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Lessons on aging from three nations
— Vol 2: The art of caring for older adults | | Author(s) | Sara Carmel, Carol A Morse, Fernando M Torres-Gil |
| Publisher | Baywood, Amityville, NY, 2007 |
| Pages | 230 pp (Society and aging series) |
| Source | Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 26 Austin Avenue, PO Box 337, Amityville, NY 11701, USA. E-mail: baywood@baywood.com Web site: http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Informal care ; Terminal care ; Case studies ; Australia ; United States of America ; Israel. |
| Annotation | This second of two volumes uses case studies from the US, Israel and Australia regarding the challenges and concerns for families, policymakers and governments in caregiving and end-of-life issues. A prologue notes the changing demographic profile of these countries, and population ageing issues generally. The rest of the book is arranged in three sections, the on "The art of caregiving - policies and services". Four chapters variously examine Israeli state care provision, US consumer-driven care services, residential care facilities in Australia, and the resulting demands of formal care providers for education and training. Section 2, "The art of family care", comprises chapters relating to cancer, dementia, and an increasing requirement in Australia for a range of other services to support family-based caregiving. Section 3, "The art of letting go", concentrates on end-of-life issues: attitudes to death, dying and end-of-life care in Israel; advance directives; end-of-life decision-making in the US; and palliative care in Australia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070524003 B |
| Classmark | BG: P6: LV: 69P: 7YA: 7T: 7H6 |
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