Care of the Elderly

One of the most powerful ways we can care for our future is to create a Power of Attorney. This simple document allows an appointed person to make ...

This sensitive and compassionate book provides older people who are nearing the end of life and their loved ones, as well as the professionals who ...

A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated—from emergency r...

This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the la...

The oldest members of the baby boom generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare, with significant imp...

This book will help readers to better understand and address a strange social phenomenon: the apparent choice by some seniors to live in squalor. S...

A resource guide by and about elders and the process of aging, this volume provides a list of over 1,500 references, all annotated, covering a wide...

This literature review was undertaken in order to determine what caregivers needed to know about elderly sexuality, to determine the needs of elder...

Cogent, concise, and up-to-date, this comprehensive and multidisciplinary one-volume encyclopedia written by experts from many fields covers all th...

Noted scholars of environment-aging relations and environmental psychology examine the value of selected classic, contemporary, and in one instance...

This is a wide-ranging sourcebook filling a gap in the literature about employment policies and programs for older persons. The contributors repres...

Experts in gerontology, clinical psychology, and geriatric medicine provide an analytical survey and abstracts of the significant literature and re...

Experts have made a state-of-the-art survey of sources that are important in counseling older persons, an increasingly important segment of the nat...

This international reference guide analyzes the role and structure of care of the elderly and describes available services in 32 representative cou...