Care of the Elderly

What impact does caring for an elderly parent have on the lives of middle-aged (and sometimes elderly) caregiving offspring? Does a relationship ex...

Who abuses the elderly--and why? How widespread is the problem? Where can victims of elder abuse turn for help? And, what forms of treatment are cu...

This collection of readings presents a variety of perspectives on ageing from different communities across the United States: Native American, Puer...

Why are the elderly so often perceived as burdensome and unproductive members of our society? Altruism in Later Life explores and refutes this view...

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive treatment of the political economy of aging. From the founder and key thinker in the field comes ...

When working with older clients--or clients who have become "instantly old" due to disability--can a professional′s personal feelings affect the he...

Published in cooperation with the Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University Incre...

Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in...

Here is an informative overview of the causes and consequences of elder abuse in countries around the world. This book delves into the global probl...

This book provides an up-to-date and authoritative overview of the development of social work with older people in the UK. The coherent structure ...

How a protest galvanized a cultural identity for Filipino Americans

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...

How a protest galvanized a cultural identity for Filipino Americans

This is the 20th and final volume in the ""Societal Impact on Aging"" series. It focuses on what has been learned over the span of the previous vol...

Make sure your practice skills are up-to-date with the changes brought on by managed careAs a result of escalating costs, the focus of health care ...

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

A selection of proceedings from the 2004 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education annual conference Aging Education in a Global Context is a...

Make sure your practice skills are up-to-date with the changes brought on by managed careAs a result of escalating costs, the focus of health care ...

India’s ageing population is growing rapidly; over 60s constitute 7 per cent of the total population and this is projected to triple in the next fo...

'Essential reading for practitioners, educators and researchers within the general field of social work with older people.' - From the foreword by ...

What would it mean to substitute care for economics as the central concern of politics? This anthology invites analysis, reflections and speculatio...

This authoritative text offers the first comprehensive analysis of intergenerational relations and social welfare. It examines both the micro-socio...

'This timely report by HelpAge International sets out to establish some of the key social and political issues affecting older people's lives. It m...

In Old Age in Late Medieval England, Joel T. Rosenthal explores the life spans, sustained activities, behaviors, and mentalites of the individuals ...

A massive restructuring of health care in virtually all the wealthy nations of the West has offloaded services and costs from governmental responsi...

Assisted living is an alternative to the institutional nursing home that uses innovative design, financing and management to provide independent ho...

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a ...

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a ...

This book investigates the varied adaptations of social support systems and social integration among ageing Chinese populations within a diverse se...

The author has specialised in working with adult abuse and the manual is set out in the way she recommends that training be presented. There are ch...

`It is impossible in a short review to do justice to all those individual contributions, most of which are interesting in their own right … Whilst ...

The book is wide-ranging and probably is most satisfactory when it is introducing the reader to concerns, issues, disabilities, client groups or fi...

Spirituality and Ageing presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are ...