Age and vulnerability : a guide to better care
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Age and vulnerability : a guide to better care
（Age Concern handbooks）
E. Arnold, 1989
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Bibliography: p [127]-132
Includes index
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Description
This book deals with the emotional, social and environmental issues of caring for the elderly. Attitudes to and feelings about old age, old people and dependency, the processes of "community care", the role of formal and informal carers and the relationship of the welfare sectors - voluntary, private and statutory - to residential care are all considered. It is intended for health professionals and social workers, district or community nurses, GPs and anyone involved in caring for the elderly.
Table of Contents
- Old age - feelings, fears and attitudes
- the social and emotional significance of dependence in old age
- care in the community - the social context, caring and tending, the formal sector
- the practice of assessing elders, Michael Key
- residential care
- issues for the next decade.
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