Congregate Housing for the Elderly: Theoretical, Policy and Programmatic Perspectives.

Edited by L. W. Kaye and A. Monk

New York: The Haworth Press. 1992. 190 pp. Price US $29,95 (hardcover); US $14.95 (paperback).

Congregate housing in the United States, the equivalent of sheltered housing in the United Kingdom, is a topic of endless interest in both countries. For a British reader this collection of essays edited by Kaye and Monk is a useful historical account of developments in the USA during the last twenty years.

There are some tantalizing glimpses of experiments such as the demonstration social/health maintenance organizations. Under this model, a single private provider assumes responsibility for a full range of ambulatory, …