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In this multidisciplinary text, noted leaders from a variety of fields provide students and professionals with a big picture approach to the best possible care for today's growing aging population. Addressing the extensive concerns that have arisen out of an increased life expectancy and the "elder-boom" of aging baby boomers, the contributors point to changing care and housing needs; health, mental health, and wellness concerns; and financial, ethical, and legal issues in elder care.
Contributors include Eileen Chichin, Catherine DeLorey, Marshall Kapp, Gary Kennedy, William Smith, Patricia Miller, and Thomas Campbell Jackson.
- Contributors
- Aging in America: Challenges and Opportunities, L.M. Tepper
- Family Relationships and Support Networks, L.M. Tepper
- The Nursing Home and the Continuum of Care, W.T. Smith
- Environmental Design in Evoking the Capacities of Older People, L.G. Hiatt
- Home Health Care, C. DeLorey
- Medical Care of the Elderly, R.H. Rubin
- Health Promotion in Later Life, C. Kopes-Kerr
- Considerations for Oral Health in the Elderly, B.M. Horrell
- Major Mental Disorders of Old Age, G.J. Kennedy
- Counseling Older People and Their Families, L.M. Tepper
- End-of-Life Issues from a Social Service Perspective, S.S. Robinson and L.M. Tepper
- Financing Health Care, T.C. Jackson
- Issues in Elder Law, M.B. Kapp
- Ethics and the Elderly, E.R. Chichin
- Identifying and Preventing Elder Abuse, T.M. Cassidy
- Interdisciplinary Teamwork: The Key to Quality Care for Older Adults, P.A. Miller
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Changing Relationships, Changing Care Needs
Part II: Health and Wellness in Later Life
Part III: Financial, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Elder Care
Appendix 1: Sample Bereavement Support Letter to Families of Deceased Hospice Clients
Appendix 2: Bereavement Assessment Form
Index