Profiles in caregiving :: the unexpected career /

Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer'...

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Weitere Verfasser: Aneshensel, Carol S.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Diego : Academic Press, ©1995.
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Zusammenfassung:Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia, more and more people are having to care their elderly parents and /or siblings. Profiles in Caregiving is practical source of information for anyone who teaches caregiving, acts as a caregiver, or studies caregiving. This book discusses recent research on stress factors as.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 385 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index.
ISBN:9780080539836
0080539831
9780120595402
0120595400