Centers for Ending The Coming Crisis in the Care of Aged People
As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason’s eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
| Series: | Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Series Foreword by Rosalynn Carter
- Foreword by Saul B. Cohen
- Themes of the Book
- Becoming a Resident in a Total Care Facility
- Residents as Immigrants
- Some Aspects of Organizational Craziness
- Two Months in the Nursing Home
- Planning Programs: Social Security and Head Start
- The Haves and the Have Nots
- The Need for a Presidential Commission: Some Caveats
- On the Uses of History
- Epilogue
- References
- About the Author