Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging [Hardcover]

In this multidisciplinary text, noted leaders from a variety of fields provide students and professionals with a big picture approach to the best possible care for today's growing aging population. Addressing the extensive concerns that have arisen out of an increased life expectancy and the elder-boom of aging baby boomers, the contributors point to changing care and housing needs; health, mental health, and wellness concerns; and financial, ethical, and legal issues in elder care.

Contributors include Eileen Chichin, Catherine DeLorey, Marshall Kapp, Gary Kennedy, William Smith, Patricia Miller, and Thomas Campbell Jackson.

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Changing Relationships, Changing Care Needs

1. Aging in America: Challenges and Opportunities,L.M. Tepper
2. Family Relationships and Support Networks,L.M. Tepper
3. The Nursing Home and the Continuum of Care,W.T. Smith
4. Environmental Design in Evoking the Capacities of Older People,L.G. Hiatt
5. Home Health Care,C. DeLorey

Part II: Health and Wellness in Later Life

6. Medical Care of the Elderly,R.H. Rubin
7. Health Promotion in Later Life,C. Kopes-Kerr
8. Considerations for Oral Health in the Elderly,B.M. Horrell
9. Major Mental Disorders of Old Age,G.J. Kennedy
10. Counseling Older People and Their Families,L.M. Tepper
11. End-of-Life Issues from a Social Service Perspective,S.S. Robinson and L.M. Tepper

Part III: Financial, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Elder Care

12. Financing Health Care,T.C. Jackson
13. Issues in Elder Law,M.B. Kapp
14. Ethics and the Elderly,E.R. Chichin
15. Identifying and Preventing Elder Abuse,T.M. Cassidy
16. Interdisciplinary Teamwork: The Key to Quality Care for Older Adults,P.A. Miller

Appendix 1: Sample Bereavement Sulƒ.