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A reassuring, expert-informed handbook for ordinary people caring for loved ones.

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Contrary to widely accepted stereotypes, evidence indicates that those who wish to use their skills and abilities for productive contributions may encounter significant barriers.

Bass, Caro, and Chen and the experts who contributed to the volume provide an original reassessment of the current options available to older people.

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Contrary to widely accepted stereotypes, evidence indicates that those who wish to use their skills and abilities for productive contributions may encounter significant barriers.

Bass, Caro, and Chen and the experts who contributed to the volume provide an original reassessment of the current options available to older people.

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This text examines the development of social policies affecting older people since the origins of the German welfare state under Bismarck, and looks at how policy makers have sought to cope with the growing numbers of elderly people over the years.

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In the process, the authors evaluate the range of needs, the importance of gender and cultural differences, and the effectiveness of Medicare and Medicaid as entitlement strategies.

Community care constitutes a major gap in the nation's health-care system.

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This text examines the strategies that caregivers employ to combine work and caregiving, and the accommodations they make in their jobs. The author shows how the pathways that lead a family member to caregiving vary according to family history, gender, and in-law status.

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A timely collection looking at communication in elderly care and how we can best understand and improve its quality. >

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Using a multidisciplinary approach to service learning in elder care, Seperson and Hegeman assist students in their actual experience with clients. Part III describes a service learning classroom and the many tools a student and a professor can use to maximize the learning in this special kind of class.

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Empowerment is vital to older people's quality of life and to the health of any society, and an international perspective on the issue will inform all who work with older people.

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Empowerment is vital to older people's quality of life and to the health of any society, and an international perspective on the issue will inform all who work with older people.

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This encyclopaedia covers all the major aspects of home health care for the elderly in the USA today. The articles discuss common problems, home care measures, trends, key issues, groups and agencies. An appendix links related topics and gives the addresses of 37 key organizations.

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Noted scholars of environment-aging relations and environmental psychology examine the value of selected classic, contemporary, and in one instance, completely new theories for enhancing both research and service provision on housing for elderly populations.

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As the American population ages, health care for the elderly grows in importance. Each citation is accompanied by an annotation that concisely summarizes and assesses the contents of the work.

The volume begins with an informative introductory essay on the ethical issues pertinent to health care for older adults.

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Characterizes the comparative lifestyles and wellbeing of heterogeneous older Americans by analyzing their expenditure patterns.

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Offers support and guidance for caregivers, clearly defined options for care, and the ways and means for readers to craft their own successful journey through caregiving challenges and heartbreak.

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This is a wide-ranging sourcebook filling a gap in the literature about employment policies and programs for older persons. A lengthy bibliography enhances the use of this major new reference tool for students, scholars, and practitioners in gerontology, social work, and business.

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This reference assesses the empirical research and conceptual frameworks for understanding the mental health needs and service use of ethnic elderly in America. It appraises the varying approaches, the demographic characteristics, the needs, help-seeking and mental health services and their use.

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An outstanding examination of the cross-cultural apsects in social work practice and service dealing with Hispanic elderly, in particular Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans.

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One measure of public program response to rapidly expanding older populations is the approach to old-age pensions under social insurance, social assistance, and provident fund systems.