By Paula A. Scott
January 01, 1997
The focus for this study is Connecticut and the city of Hartford. The text explores different themes and experiences of the elderly in Connecticut in the years between 1790 and 1830 The purpose of the book is to record and to illuminate the spiritual and emotional aspects of being elderly, the ...
By Beverly P. Lyons
November 01, 1997
Sociocultural differences between elderly American-born and West Indian-born Blacks: A comparative study o f health and social service use, represents an important contribution to the available knowledge on Black elderly and the diversity found within the Black community. It is an outgrowth of a ...
By Janna L. Dieckmann
August 19, 2016
First published in 1999. When human populations and their needs change, organizations responsible for their care inevitably react. With the rapidly and significantly increased demand for chronic care at mid-twentieth century, solutions deemed satisfactory in the past were entirely inadequate. Thus,...
By Mary Dale Craig
July 25, 2000
This multimethod study of crime and the elderly in a small-town setting approaches the related issues from varied perspectives and ultimately presents a different picture of fear of crime among the elderly than that which dominates the current literature. Three features contribute to this book's ...
By Jeffrey A. Rhoades
September 06, 2016
First published in 1998. While previous studies have explored factors affecting the utilization of nursing home care by the elderly, few have used a nationally representative sample, and fewer still have investigated how price as well as supply affects utilization. The major purpose of this study ...
By Nina Clark
October 10, 2016
First published in 1997. Nina Clark offers a pithy and valuable record of the political battles so far over voluntary, medically-hastened death. The purpose of the study is to examine the different ways in which the American political system has responded to the issue of patient autonomy; to ...
By Patricia J. Brownell
September 28, 2016
First Published in 1999. Family Crimes Against the Elderly, A Study of Elder Abuse and the New York Police Department represents an important contribution to the available knowledge on elder abuse as a criminal justice issue. While most studies of elder abuse to date have examined this social ...
By Rick Briggs
September 02, 2016
First published in 1998. It is likely that as long as dementia has been in existence, caregivers of cognitively-impaired individuals have supported them. Today’s caregivers, however, are different in some ways from their predecessors. Their numbers are greater, the environment for care and ...
By Evelyn M. O'Reilly
August 26, 2016
This collection will present works that offer illuminating perspectives on the remarkably diverse Asian American populations of the United States. As a population that is neither black nor white, the range of experiences of these groups, many of whom arrived as refugees, presents other perspectives...
By Michell Pierce
August 26, 2016
Previous research on this topic has not focused on nutrition-specific social support for elderly women. This unique study seeks to describe and explore the current situation in a group of elderly women living alone in government subsidized housing....
By Charles R. Roots
February 29, 2016
First published in 1998. Based on the author’s personal experience and first encounter as a member of the sandwich generation revealed which revealed they had a great deal to learn. This book considers the aspects and major effects of caring for elderly parents while taking care of children still ...
By Jon Quiang Lu
September 01, 1998
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....