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Elderly men
— special problems and professional challenges | | Author(s) | Jordan I Kosberg, Lenard W Kaye |
| Publisher | Springer, New York, NY, 1997 |
| Pages | 317 pp |
| Source | Springer Publishing Company, 536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012, USA. |
| Keywords | Older men ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Sexual orientation ; Alcoholism ; Retirement ; Employment of older people ; Services ; Family care ; Elder abuse ; Research ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older men have tended to be forgotten by both researchers and care professionals, perhaps because of their status as a minority group in comparison to older women. This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of common and unique features of older men and how they age. It is divided into six sections, beginning with a demographic overview of older men in the United States (US). Section two focuses on older men in special settings, including the workplace, the inner city, retirement communities, and prison. Special populations are described in section three, focusing on rural older men, gay older men, and men in transition to retirement. Some of the special problems older men experience are dealt with in section four: the impact of the social and physical environment on the physical health of older men, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, mental disorders, and crime, abuse and maltreatment. Formal and informal services for older men are discussed in the following section, including informal caregiving by older men, community programmes and services, support groups for older men, and institutionalisation. It is concluded that there is a need for attention to the special needs of older men. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980929234 B |
| Classmark | BC: F: CC: E: ES6: ETA: G3: GC: I: P6:SJ: QNT: 3A: 7T |
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