title: Bringing assisted living services into congregate housing: housing directors' perspectives.
abstract: The purpose of this research is to explore the impact of an Assisted Living Services (ALS) program on directors of state-funded congregate housing. Using focus groups, we interviewed congregate housing directors about how adding the ALS program to their facilities impacted their management experiences. Four themes emerged from the analysis of the focus group data: (1) importance of assisted living services for promoting aging in place; (2) "costs" of offering ALS; (3) differences in how the ALS program was implemented; and (4) organizational issues emerging from the merger of housing and health-care models. Based on the present findings, we propose a number of policy issues that need to be addressed when services are added to existing housing.
authors.affiliation: School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Nancy.W.Sheehan@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Nancy W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: Claudia E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003237:Connecticut; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013219:State Government; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires