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Caring for older people outside of institutions is the fastest growing sector of the US health care industry. However, non-institutional long-term care can raise ethical concerns and pose problems for individuals, families and communities. In this volume, the authors examine the complexities involved in developing an ethics for community-based long-term care and challenge policymakers to make home care a more viable option for older people in need of care. Chapters address many of the ethical and practical problems that arise in home and community-based care for older people with physical and mental disabilities. Issues explored include: the lack of public resources to serve clients; how to keep good caregivers; the struggle in deciding how to allocate resources; autonomy; risk and safety; and worker stress. This text should be a useful resource for practitioners, including social workers, gerontologists, nurses, psychologists and policymakers.

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Martha B. Holstein, PhD, is an Associate for Research at the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics in Chicago, where her focus is applied ethics in health care and other settings. Phyllis Mitzen, ACSW, LCSW, has been at the Council for Jewish Elderly since 1980, where she is currently Director of Development.

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