{"product_id":"family-and-aging-policy-1","title":"Family and Aging Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn how public policies can help families provide the care their elderly relatives need\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily and Aging Policy examines how public initiatives to assist the elderly in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Denmark, and Sweden can impact families who provide them with long-term care. For the majority of older people, the aging experience involves their families directly and indirectly, affecting income security, housing, and health care. This unique book addresses the aging issues that matter most to families struggling to deal with the demands of care giving and provides answers on how the public sector can help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the traditional nuclear family becomes a memory and the notion of extended family disappears, the need for public interventions to help the elderly increases. A significant number of people grow old without families they can depend on. Others have families who want to help, but lack the financial means or the housing needed to provide care. Family and Aging Policy offers options on how families and formal services can share responsibilities, including how families can juggle jobs and care giving, the effects of the Family and Medical Leave Act, consumer-directed service options, community-based care programs, accessory dwelling units and zoning ordinances, and provisions for caregiver support in each of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily and Aging Policy examines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e extensive welfare programs in Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e publicly funded home care programs in Denmark\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e family-oriented social policies in Singapore\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e shared responsibilities of families and formal services in Canada\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the Administration on Aging’s National Family Caregiver Support program in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e California Caregiver Resource Centers\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily and Aging Policy is an invaluable tool for researchers and policy analysts working in family policy issues and as an essential supplemental text for course work in gerontology, sociology, family relations, and social work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240381567320,"sku":"9780789033741","price":47.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789033741_ad60c76a-8933-4e8c-8e68-f63d7e2e33f2.jpg?v=1779424263","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/family-and-aging-policy-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}