title: Institutions and alternatives for older people.
abstract: A major national priority for older people is the provision of systems of social and medical care that may be applied to individuals in an effort to extend residence in the community or avert institutionalization altogether. Data reviewed here suggest that goals must be modest in attemtping to deinstitutionalize or avert institutionalization.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011788:Quality of Life