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Inside assisted living : the search for home / J. Kevin Eckert ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Sheryl Zimmerman ... [et al.] ; foreword by Bill Thomas.

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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Congregate housing -- United States.

Long-term care facilities -- United States.

Patients -- United States -- Interviews.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008037843.html

9780801892592 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0801892597 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780801892608 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0801892600 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xv, 246 p. ; 23 cm.

"Draws on in-depth interviews with residents, family members, staff, and administrators of six different types of assisted living residence. An appendix describes the qualitative research process used by a collaborative research team of the Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County's Center for Aging Studies. "Transitions from assisted living: sociocultural aspect," funded by the National Institute on Aging, was designed to provide an understanding of the minor and major life transitions experienced by residents in assisted living"--P. [4] of cover.

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