Overview

This book helps in ...building a bridge between the networks...The topics of aging and disabilities are multifaceted and therefore may be approached in many ways. The editors have chosen to focus on four systems and areas of common ground (aging, developmental disabilities, independent living movement, and rehabilitation), to investigate the emerging ""intersection"" of the two fields.

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Author:   James Callahan
Publisher:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Imprint:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Edition:   illustrated edition
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780895031082

ISBN 10:   0895031086
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   15 June 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Common Stake? Investigating the Emerging 'Intersection' of Aging and Disabilities Edward F. Ansello and Nancy N. Eustis SEEKING COMMON GROUND Seeking Common Ground Between Aging and Developmental Disabilities Edward F. Ansello Common Needs, Different Solutions? Younger and Older Homecare Clients Nancy N. Eustis and Lucy Rose Fischer REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR ELDERS Aging and Rehabilitation: Beyond the Medical Model Stanley J. Brody and Malcolm H. Morrison Geriatric Rehabilitation Kenneth Brummel-Smith Availability of Rehabilitation Services for Elders: A Study of Critical Policy and Financing Issues Linda A. Wray and Fernando M. Torres-Gil What Are We Trying to Restore? A Case for Habilitation Paul A. Raia The Kona Adult Day Center: Rehabilitation in Adult Daycare Karen L. Klemme INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITYIndependent Living and Community Life: Building Coalitions Among Elders, People with Disabilities, and Our Allies Julie Ann Racino and Judith E. Heumann What Is Independence? Elias S. Cohen Consumer-Directed Homecare: What Makes It Possible? Charles P. Sabatino and Simi Litvak Adjusting to Early- and Late-Onset Disability: A Personal Perspective Jean B. Zink Planning for the Transfer of Care Joan B. Wood and Laura Lopater Skiles `Retirement' for Older Persons with Developmental Disabilities Evelyn Sutton, Harvey L. Sterns, and Ruth S. Roberts EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING Training Families to Be Case Managers for Elders with Developmental Disabilities Marsha Mailick Seltzer The Training of a Specialist in Developmental Disabilities and Aging Evelyn Sutton, Harvey L. Sterns, Lisa Schwartz, and Ruth Roberts Aging with a Disability: Educating Myself June Isaacson Kailes A UNIFIED POLITICAL AGENDA? Autonomy as a Policy Goal for Disability and Aging Laurel Beedon Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care: The Politics of Common Ground Robert H. Binstock The Independent Living Model of Personal Assistance in National Long-Term-Care Policy Gerben DeJong, Andrew I. Batavia, and Louise Bouscaren McKnew Changing Complex Long-Term-Care Systems Kay Charron

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