Providing Community-Based Services to the Rural Elderly

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-8039-4696-5
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 165, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: SAGE Focus Editions

Drawing on the expertise of researchers and practitioners, this volume presents detailed information on a wide range of community-based services that are needed by and available to elders living in rural areas. The contributors explore how these services can be developed given the realities of rural settings, resources, and populations. They identify the barriers to development and operation, and offer possible solutions. Specific topics include senior centers, referral systems, housing and transportation, employment and retirement, health promotion, and health care. This volume features section overviews as well as an informative, thorough introduction and epilogue that highlight common themes and issues. Most chapters are co-authored by a researcher and a practitioner. Researchers, planners, practitioners, and policy makers interested in gerontology, social work, health services, and nursing will appreciate the research-based information Providing Community-Based Services to the Rural Elderly contains. "Dr. Krout has undertaken a formidable task to cover vast areas relating to services to the rural elderly. It is a subject not adequately covered by current literature and could be used for teaching future and current practitioners and policy planners. Overall the [book] meets an important need. Many of the chapters tie applied research to pragmatic community issues and identify needed policy development. This is a valuable asset for the student, practitioner, and policy planner." --Florence Gray Soltys, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "John A. Krout describes eleven key services from a rural perspective through the experience of the researcher and the practitioner. By bringing together some twenty-four authors from both sectors, Krout has provided a form for two different but related approaches to understanding rural service delivery. Krout has identified a unique focus with this book by concentrating on community based services for the rural elderly. Because there is such a great need for more information on rural service deliver, Providing Community-Based Services to the Rural Elderly is a welcome addition to the literature." --Journal of Women and Aging

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krout, John A.

Krout

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE RURAL ELDERLY
An Overview of Older Rural Populations and Community-Based Services - John A Krout
PART TWO: SERVICE INFORMATION, ACCESS AND COORDINATION
Information and Referral - Anne H McKinley and F Ellen Netting
Targeting the Rural Elderly
Rural Elder Transportation - Peter M Schauer and Patricia Weaver
Case Management in a Rural Setting - Ene Kristi Urv-Wong and Donna McDowell
Senior Centers in Rural Communities - John A Krout, Margaret M Williams and Ollie Owen
PART THREE: RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
Employment and Retirement Services for the Rural Elderly - Lorraine T Dorfman and Robert L Ballantyne
Housing America's Rural Elderly - Vera Prosper and Stockton Clark
Respite and Adult Day Care for Rural Elders - Vicki L Schmall and Linda Cook Webb
PART FOUR: HEALTH PROMOTION AND CARE
Disease and Disability Prevention and Health Promotion for Rural Elders - Robin E Mockenhaupt and Jennifer A Muchow
Nutrition and the Rural Elderly - Penny A Ralston and Nancy L Cohen
Home Health Services in Rural America - Linda J Redford and Alison B Severns
Mental Health Services for the Elderly in Rural America - Share DeCroix Bane, Eloise Rathbone-McCuan and James M Galliher