Successful Administration of Senior Housing

Working with Elderly Residents

Nancy W. Sheehan

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1992
• Print ISBN:
  9780803945258
  9780803945241
• eBook ISBN:
  9781452246031
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Geriatrics

Responding to the growing population of older persons and the subsequent interest in providing progressive living environments, Succcessful Administration of Senior Housing is a comprehensive resource offering an increased awareness of management strategies and tools to better respond to frailty among elderly tenants. This insightful volume outlines ways of better serving elderly tenants and highlights the importance of collaboration among housing managers, social service providers, and health care professionals to more effectively and humanely serve the needs of elderly renters. To date, housing professionals have received little concrete help or assistance from experts, public policymakers or gerontologists; Successful Administration of Senior Housing is a welcome addition that will help fill this void by outlining ways to better manage the complex problems and issues that emerge as elderly tenants experience increased needs for supportive services. This helpful volume was written for housing professionals, social service providers and health care professionals who work with older persons living in age-segregated housing. It will also be useful in the academic setting for continuing education programs for housing managers and social service providers. "Sheehan addresses the issue of managing housing for the elderly from a ?care management? perspective. She provides a creditable orientation to the unique housing needs of the elderly and effectively incorporates relevant research in each of the book?s chapters. . . . Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty; professional." --Choice

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Significant Trends Affecting Senior Housing
• Chapter 3 - The Changing Role of Housing Manager: Redefining the Role and Responsibilities of Housing Managers
• Chapter 4 - Management Practices and Policies and Aging in Place
• Chapter 5 - Physical Design and Quality of Life in Senior Housing
• Chapter 6 - Building a Positive Social Environment in Senior Housing
• Chapter 7 - Social Support in the Lives of Elderly Tenants
• Chapter 8 - Formal Services in Senior Housing
• Chapter 9 - Special Mental Health Issues in Senior Housing
• Chapter 10 - Working with Special Populations in Senior Housing
• Chapter 11 - Housing Managers, Social Service Providers, and Health Care Professionals Working Together
• Appendix A: Assessment of Independent Living Skills
• Appendix B: Computerized Case Management Assessment
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• About the Author