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Nurses in the Workplace
The dynamics of the workplace for nurses are examined in this volume from the perspective of four health care industries. Focusing on acute care hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and hospices, the contributors explore crucial issues for nursing and for health care systems. They present an extensive literature review on the causes and impacts of the US nursing shortage, introduce projections for the need for nurses and scrutinize recent policies. Results from a survey of hospitals, nursing homes, community-based employment and temporary staff agencies are discussed and integrated with interpretations of market forces.
From Nursing Homes to Home Care
Older people who would prefer to stay in their homes and states whose funds are being depleted by the rising costs of Medicaid payments to nursing homes find the current system of long-term care unsatisfactory. From Nursing Homes to Home Care arms educators, policymakers, public health professionals, gerontologists, and advocacy groups with the information they need to participate knowledgeably in the debate about aging and long-term care needs. The book shows readers where things are, where they are going, and where they need to be in changing the system of long-term care. From Nursing Homes to Home Care evaluates future needs for long-term care by analyzing on-going systems and assessing k...
Lifestyles and Housing of Older Adults
How do living environments affect the well-being of older residents? Using one state's strategies for meeting the housing needs of record numbers of older adults, experts illustrate how the living environment influences the cognition, social support, and self esteem of the elderly. In this authoritative volume, academicians, architects, builders, planners, gerontologists, and policymakers will find an instructive, in-depth discussion on the housing requirements that are unique to the elderly. Innovative solutions to the special physical and social challenges that older adults present to professionals are fully addressed.
The Not-so-golden Years
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Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
From Nursing Homes to Home Care
Older people who would prefer to stay in their homes and states whose funds are being depleted by the rising costs of Medicaid payments to nursing homes find the current system of long-term care unsatisfactory. From Nursing Homes to Home Care arms educators, policymakers, public health professionals, gerontologists, and advocacy groups with the information they need to participate knowledgeably in the debate about aging and long-term care needs. The book shows readers where things are, where they are going, and where they need to be in changing the system of long-term care. From Nursing Homes to Home Care evaluates future needs for long-term care by analyzing on-going systems and assessing k...
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
The Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology. This compendium is a major source of information for professional practitioners, researchers in psychology, and for anyone interested in applied psychology. The topics included are, but are not limited to, aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, community, counseling, educational, environmental, family, industrial/organizational, health, school, sports, and transportation psychology. The entries drawn from the above-referenced areas provide a clear definition of topic, a brief review of theoretical basis relevant to the topic, and emphasize major areas of application.Also available online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.
Age Through Ethnic Lenses
The book covers aged care for the following groups of elderly people: Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese); Latinos (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans); Africans; Native Americans; religious groups (Mormons, Amish, Jewish, Arab); Europeans (Polish, Irish, Italian, Greek); gay and lesbian elderly; rural elderly.
