Housing for the Elderly

Policy and Practice Issues

Philip McCallion

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780789034489
• eBook ISBN: 9781317824718
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Care Delivery

Find out how housing options for the elderly are changing—and not always for the better

To maintain or improve their quality of life, many seniors in the United States will move to new locations and into new types of housing. Housing for the Elderly addresses the key aspects of the transitions they'll face, examines how housing programs can help, and looks at the role social workers can play to ensure they remain healthy, happy, and productive as they age.

Housing for the Elderly provides the tools to build a comprehensive understanding of how housing is changing to support the growing number of elderly persons in the United States. This unique resource examines a full range of housing options, including assisted-living communities, elder friendly communities, and homelessness; looks at the effects of the Olmstead Decision of 1999, which requires states to place persons with disabilities in community settings rather than in institutions; and summarizes current research on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs). The book also presents a historical perspective of housing issues for the elderly, with a special focus on the discrimination of African-Americans.

Topics in Housing for the Elderly include:

• creating elder friendly communities
  
• homelessness among the elderly in Toronto
  
• housing disparities for older Puerto Ricans in the United States
  
• grandparent caregiver housing programs
  
• how the Olmstead Decision affects the elderly, social workers, and health care providers
  
• New York State's experience with NORCs
  
• relocation concerns of people living in NORCs
  
• the integration of services for the elderly into housing settings-particularly low-income housing
  
• moving from a nursing home to an assisted-living facility
  
• assisted-living and Medicaid
  
• and much more!

Housing for the Elderly is an essential resource for social work practitioners, administrators, researchers, and academics who deal with the elderly.

Index

Page numbers followed by and f or t indicate figures or tables.

AARP

housing and, 58

Livable Communities Guide, 9–10

Olmstead decision and, 109

study regarding elder-friendliness, 5–6

Access Ready Report Card for Well Elders, 9

Accessibility

defined, 15f

family support and, 53–54

grandparent caregivers and, 67

of home environment, 56–57

as reason for relocation, 172f

Accommodations, see Accessibility

Activities of daily living

assisted living and, 189–190

defining disability and, 117

difficulty with, 3

disabilities and. see Disability

measurement of, 29, 92–93

naturally occurring retirement communities and, 132t, 133

relocation and. see Relocation

Activity calendars, 134

ADA. see Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

ADAPT, 109

Adaptation, environmental press and, 210

ADLs. see Activities of daily living

Administration on Aging, 232

Adult children, as reason for relocation, 172f

AdvantAge Initiative, 9

Advocacy, engagement in, 108–109

Affect Balance Scale, 213

Affordability, housing, 5t, 6, 22

African American long-term care, see Harriet Tubman Home for Aged and Indigent Negroes

Age

homelessness and, 23–24

relocation and, 172f, 176t

Age-based community issues, 13

Age-prepared communities, see Community

Age-related community issues, 13

Aging in place

among older Puerto Ricans, 56–58

defined, 2–3

disparities in among Puerto Ricans, 61

Medicaid demonstration project and, 207–208

relocation and, 168

services for, 148

AIDS, homelessness and, 25

Albertson’s v. Kirkingburg, 85, 87

Alcohol, see Substance abuse

AL-EQS. see Assisted Living Environmental Quality Score (AL-EQS)

Alertness, assisted living and, 194t, 195t, 196t, 197t, 198t. see also Assisted living facilities

ALF-QoL/QoC. see Assisted Living Facility-Quality of Life/Quality of Care Index (ALF-QoL/QoC)

ALFs. see Assisted living facilities

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About The Author
• Foreword
• Preface
• Setting a Housing Context
• The Olmstead Decision
• Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
• Housing Outcomes
• Historical Perspectives
• Index