For one thing, both professional caregivers and the elders themselves have not embraced this truth. This myth erodes professional enthusiasm for treating late-life disease. Lesnoff-Caravaglia launches a highly competent attempt to set the record straight by acquainting the reader, body system by body system, with the true nature of aging and disease. Knowledge is power. And this book delivers.
Elders prepare to know thyself.
Read it and reap. AgeVenture News Service. It is a follow-up study to a national survey conducted in 1997 that found that 25 percent of all U.S. households provide care for an elderly person. Produced in conjunction with the National Alliance for Caregiving and the National Center for Women and Aging at Brandeis University, the study offers a two-fold alert for a rapidly aging America. On the economic side, businesses must support caregiver workers in order to enhance productivity in a way that allows American companies to continue to compete in the world market.