Evaluating residential facilities

Evaluating Residential Facilities reports on a conceptually integrated method for measuring the quality of residential facilities for older adults - the Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure. This comprehensive volume fully describes assessment procedures such as identifying resident and staff characteristics, critiquing the physical and architectural features of a facility, determining residents' and staff members' appraisals of the social climate, and evaluating the judgments of external observers. Throughout, the authors provide practical suggestions for administering and scoring all of the instruments and for giving feedback to program managers and staff. Case studies lead the user through patient assessment for a nursing home, a residential care facility, or a congregate apartment.