Community care for an aging society : issues, policies, and services / Carole B. Cox.

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Cox, Carole B

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780826128058
082612805X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Community care for an aging society.DDC classification:

362.6/0973 22

LOC classification:

HV1461 .C739 2004eb

NLM classification:

2005 B-788
WT 31

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Contents:

Community care for an aging society -- Determining needs for care -- Policy affecting 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.

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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.

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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.

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