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Community care for an aging society : issues, policy, and services / Carole B. Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Carole B.
- Series:
- Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
- Springer series on life styles and issues in aging
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Care--United States.
- Older people.
- Older people--Services for--United States.
- Community health services for older people--United States.
- Community health services for older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most older persons desire to remain living in the community, but those requiring care are often at risk of not having their needs met. Families may find themselves unable to care for their older relatives, while formal services are often unavailable or inaccessible. Policies and services are beginning to focus on the community rather than institutions as the primary axis for care. 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 an
- Contents:
- Community care for an aging population
- Determining needs for care
- Policy and care
- Community programs and services
- Housing needs and responses
- The role of the family in providing care
- Ethnicity and care
- New responses in community care
- The challenges of caring for an aging society.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8261-2805-X
- OCLC:
- 476263315
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