Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I BACKGROUND OF LONG TERM CARE; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Long Term Care Demonstration Projects: What Are They and Why They Came into Being; PART II THE LONG TERM CARE DEMONSTRATIONS; Introduction; Chapter 2: Five Years of ACCESS: What Have We Learned?; Chapter 3: The Georgia Alternative Health Services Project: Cost-Effectiveness Depends on Population Selection; Chapter 4: The South Carolina Community Long Term Care Project
Chapter 5: The New York City Home Care Project: A Demonstration in Coordination of Health and Social ServicesChapter 6: New York's "Nursing Home Without Walls": A Provider-Based Community Care Program for the Elderly; Chapter 7: Project OPEN: A Hospital-Based Long-TermCare Demonstration Program for the Chronically Ill Elderly; Chapter 8: On Lok CCODA: A Consolidated Model; Chapter 9: Triage: A Long Term Care Study; PART III BRINGING IT TOGETHER-A BEGINNING; Introduction; Chapter 10: Comparing the Demonstrations: A Review of Similarities and Differences
Summary
An enlightening review of the successes and failures of several federally funded community-based projects that offered elderly persons an alternative to nursing home care. Policymakers, caregivers, and students of public administration and gerontology must read this valuable book
Notes
Chapter 11: Research in the Demonstrations: Findings and IssuesChapter 12: Policy Implications of the Community-Based Long Term Care Demonstrations
