Care of the Elderly

Populations are growing older in a public health climate where brittle public services are struggling to cope with the demands associated with agei...

The need for paid care workers to provide professional, good quality care for those needing daily support continues to grow throughout the world. ...

Guidance for supporting family caregivers on maintaining positive mental health: This is the first book that takes a deep dive to answer the quest...

The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing f...

This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of health and social...

In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in...

Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is...

The editors undertook this project to promote the International Conference on Death, Grief, and Bereavement in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Throughou...

The world is growing older and this is a historically unprecedented phenomenon. Negotiating such change, personally, socially and for governments a...

Increasingly, scholars from many disciplines have begun to incorporate various modalities from the humanities and arts novels, films, artwork, and...

Rarely heard about in our society are caregivers' thoughts and feelings about life, death, and dying and how they act on those feelings. For the Li...

The book is divided into two major parts, the first on husbands and the second on sons, with Chapter 1 providing background for both parts. Chapter...

Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Preventi...

A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelicas beloved memoir and pastoral guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Wi...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

This book provides the latest research and design-based recommendations for how to design and implement a technology training program for older adu...