| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 181 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Springer series on lifestyles and issues in aging
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Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Community care for an aging society -- Determining needs for care -- Policy affecting care -- Community programs and services -- Housing needs and responses -- Role of the family in providing care -- Ethnicity and care -- New responses in community care -- Challenges of caring for an aging society. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Care -- United States.
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Older people -- Care. |
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United States. |
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Older people -- Services for -- United States.
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Older people -- Services for. |
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Community health services for older people -- United States.
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Community health services for older people. |
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Health Services for the Aged. |
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Aged. |
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Community Health Services. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cox, Carole B. Community care for an aging society. New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2004 0826128041 9780826128041 (DLC) 2004024860 (OCoLC)56840707 |
| ISBN |
9780826128058 (electronic book) |
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082612805X (electronic book) |
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0826128041 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826128041 (alkaline paper) |
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