Intended for future health administrators, this textbook outlines the formal organizational arrangements for providing long-term care, and characterizes the services, financing and staffing provided in hospitals, nursing, homes, home care situations, hospice, and adult day services. Evashwick (California State University) identifies problems in the current system, and suggests what needs to be done to achieve an integrated continuum of care for the future. The third edition adds chapters on quality, disability, and HIV/AIDS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Connie J. Evashwick, ScD, is the Endowed Chair for the FHP Foundation and the Director for the Center for Health Behavior Studies, California State University, Long Beach, California

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