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Leonard W. Kay and Abraham Monk (eds.). Congregate Housing for Elderly, Theoretical, Policy and Programmatic Perspectives. Haworth Press, 1991.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Danielle Maltais
Danielle Maltais
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec.
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Abstract

Despite its publication year (1991), this volume deserves the attention of facilitators and researchers in the field of gerontology interested in the issue of housing for the elderly in loss of independence. The authors discuss from different viewpoints the concept of congregate housing, a form of living which offers a minimum of support services to older adults with disabilities. The book consists of ten papers of debates, analyses and experiences which sensitize the reader to this alternate form of institutional housing. Without question, this volume is of great interest, and the quality of work from the researchers who contributed to the various articles noteworthy.

Type
Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , Spring/printemps 1996 , pp. 151 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1996

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