Community Care For An Aging Society
Subtitle: Issues, Policies, And Services (Springer Series on Life Styles and Issues in Aging)
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; Springer Pub. Co.
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780826128041
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Community care; Social Science; Politics - Current Events; General; United States; Politics / Current Events; Services for; Sociology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Community health services for older people; Gerontology; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Care; Community health services for; Older people
First sentence: America is aging rapidly, with both the proportion and the sheer number of persons 65 and older relative to the rest of the population continuing to increase.
Description: "This book examines the many factors contributing to needs for care among older persons as well as the ways in which impairments are defined and responded to by both the individual and society. Focusing on practice and policy issues, Dr. Cox describes many of the early stage community care innovations that hold the promise of making contributions to the well-being and independence of the older population."--BOOK JACKET.