Human Services for Older Adults

Concepts and Skills

Anita S. Harbert, Leon H. Ginsberg (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

1990 | Second Edition
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-87249-682-8 (ISBN)

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Human Services for Older Adults provides a broad overview of the conditions and context in which today's older adults live, as well as practical information on how to work with them given today's circumstances. Information is provided on the demographic characteristics of older people in America, discussing social, economic, and health problems confronting them and the needs of subgroups among the elderly population such as minority elderly, rural elderly, and older women. The book also provides information on various methods of working with older adults, and social programs available through the government, as well as other sources for meeting the needs of the elderly. The revised edition of a popular text, it is geared toward nurses, social workers, psychologists, gerontologists, counselors, and others who work in senior adult positions and settings.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.1990
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	South Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 227 mm
Gewicht	333 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-87249-682-1 / 0872496821
ISBN-13	978-0-87249-682-8 / 9780872496828
Zustand	Neuware