Health, Illness, and Disability in Later Life: Practice Issues and Interventions, Vol. 17

This book addresses the health problems of older people from a multidisciplinary perspective. With a unique focus on applications, it presents new concepts and research findings, with suggestions for their implementation in practice settings. Topics discussed include prejudices about the mental abilities of the elderly, physical and mental effects of aging, problems of alcohol abuse, violence against the elderly, the implications of care of the elderly on practitioners, families and society, and priorities and issues in caring for older people. The contributors work directly with the elderly as medical providers, socio-behavioural scientists, social workers, or public sector administrators and employees.Young, Rosalie F. is the author of 'Health, Illness, and Disability in Later Life: Practice Issues and Interventions, Vol. 17', published 1991 under ISBN 9780803939660 and ISBN 0803939663.