An Empirical Typology of Residential Care/Assisted Living Based on a Four-State Study
Author(s) -
Nan Sook Park,
S. Zimmerman,
Philip D. Sloane,
Ann L. GruberBaldini,
J. Kevin Eckert
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/46.2.238
Subject(s) - typology , case mix index , medicaid , long term care , cluster (spacecraft) , grounded theory , payment , psychology , process (computing) , nursing , gerontology , sociology , medicine , business , qualitative research , health care , computer science , economic growth , economics , anthropology , programming language , operating system , social science , finance
Residential care/assisted living describes diverse facilities providing non-nursing home care to a heterogeneous group of primarily elderly residents. This article derives typologies of assisted living based on theoretically and practically grounded evidence.
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