U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly:
Literature Review Update Abstract
PDF Version:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ablitrev.pdf
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This paper was prepared by the Office of Disability, Aging and
Long-Term Care Policy within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For additional information, you may visit the DALTCP home page at
http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/daltcp.cfm or contact the office at
HHS/ASPE/DALTCP, Room 424E, H.H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue,
SW, Washington, DC 20201. The e-mail address is:
webmaster.DALTCP@hhs.gov.
Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation and the Administration on Aging By Lewin-VHI, Inc., subcontactors to
Research Triangle Institute. Feburary, 1996.
"Assisted living" is a term that generally refers to a type of care that
combines housing and supportive services in a "homelike" environment and that
strives to maximize the individual functioning and autonomy of residents. This
document provides a review of published and unpublished literature on assisted
living for the period 1992 through September, 1995. This literature review
serves as an update to a review of the literature conducted for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in 1992. Like its
predecessor, this review focuses on assisted living for the frail elderly.
The review of the literature published since 1992 indicates a heightened
interest in assisted living. In general, the articles written over the past two
to three years have become increasingly more specific and more exhaustive of
the subject of assisted living. Opportunities for HUD Section 232 financing and
Medicaid waivers have inspired many of the recent articles and reports. In
addition, research on the needs of dementia patients and "best practices"
research on living arrangements for the frail elderly in general have also had
an impact on recent writing on assisted living. However, a general consensus in
the literature regarding definitions of assisted living and its attendant
services and amenities continues to be lacking.
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Questions and comments should be addressed to Bob Clark.
- OTHER REPORTS AVAILABLE
- A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly:
Discharged Residents Telephone Survey Data Collection and Sampling
Report
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/drtelesy.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/drtelesy.pdf
- A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Final
Sampling and Weighting Report
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/sampweig.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/sampweig.pdf
- A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Final
Summary Report
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/finales.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/finales.pdf
- A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Report
on In-Depth Interviews with Developers
Executive
Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/indpthes.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/indepth.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/indepth.pdf
- A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly:
Results of a National Study of Facilities
Executive
Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/facreses.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/facres.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/facres.pdf
- Assisted Living Policy and Regulation: State Survey
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/stasvyes.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/stasvyes.pdf
- Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High
Service Assisted Living Facilities
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alfdiff.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alfdiff.pdf
- Family Members' Views: What is Quality in Assisted Living
Facilities Providing Care to People with Dementia?
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/fmviews.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/fmviews.pdf
- Guide to Assisted Living and State Policy
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alspguide.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alspguide.pdf
- High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their
Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey
Executive
Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/hshpes.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/hshp.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/hshp.pdf
- National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly:
Literature Review Update
Abstract HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ablitrev.htm
Abstract PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ablitrev.pdf
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/litrev.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/litrev.pdf
- Residents Leaving Assisted Living: Descriptive and Analytic
Results from a National Survey
Executive Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alresdes.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alresid.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/alresid.pdf
- State Assisted Living Policy: 1996
Executive
Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/96states.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/96state.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/96state.pdf
- State Assisted Living Policy: 1998
Executive
Summary http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/98states.htm
HTML http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/98state.htm
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/98state.pdf
- INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE
- Facility Screening Questionnaire
PDF http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/instruments/FacScQ.pdf