Aging: Caring for Our Elders -

Aging: Caring for Our Elders

Buch | Softcover
244 Seiten
2010
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-5897-3 (ISBN)
160,49 inkl. MwSt
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
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