I. Key topics in assisted living
1. State policy and regulations / Robert L. Mollica
2. Residential care/assisted living in the changing health care environment / Michael A. Nolin and Robert L. Mollica
3. Creating a therapeutic environment : lessons from Northern European models / Victor A. Regnier and Anne Copeland Scott
4. Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living / R. Tamara Hodlewsky
5. African-American use of residential care in North Carolina / Elizabeth J. Mutran, S. Sudha, Peter Reed, Manoj Menon, and Tejas Desai
II. Diversity in profile : assisted living in four states
6. Overview of the collaborative studies of long-term care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, J. Kevin Eckert, Verita Custis Buie, Joan F. Walsh, Gary Grove Koch, and J. Richard Hebel
7. Resident characteristics / Leslie A. Morgan, Ann I. Gruber-Baldini, and Jay Magaziner
8. Physical environment / Philip D. Sloane and Sheryl S. Zimmerman
9. Process of care / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, J. Kevin Eckert, and Judith B. Wildfire
10. Aging in place / Shulamit l. Bernard, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and J. Kevin Eckert
11. Care for persons with dementia / Philip D. Sloane, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Marcia Ory
12. Economics and financing / Sally C. Stearns and Leslie A. Morgan
13. Connectedness in residential care : a qualitative perspective / J. Kevin Eckert, Sheryl S. Zimmerman, and Leslie A. Morgan
III. Future directions in assisted living
14. Emerging issues in residential care/assisted living / Sheryl S. Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert
