1st Edition

Caring for the Chronically Ill Philadelphia, 1945-1965

By Janna L. Dieckmann Copyright 1999
414 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999. When human populations and their needs change, organizations responsible for their care inevitably react. With the rapidly and significantly increased demand for chronic care at mid-twentieth century, solutions deemed satisfactory in the past were entirely inadequate. Thus, community leaders and politicians began promoting several approaches to long-term care services in... Read more
Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, I. CHANGING PATTERNS OF LONG-TERM CARE, II. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL LONG-TERM CARE FOR THE INDIGENT AGED, III. LONG-TERM HOME CARE IN PHILADELPHIA, IV. COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE LONG-TERM SICK, V. THE SEARCH FOR QUALITY IN LONG-TERM CARE, VI. CONCLUSION, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Janne L. Diechmann