• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Foster Families for Adults : A Community Alternative in Long-Term Care
  • Contributor: Sherman, Susan R [VerfasserIn]; Newman, Evelyn S [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: New York, NY: Columbia University Press, [1988]
    [Online-Ausg.]
  • Published in: Columbia Studies of Social Gerontology and Aging
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.7312/sher91190
  • ISBN: 9780231882507
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare
  • Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausg.]
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: In English
    Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
  • Description: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. History and Philosophy of Foster Family Care -- 2. Studying the Family Care Populations -- 3. Family Life in Adult Foster Care -- 4. Community Integration of Residents of Foster Family Care -- 5. The Actors in Foster Family Care -- 6. Conclusions And Recommendations -- Appendix 1. Sample Care Provider Interview -- Appendix 2. Sampling Frames and Response Rates -- Appendix 3. Factor Analysis of Familism Items -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

    Looks at the role of living arrangements for elderly persons by focusing on foster family care for both the frail elderly and those with psychiatric or developmental disabilities
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