Ambient Assisted Living
About this book
An assisted living residence or assisted living facility (ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting is similar to a retirement home, in the sense that facilities provide a group living environment and typically cater to an older adult population. There is also Caribbean assisted living, which offers a similar service in a resort-like environment (somewhat like assisted vacationing). The expansion of assisted living has been the shift from "care as service" to "care as business" in the broader health care system predicted in 1982.Starr, P. 1982. The Social Transformation of American Medicine. New York: Basic Books. A consumer-driven industry, assisted living offers a wide range of options, levels of care, and diversity of services (Lockhart, 2009) and is subject to state rather than federal regulatory oversight.
Reader Profile
· 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Ambient Assisted Living?
About ≈ 7 h 24 m — 400 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Ambient Assisted Living?
400 pages in its most-read edition.
Is Ambient Assisted Living in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Ambient Assisted Living?
Alessandro Leone.