Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change - Hardcover

Wacker, Robbyn R.; Roberto, Karen A.

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ISBN 10: 1412951291 ISBN 13: 9781412951296

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2008

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Book by Wacker Robbyn R Roberto Karen A

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Features and Benefits:

- Provides an overview of legislation that provides the foundation for aging related benefits and services

- Discusses theories that help predict service use, thus offering readers a framework to understand why older adults often do not use services

- Provides case studies that encourage critical thinking about the delivery and use of community resources

- Descrbes both public and private programs and services available to older adults, in-depth reviews of the current body of empirical literature in each program area, and discussions of the challenges programs and services will face in the future

- Includes best practice examples of community programs from around the country that illustrate unique ways to meet the needs of older adults

- Lists national organizations and Internet resources for each topic area

- Includes learning activities that challenge students to explore the community resources that exist in the reader's locale

Biografía del autor:

Robbyn R. Wacker, Ph.D., is the Provost and Senior Vice President and Professor of Gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado. Her research interests include international aging social policy and psychosocial predictors of community service use among older adults. She has published over 65 refereed presentations, scholarly articles, books, and conference proceedings and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including UNC’s Academic Leadership Excellence Award.

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• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412951291
• ISBN 13: 9781412951296
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 488