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Assisted living is a vital component of long-term care in the United States. In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from the private and public sectors examine the intersecting societal forces that are profoundly changing how we offer care and housing for older people who need personal assistance. The contributors examine how assisted living is both a symptom and a catalyst of these changes. The first section provides an overview of the current state of assisted living care and the factors shaping its future appearance and operations. It contains comprehensive discussions of how consumer demand, government regulation, design philosophies, operation and care approaches, and market forces are shifting and what this means for small and large assisted living operations. In the second part, the contributors examine how the private sector-elder consumers, family members and other caregivers, owners and operators of assisted living residences, professional organizations, technology innovators, and private investors-will influence the future of assisted living. The third part focuses on how the complex layers of federal, state, and local governments will affect the availability and operational styles of assisted living residences. Clearly written, wide ranging, and featuring up-to-date information and projections for the future, The Assisted Living Residence is an indispensable book for care providers, housing operators, investors, regulators, academics, insurance executives, marketing professionals, and beginning and advanced students of this important elder care alternative. Foreword by Robert L. Mollica. Contributors: Margaret P. Calkins, Paula C. Carder, Pamela Doty, J. Kevin Eckert, Susan K. Fletcher, Cristina Flores, Anthony P. Glascock, Mary Harahan, Mauro Hernandez, Carol Jenkins, William Keane, David M. Kutzik, Karen Love, Lydia Lundberg, Leslie A. Morgan, Anthony J. Mullen, Robert Newcomer, Douglas D. Pace, Rosa Perez, Larry Polivka, Peter S. Reed, Jennifer R. Salmon, Alisha Sanders, Harvey N. Singer, Philip D. Sloane, Robyn I. Stone, Keren Brown Wilson, Douglas A. Wolf, Margaret A. Wylde, Jack York, Sheryl Zimmerman

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<p> The Assisted Living Residence is a highly informative book that combines state-of-the-art knowledge of assisted living based on the American scene... I would encourage those with interests or involvements in assisted living research, education, and practice to take full advantage of the wealth of information contained in this book.--Andrew Wister Canadian Journal on Aging (01/01/0001)

<p>The scope of this book is immense... This book should be on the shelf of everyone who has an interest in comparing the experience of the USA with parallel developments in housing-with-care throughout the world. There are lessons to learn here, suggestions on offer from a variety of perspectives, and debates that are set to continue.--Sheila Peace Ageing and Society (01/01/0001)

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Stephen M. Golant is a professor of geography at the University of Florida. He has written extensively about and consulted on assisted living and other housing and care alternatives for older adults in both the United States and Canada. Joan Hyde is the chief executive officer of Ivy Hall Senior Living, an assisted living company, and a senior fellow at the Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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