Addresses the question of population aging, the growing number of the elderly, and offers constructive proposals for management in the areas of health care, women, minorities, politics, and economics

Product Description: One of the fundamental issues confronting those who create, analyze, or work within the framework of modern American social welfare policy is the relationship of the family and the state in the delivery of social care through social services...read more

Provides a comprehensive, realistic look at the responsibilities of a primary caregiver for an elderly person and offers specific advice in organizing living arrangements, handling financial and legal matters, and getting help from others

Product Description: Book by Stephens, Susan A., Christianson, Jon B.

Product Description: As people age, they become less mobile, and social networking becomes more difficult to maintain. This book examines the support networks of the elderly and reaches the conclusion that 'older people do not engage in relationships on the basis of a one-sided dependency; rather relationships tend to be reciprocal or interdependent'...read more

Product Description: Brubaker focuses on family relationships during the later stages of the family life cycle, and reviews research studies on family patterns in later life. The author concludes that the `later life family' is alive and well, but that it necessarily reflects the changes and problems associated with ageing...read more

Product Description: Much of the burden of caring for the elderly rests on members of their immediate family -- usually their children, who often have children of their own. Such a situation can create stress, since the aged may require special care that is time-consuming and wearing...read more

Product Description: Book by Safran, Rose