Incorporating perspectives from both social and health sciences, the editors and contributors of this book provide a comprehensive overview of the special needs of people requiring long-term care and make recommendations for improving delivery of long-term care services. This volume offers a critical review of the characteristics and needs of vulnerable adults and the current patterns of long-term care programs and services. It also analyzes a range of long-term care services, including informal caregivers, home-based and community-based services, services offered in institutional settings and those used by special populations. This book is of primary interest to health and social services professionals who work with the aged, academics and students in long-term care, sociology, public health, nursing, health administration, and policymakers.