Aging and Disabilities: Seeking Common Ground [Hardcover]

This book helps in ...building a bridge between the networks...The topics of aging and disabilities are multifaceted and therefore may be approached in many ways. The editors have chosen to focus on four systems and areas of common ground (aging, developmental disabilities, independent living movement, and rehabilitation), to investigate the emerging intersection of the two fields.

A Common Stake? Investigating the Emerging 'Intersection' of Aging and Disabilities Edward F. Ansello and Nancy N. Eustis

SEEKING COMMON GROUND
Seeking Common Ground Between Aging and Developmental Disabilities Edward F. Ansello Common Needs, Different Solutions? Younger and Older Homecare Clients Nancy N. Eustis and Lucy Rose Fischer

REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR ELDERS
Aging and Rehabilitation: Beyond the Medical Model Stanley J. Brody and Malcolm H. Morrison Geriatric Rehabilitation Kenneth Brummel-Smith

Availability of Rehabilitation Services for Elders: A Study of Critical Policy and Financing Issues Linda A. Wray and Fernando M. Torres-Gil

What Are We Trying to Restore? A Case for Habilitation Paul A. Raia

The Kona Adult Day Center: Rehabilitation in Adult Daycare Karen L. Klemme

INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY
Independent Living and Community Life: Building Coalitions Among Elders, People with Disabilities, and Our Allies Julie Ann Racino and Judith E. Heumann What Is Independence? Elias S. Cohen

Consumer-Directed Homecare: What Makes It Possible? Charles P. Sabatino and Simi Litvak

Adjusting to Early- and Late-Onset DisabilÃÈ