Care of the Elderly

How do you treat an illness that destroys life without taking it? What can be done to restore the control and dignity which are so quickly eroded b...

"Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations" is presented in three parts. Part One describes the policy process as a response to human needs thro...

Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging is a language-based, interdisciplinary program that increases interaction and commun...

Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be tha...

First published in 1999. When human populations and their needs change, organizations responsible for their care inevitably react. With the rapidly...

This book provides a systematic study of the challenges of aging in China and of the measures being taken, planned, and still needed to cope with t...

This edited collection emphasizes the role of social work practice and research related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) aging. It...

This study reflects a growing recognition of the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to contemporary debates about t...

Can traditional arts improve an older adult's quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder's cultural ident...

The government's NHS Plan emphasises the importance of services based on users' views. This highly topical report provides practical guidance on ho...

This book explores the critical issue of how to manage the ever-increasing demand for social care in Britain’s ageing society. With informal care, ...

As populations age around the world, there is an urgent need to address the inadequate and unequal provision of care and support to older and disab...

There has been significant societal and global change in recent years with accompanying shifts in how older people are perceived by societies acros...

The ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse are analyzed in this volume. Drawing on their own re...

Drawing on the expertise of researchers and practitioners, this volume presents detailed information on a wide range of community-based services th...

From bestselling children’s author Marianne Richmond comes a powerful memoir about overcoming a mother’s emotional neglect and finding the courage ...

In 2011, seven thousand American “baby boomers” (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned sixty-five daily. As this largest U.S. generation ages, c...

Do you want to age independently in your own home and neighborhood? Staying home, aging in place, is most people's preference, but most American ho...

Working Daughter is a revelatory look at who’s caring for our aging population and how these unpaid family caregivers are trying to manage caring f...

As boomers move towards retirement the phenomenon of"population aging" has become a much-publicized issue.Independence and Economic Security in Old...

Clothing and appearance are steeped in social and personal significance, conveying individuals' gender, class, culture, and occupation. In the comm...

As boomers move towards retirement the phenomenon of"population aging" has become a much-publicized issue.Independence and Economic Security in Old...

This eminently practical book applies the task-centered model to gerontological practice across various settings (community based, hospital based, ...

Older people who would prefer to stay in their homes and states whose funds are being depleted by the rising costs of Medicaid payments to nursing ...

This unique book clearly depicts a need for supervision in gerontological social work settings and provides a framework for approaching supervision...

This unique book clearly depicts a need for supervision in gerontological social work settings and provides a framework for approaching supervision...

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical informa...

First published in 1993. This present volume, co-edited by two sociologists, Jon Hendricks of the United States and Carolyn Rosenthal of Canada, fo...

This manual provides state-of-the-art, practical materials to detect, prevent, and intervene with older adults who are at-risk and problem drinkers...

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnograph...

Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for the family members of their residen...

Thirty years ago, when compared to the U.S., England, France, and Sweden, Japan had the lowest life expectancy for males and females. Today, Japan ...