Aging: Caring for Our Elders

David N. Weisstub, David C. Thomasma, S. Gauthier, G.F. Tomossy (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-5897-3 (ISBN)

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Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect.

The Family.- Across the generations: Family care dynamics into the new millennium.- Family caregiving: A problem of justice.- Family care for frail elders and norms of caregiver well-being at the turn of the twenty-first century.- Social Responsibility.- Care for elderly people in Sweden: Do cutbacks reflect changing principles or simply adjustment to economic pressure?.- Financing long-term care in the United States: Who should pay for Mom and Dad?.- The role of the government and the family in taking care of the frail elderly: A comparison of the United States and Japan.- Care.- Appropriate housing for the elderly of the United States: An integral component of their health care.- Nursing work, housekeeping issues, and the moral geography of home care.- The dilemma of prolonged engagement: Building opportunities for reciprocity among ethnic female clients and workers in elder care services.- Community mental health services for older adults in the United States.- Dementia care ethics.- Decision-making in social and medical services for patients with dementia in Japan.- Neglect.- The abuse and neglect of the elderly.- Aging, homelessness, and the law.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	"International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine " ; 11
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 244 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	90-481-5897-4 / 9048158974
ISBN-13	978-90-481-5897-3 / 9789048158973
Zustand	Neuware