Caring for the Chronically Ill: Philadelphia, 1945-1965 / Edition 1

by Janna L. Dieckmann

Overview

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 the two decades between 1945 and 1965, but without an adequate source of financing to establish an effective system. In contrast to acute care services and despite the need, chronic care remained unavailable and of poor quality. This study consists of six chapters: an introduction and conclusion, along with four case studies that examine in detail the development of a long-term care system in Philadelphia between 1945 and 1965.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815332510
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Series:	Garland Studies on the Elderly in America
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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