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Product Description: This book provides peace-of-mind for the entire family that comes with being prepared for the inevitable changes in life that all families must face some day. The book identifies mistakes to avoid to save hundred of hours of stress and it can prevent family feuds that can erupt when dealing with health issues of an elderly loved one...read more

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9781585973293 | Leathers Pub, September 22, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This book provides peace-of-mind for the entire family that comes with being prepared for the inevitable changes in life that all families must face some day.

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Product Description: The ageing of the population has enormous implications for the provision of, and access to, health care. Christina Victor's important new textbook provides comprehensive overview of the experiences of older people, chapters on physical health, mental health, disability and lifestyle, a thesis of current policy developments, the key debates on the future health of elders and an international, up-to-date perspective...read more

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9781847420886 | Policy Pr, July 1, 2010, cover price $89.95 | About this edition: The ageing of the population has enormous implications for the provision of, and access to, health care.

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9781847420879 | Policy Pr, July 1, 2010, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: The ageing of the population has enormous implications for the provision of, and access to, health care.

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Product Description: There is a growing population at the intersection of aging and disability who increasingly rely on old community service systems for care--systems that currently cannot handle the increase in demand and the crossing of the care boundaries that have been set up between the aging and those with disability...read more
By Putnam (editor)

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9780826155658 | 1 edition (Springer Pub Co, October 30, 2006), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: There is a growing population at the intersection of aging and disability who increasingly rely on old community service systems for care--systems that currently cannot handle the increase in demand and the crossing of the care boundaries that have been set up between the aging and those with disability.

By David N. Weisstub (editor)

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9781402001819 | Kluwer Academic Pub, December 1, 2001, cover price $229.00

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Describes the challenges faced by adult children caring for elderly parents, and examines the growing need for social resources to meet the requirements of multigenerational families
By Suzanne Midori Hanna (editor) and Terry D. Hargrave (editor)

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9780876308417 | Routledge, February 1, 1997, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Describes the challenges faced by adult children caring for elderly parents, and examines the growing need for social resources to meet the requirements of multigenerational families

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Product Description: The number of older people who rely on caregiving for their daily needs has been on the rise for many years, and continues to increase as the baby boomer population ages. This fact has highlighted the need for greater understanding and skill training for elder-care assistants in hospitals, residential and nursing homes, the community and at home...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Ron Isaacs (editor) and Christine McMahon (editor)

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9780632039852 | Blackwell Science Inc, January 1, 1997, cover price $43.95 | About this edition: The number of older people who rely on caregiving for their daily needs has been on the rise for many years, and continues to increase as the baby boomer population ages.

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Product Description: Caring for an older family member with physical or cognitive impairments is a difficult, strenuous process. Caregivers often struggle to balance their own needs with those of the care recipient. Their relationships with family, friends, coworkers, and even the care recipient can suffer as well...read more

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9781433812149 | Amer Psychological Assn, October 17, 2012, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Caring for an older family member with physical or cognitive impairments is a difficult, strenuous process.

Product Description: The OECD area has a growing population of elderly people, particularly the very old, many of whom have constant need of personal care and social support. The challenge facing OECD countries will be to provide good quality care at manageable cost to a growing number of people...read more

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9789264141605 | Organization for Economic, June 1, 1994, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: The OECD area has a growing population of elderly people, particularly the very old, many of whom have constant need of personal care and social support.

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Product Description: The 25 brief yet edifying chapters in this work share the encouraging stories of familiy members who are caring for elders. Scripture is used to frame the stories representing a diverse group of caregivers, as well as short psychological commentaries, discussion questions, assignments, and prayers...read more

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9780829817171 | Pilgrim Pr, June 15, 2007, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The 25 brief yet edifying chapters in this work share the encouraging stories of familiy members who are caring for elders.

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Product Description: Book by Chaffin, Bethany

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9780882902708 | Horizon Pub & Dist Inc, March 1, 1985, cover price $10.98 | About this edition: Book by Chaffin, Bethany

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Product Description: In this warm and well-researched guide, author and caregiver Barbara Deane gives the emotional support and practical advice caregivers need to provide good care--and keep from burning out in the process.

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9780891095781 | Nav Pr, September 1, 1989, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: In this warm and well-researched guide, author and caregiver Barbara Deane gives the emotional support and practical advice caregivers need to provide good care--and keep from burning out in the process.

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Product Description: The Caring Spirit Approach to Eldercare provides a different way to think about culture change in long-term care. While most culture change efforts target the physical environment and internal systems in long-term care communities, the Caring Spirit™ approach recognizes that valuing and nurturing relationships between staff and residents is critical to person-centered care―and that families need to be partners in the process too...read more

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9781932529067 | Health Professions Pr, May 1, 2005, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: The Caring Spirit Approach to Eldercare provides a different way to think about culture change in long-term care.

Product Description: Book by Allegra, Joseph E.

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9780875273495 | Warren H Green, June 1, 1994, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Book by Allegra, Joseph E.

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9780781798297 | 1 edition (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, February 1, 2009), cover price $62.99

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Product Description: The topic of communication in elderly care is becoming ever more pressing, with an aging world population and burgeoning numbers of people needing care. This book looks at this critical but underanalyzed area. It examines the way people talk to each other in eldercare settings from an interdisciplinary and globally cross-cultural perspective...read more
By Peter Backhaus (editor)

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9781441112545 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 11, 2011, cover price $150.00 | About this edition: A timely collection looking at communication in elderly care and how we can best understand and improve its quality.

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9781623566821 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury USA Academic, April 4, 2013), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The topic of communication in elderly care is becoming ever more pressing, with an aging world population and burgeoning numbers of people needing care.

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Product Description: This accessible textbook compares ways in which basic components of community care are funded, organised and provided by governmental and non-governmental agencies, allowing practitioners and policy-makers to learn from the experiences of their counterparts in Europe and North America...read more
By Jo Campling (editor) and Susan Tester

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9780312159122 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 1, 1996, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This accessible textbook compares ways in which basic components of community care are funded, organised and provided by governmental and non-governmental agencies, allowing practitioners and policy-makers to learn from the experiences of their counterparts in Europe and North America.

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