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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging

Editors

Lynn M. Tepper, MA, MS, EDM,EdD

Thomas M. Cassidy, MAg

In this multidisciplinary text, noted leaders from a variety of fields provide students and professionals with a big picture approach to the best possible care for today's growing aging population. Addressing the extensive concerns that have arisen out of an increased life expectancy and the "elder-boom" of aging baby boomers, the contributors point to changing care and housing needs; health, mental health, and wellness concerns; and financial, ethical, and legal issues in elder care.

Contributors include Eileen Chichin, Catherine DeLorey, Marshall Kapp, Gary Kennedy, William Smith, Patricia Miller, and Thomas Campbell Jackson.

Contents

Part I: Changing Relationships, Changing Care Needs

Aging in America: Challenges and Opportunities, L.M. Tepper
Family Relationships and Support Networks, L.M. Tepper
The Nursing Home and the Continuum of Care, W.T. Smith
Environmental Design in Evoking the Capacities of Older People, L.G. Hiatt
Home Health Care, C. DeLorey

Part II: Health and Wellness in Later Life

Medical Care of the Elderly, R.H. Rubin
Health Promotion in Later Life, C. Kopes-Kerr
Considerations for Oral Health in the Elderly, B.M. Horrell
Major Mental Disorders of Old Age, G.J. Kennedy
Counseling Older People and Their Families, L.M. Tepper
End-of-Life Issues from a Social Service Perspective, S.S. Robinson and L.M. Tepper

Part III: Financial, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Elder Care

Financing Health Care, T.C. Jackson
Issues in Elder Law, M.B. Kapp
Ethics and the Elderly, E.R. Chichin
Identifying and Preventing Elder Abuse, T.M. Cassidy
Interdisciplinary Teamwork: The Key to Quality Care for Older Adults, P.A. Miller