Skip to content

Taking Care of Aging Family Members A Practical Guide

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0029195179

ISBN-13: 9780029195178

Edition: 2nd 1994

Authors: Wendy Lustbader, Nancy R. Hooyman

List price: $24.95
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Offers advice on handling the physical, mental, emotional, and financial needs of the aged and includes sections on spirituality, ethnicity, self-neglect, and other issues.
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/25/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 355
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Nancy R. Hooyman is the Hooyman Endowed Professor and dean emerita at the University of Washington, School of Social Work. In addition to numerous awards and fellowships, she is the author of eight books and more than one hundred articles.Betty J. Kramer is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work. She is a nationally recognized social work leader in the field of palliative and end-of-life care, the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and the coeditor of Men as Caregivers: Theory, Research, and Service Implications.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Taking Care of the Caregivers
Partners as Caregivers
Siblings Sharing the Care
Special Considerations in Caregiving
Making Difficult Decisions
Neighbors, Friends, and Other Helpers
Coping with Memory Loss
Coping with Physical Limitations
Depression in Reaction to Illness and Disability
Financial Strains in Caregiving
Bringing Services into the Older Person's Home
Using Services Outside the Home
Living Together in the Caregiver's Home
Alternative Living Situations
Extending Family Caregiving into the Nursing Home
Index