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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
Formal Services in Senior Housing
Formal Services in Senior Housing
As elderly tenants age in place, the importance of formal services increases. Formal services such as home care, transportation, home-delivered meals, home nursing services, and home health aides can provide essential supportive services that enable elderly tenants to avoid unnecessary or premature institutional placement. In most cases use of formal services can either supplement or complement the support that elderly tenants receive from family, friends, and neighbors. In the case of isolated elderly with disabilities, however, many rely exclusively on formal services because they lack other sources of support (Tobin & Toseland, 1990).
As more and more tenants experience moderate to severe limitations in their ability to care for themselves, housing managers, social service providers, and health ...
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