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  • The Mind and Mood of Aging

    Mental Health Problems of the Community Elderly in New York and London

    by Barry Gurland, John Copeland, Judith Kuriansky, Michael Kelleher, Lawrence Sharpe, Laura Lee Dean ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Aging
    Originally published in 1983, this cross-national study had three aims. First, to examine the cross-national differences among the elderly community in the prevalence of psychiatric problems and their relationship to other health and social problems. Second, to examine the differences in health care of aged people, with a view to providing a framework for improvement of health and support services ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities

    Political, Social, and Financial Issues

    by Ian Morrison, Susana Frisch, Ruth Bennett, Barry Gurland ...
    Here is the first detailed study of the economic, social, and administrative implications for the establishment of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Leaders in the field of optional living arrangements for the elderly examine models of continuing care retirement communities throughout the United States. A wide range of sometimes conflicting views are vigorously discussed--by ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

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    by Peter A. DiPrima Jr. ...
    The book every paramedic needs to enhance their career and job performanceParamedic Survival Guide offers both novice and experienced paramedics a unique blend of case studies, testimonials, and advice from veterans to help them succeed on their jobs and advance their career. The book also offers advice on how to pick the correct EMT job, the recruitment and interview process, and various career ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Foucault, Health and Medicine

    Edited by Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen ...
    The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Social Work Practice in Home Health Care

    by Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos ...
    Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, social workers will discover a unique “how-to” approach to social work practice in home health care agencies. You will find a historical perspective on home health care and clinical interventions to help you improve home health care for your patients. A wide range of clients, such as the developmentally disabled, post-hospitalization patients, the ... Read more

    $146.99 CAD

  • Working with Older People

    by John Harris, Denise Tanner ...
    Series series The Social Work Skills Series
    Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a vital source of information and help.Working with Older People provides a framework of knowledge, skills and values pertinent to qualifying social ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • A Journey Called Aging

    Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood

    by James C. Fisher, Henry C. Simmons ...
    A Journey Called Aging presents an insightful exploration of the years between the entry into older adulthood and death. This text examines the significant changes and major landmarks of older persons between 60 and 90. Grounded by a developmental framework based on empirical research, this book presents a new way of looking at older adulthood, describing the older adult years in intensely human ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Gerontological Social Work in Small Towns and Rural Communities

    by Lenard W Kaye, Sandra Butler ...
    Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas!Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging ... Read more

    $152.99 CAD

  • Women Ageing

    Changing Identities, Challenging Myths

    Edited by Miriam Bernard, Val Harding Davies, Linda Machin, Judith Phillips ...
    Women Ageing provides a better understanding of what ageing is like for women and challenges the myths which have grown up around the ageing process. Blending the scholarly, the personal and the political, it reveals the range of strategies and identities women adopt to manage the transitions of the second half of the life course. In doing so it uncovers not only the commonalities and the ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • University-Linked Retirement Communities

    Student Visions of Eldercare

    by Leon A Pastalan, Benyamin Schwarz ...
    University-Linked Retirement Communities focuses on the special attributes of a retirement community designed as an integral part of a university. It discusses the theoretical and practical aspects of such a retirement community, which provides a rich and varied context for older people to be exposed to new ideas and learning opportunities for personal growth. The book centers on the premise that ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs

    Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development

    by Rhonda J.V. Montgomery ...
    Explore new frontiers in Alzheimer's support systems!When Congress authorized the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States program in 1990, no one knew how effective the program would prove to be. A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs provides you with results of the first major evaluation of ADDGS programs. Across the country, groups were able to develop specialized programs ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Community-Based Systems of Long-Term Care

    Edited by Rick T. Zawadski ...
    An enlightening review of the successes and failures of several federally funded community-based projects that offered elderly persons an alternative to nursing home care. Policymakers, caregivers, and students of public administration and gerontology must read this valuable book. ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD