Care of the elderly books

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Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family, and Caregiving in Middle and Working Class Families

Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family, and...

Author: Deborah M. Merrill
ISBN: 9780865692695
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This text examines the strategies that caregivers employ to combine work and caregiving, and the accommodations...  Read More >>

Re-evaluating Residential Care

Re-evaluating Residential Care

Author: Peace ,  Leonie Kellaher
ISBN: 9780335193929
Format: Paperback
$134.51

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Sexuality and the Elderly: A Research Guide

Sexuality and the Elderly: A Research Guide

Author: Bonnie L. Walker
ISBN: 9780313301339
Format: Hardback
$120.00

This literature review was undertaken in order to determine what caregivers needed to know about elderly sexuality....  Read More >>

Elderlearning: New Frontier in an Aging Society

Elderlearning: New Frontier in an Aging Society

Author: Lois Landmin ,  Mary Fugate
ISBN: 9780897749596
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Elderlearning includes the results of the first comprehensive survey on the topic of adult learning in men and women...  Read More >>

Psychotherapy with the Elderly: Becoming Methuselah's Echo

Psychotherapy with the Elderly: Becoming Methuselah's...

Author: George Bouklas
ISBN: 9780765700513
Format: Hardback
$126.95

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Older People in Modern Society

Older People in Modern Society

Author: Anthea Tinker
ISBN: 9780582294882
Format: Paperback
$120.00

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Dementia: Challenges and New Directions

Dementia: Challenges and New Directions

Author: Susan Hunter
ISBN: 9781853023125
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This volume presents advances in dementia research. All aspects of dementia are covered, from questions about the...  Read More >>

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians

Author: Jean K Quam ,  Editor
ISBN: 9781560230847
Format: Paperback
$48.99

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping...  Read More >>

Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First

Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First

Author: Tom Kitwood
ISBN: 9780335198559
Format: Paperback
$129.36

Drawing on research evidence, logical analysis and the author's own experience, this book scrutinizes and reappraisals...  Read More >>

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians

Author: Jean K Quam
ISBN: 9781560248088
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping...  Read More >>

Folklore, Culture, and Aging: A Research Guide

Folklore, Culture, and Aging: A Research Guide

Author: David P. Shuldiner
ISBN: 9780313298974
Format: Hardback
$120.00

A resource guide by and about elders and the process of aging. This volume provides a list of over 1,500 references,...  Read More >>

Aging and Old Age

Aging and Old Age

Author: Richard A. Posner
ISBN: 9780226675688
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources...  Read More >>

The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan

The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and...

Author: Michael D. Hurd ,  Naohiro Yashiro
ISBN: 9780226361000
Format: Hardback
$215.95

The 14 essays in this volume seek to show that, despite differences in culture and social and government structure,...  Read More >>

Past Trauma in Late Life: European Perspectives on Therapeutic Work with Older People

Past Trauma in Late Life: European Perspectives on Therapeutic...

Author: Professor Professor Mary Marshall ,  Cherry Rowlings
ISBN: 9781853024467
Format: Paperback
$113.39

In the professional and practice literature on working with older people, little attention has been given to the...  Read More >>

Alternatives to Aging

Alternatives to Aging

Author: Stephen Kravette
ISBN: 9780914918899
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Until now, for most of us, each passing year brings diminished vitality and energy losses in efficacy, and a sense...  Read More >>

How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home: Four Programs That Work and Why

How to Get Families More Involved in the Nursing Home:...

Author: Tammy La Brake
ISBN: 9780789002051
Format: Paperback
$147.00

Health care providers and social workers at nursing homes may feel they have little time to design programs for...  Read More >>

Quality care for elderly people

Quality care for elderly people

Author: Edward J. Dickinson ,  Peter P. Mayer
ISBN: 9780412618307
Format: Paperback
$189.95

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Telecommunications for Older People and Disabled People in Europe: Preparing for the Information Society

Telecommunications for Older People and Disabled People...

Author: K. Cullen ,  S. Robinson
ISBN: 9789051993462
Format: Hardback
$205.92

This MART study provides a complete assessment of the opportunities presented by the Information Society for older...  Read More >>

Aging in Europe

Aging in Europe

Author: J.J.F. Schroots ,  G. Rudinger
ISBN: 9789051993820
Format: Hardback
$364.32

The aim of this work is to provide an inventory of gerontological research, and to develop the outline of a cross-European...  Read More >>

Caring for Elderly People

Caring for Elderly People

Author: Francie Lund ,  Nozizwe Madlala
ISBN: 9780869808979
Format: Paperback
$23.10

Designed for professional and non-professional carers in training, this workbook contains complete workshop designs...  Read More >>

Introduction to Public Policy: An Aging Perspective

Introduction to Public Policy: An Aging Perspective...

Author: David K. Brown
ISBN: 9780761804147
Format: Hardback
$180.84

This book proposes a policy context upon which to build a framework for programs and services for the aging. The...  Read More >>

Preventing Patient Falls

Preventing Patient Falls

Author: Janice M. Morse
ISBN: 9780761905936
Format: Paperback
$150.35

Presents a discussion of the process of implementing a fall prevention program in an institution using the Morse...  Read More >>

Long-Term Care

Long-Term Care

Author: Mark V. Pauly ,  Peter Zweifel
ISBN: 9780844770307
Format: Paperback
$15.95

This work analyses the proposals to extend current federal income and payroll tax exclusions and deductibility to...  Read More >>

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics v. 16; Focus on Managed Care and Quality Assurance, Integrated Acute and Chronic Care

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics v. 16; Focus...

Author: M.Powell Lawton ,  Robert J. Newcomer
ISBN: 9780826164988
Format: Hardback
$152.00

Provide an overview of each component of the acute and long-term care service continuum, including managed health...  Read More >>

The Social Networks of Older People: A Cross-National Analysis

The Social Networks of Older People: A Cross-National...

Author: Howard Litwin
ISBN: 9780275953270
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This edited volume examines the social networks of older people in nine countries from a range of perspectives in...  Read More >>

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