| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xi, 282 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Working with the old, older, and oldest : understanding the experience of aging in America ; Health and illness in the later years : range of normal and pathological ; Helping the incontinent : a biopsychosocial challenge / Florence Safford -- Medication and the elderly / Mary Helen Hayden and Florence Safford -- Differential assessment of dementia and depression in elderly people / Florence Safford -- Case management with the elderly / Karen M. Sowers-Hoag -- Working with traditional and nontraditional families of elderly people / Carol R. Odell and Florence Safford -- Ethnic issues in health care delivery to elderly people : specific focus on black Americans and Hispanics / Terry Conward and Gema G. Hernandez -- Hidden problem of elder abuse : clues and strategies for health care workers / Jordan I. Kosberg -- Tools for ethical reasoning in long-term care management / Martha Pelaez -- HIV/AIDS and the elderly / James H. Riley -- Death, bereavement, loss, and growth : two perspectives / Mary O'Donnell and Florence Safford -- Advance directives : choices and challenges / Florence Safford -- Impact of the elderly on the health care system and its implications for the delivery of social services ; Recapitulation of workplace guidelines / George I. Krell. |
| Subject |
Geriatrics.
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Gerontology.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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Older people.
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Social Work.
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| Added Author |
Safford, Florence.
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Krell, George I.
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| ISBN |
0871012839 paperback alkaline paper |
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