Weisstub / Thomasma / Gauthier Aging: Caring for Our Elders

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-94-017-0675-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 244 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: "International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine "

Caring for Our Elders

is the second of three volumes on

Aging

conceived for the

International Library of Ethics, Law, and the NewMedicine

. 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weisstub, David N.

Thomasma, David C.

Gauthier, S.

Tomossy, G.F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.