune, Kendall – Educational Gerontology, 2011
To discuss the relationship between residents and the management team, we must first review the transition from a medical model to a social model of care that is sweeping across America. Long-term care (LTC) management models were developed for a very autocratic and hierarchical style of management based in the 1960s. Those facilities were built…
Descriptors: Health Services, Older Adults, Administrative Organization, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
