Care of the Elderly

Designed to promote good practice in working with older people in residential and day care, this training manual is aimed at helping care workers m...

First published in 1998. It is likely that as long as dementia has been in existence, caregivers of cognitively-impaired individuals have supported...

Through firsthand accounts and research, Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly focuses on the education, training, and support of individua...

With neo-liberal resource rationing, and the onus of cost shifting from the state to individuals, families, and communities, migration issues can a...

Older people are, like younger people, citizens in the communities of the nations in which they live. This book sees ageing as a life journey that ...

The issues associated with population ageing are already assuming prominence in most OECD countries. Many governments are extremely concerned about...

Tragically, increased longevity in developing countries has recently coincided with massive migrations and a series of disasters which have had ser...

Broadly speaking there are two kinds of professional practice skills relevant to the burgeoning field of gerontological human service: clinical mod...

The first academic history of the old age home in Canada from the 1890s to the 1960s.

The strengths and opportunities of ageing and the ageing population.Silver empowerment is a valuable paradigm to improve care and support systems f...

This book examines a central element of social welfare, old age security, exploring the history of policies in both developed and underdeveloped co...

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...

A meditation on the social political and philosophical questions of ageing, from the internationally acclaimed author of Returning to ReimsA few ye...

This original collection explores how critical gerontology can make sense of old age inequalities to inform and improve social work research, polic...

Healthcare, social welfare and housing policy agendas, while emphasising the importance of supporting the independent living of older people at hom...

This book is an important and timely look at issues of ethics inaging. It reflects the complexity of these questions, but develops themin relation ...

Transitions and the life course: Challenging the constructions of 'growing old' explores and challenges dominant interpretations of transitions as ...

This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participatio...

There is no shortage of political and moral commentary on family life. Frequently the underlying theme of these commentaries is the decline of cont...

Current social policy recognises that older people should be treated as experts in their own lives and be actively involved in their care. This boo...

There is no shortage of political and moral commentary on family life. Frequently the underlying theme of these commentaries is the decline of cont...

As the average age of the U.S. population continues to increase, age-related policies have come under intense scrutiny, sparking heated debates. In...

Almost a decade ago, Peter S. Silin wrote Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey to provide family members with practical advice and emotional suppor...

Almost a decade ago, Peter S. Silin wrote Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey to provide family members with practical advice and emotional suppor...

Building upon the strengths of the popular reference, Cancer in the Elderly, this guide outlines novel approaches in the identification and managem...

Essential information for the design of senior living facilities Building Type Basics for Senior Living, Second Edition is your one-stop reference ...

An inciteful ethnography of cross-border elder care workers. The precarious situation in the successor states of Yugoslavia created a specific dyna...

Assisted living is a vital component of long-term care in the United States. In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from ...

This volume serves to present to interested readers recent developments in microsimulation and public policy. It strings together: selected papers ...

The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing, law, medicine, sociology, and social work to provid...

Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with t...

This most timely, authoritative, and insightful book provides a new framework for understanding the circumstances currently surrounding America's e...