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Community supports for aging adults with lifelong disabilities
- Editors:
- JANICKI Matthew P., ANSELLO Edward F.
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 585p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on field-tested experiences and situations that can be applied to almost any setting, this text gives practical approaches to real-life challenges facing people with disabilities as they grow older. The book offers practical advice on a variety of topics, including: planning for retirement; controlling finances; joining community activities; promoting health and wellness, including mental health care, nutrition, and dementia; finding and modifying home environments; and dealing with end-of life issues.
Socio-economic status and living arrangements of older persons in Switzerland
- Authors:
- BONGARD Myriam, SAUVAIN-DUGERDIL Claudine
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 59p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
In Switzerland, as in most western countries, population ageing is an unavoidable reality that will have effects for at least the next fifty years. In order to anticipate its effects, it is vital to understand precisely what changes are taking place and how they will affect society and everyday life. This report presents a broad picture of the challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Switzerland. The focus is on seniors themselves, rather than the household, and provides an overall picture of the main, basic aspects of life conditions of seniors in the context of population ageing. Population ageing is transforming the sociodemographic panorama in two ways: the meaning of older age is changing and the relations between generations are evolving.
Money matters: income, wealth and financial welfare
- Editors:
- WALKER Robert, PARKER Gillian
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 263p., tables, diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook of aging and the social sciences
- Editors:
- BINSTOCK Robert H., GEORGE Linda K., et al
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 552p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Contains sections on: research directions and unresolved issues in ageing and the social sciences; the state of theory in ageing and the social sciences; ageing and human development; economic and social implications of demographic patterns; disability trends; age, ageing and culture; historical perspective on ageing; race, ethnicity and ageing; gender age and the life course; social factors and illness; families and ageing; caregiving and social support; housing; work and retirement; the political economy of ageing; ageing and politics; the financing and health care of older Americans; social protection and services; ageing and the law; and ethics and ageing.