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

Wacker, Robbyn R.; Roberto, Karen A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1506383963 ISBN 13 : 9781506383965

Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Community Resources for Older Adults provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on programs, services, and policies pertaining to older adults. Authors Robbyn R. Wacker and Karen A. Roberto build reader awareness of programs and discuss how to better understand help-seeking behavior, as well as explain ways to take advantage of the resources available to older adults. The substantially revised Fifth Edition includes new topics and updated research, tables, and figures to help answer key questions about the evolution and utilization of programs for older adults and the challenges that service providers face.  

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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.

Karen A. Roberto, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Gerontology, Founding Director of the Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, and Professor of Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has published over 150 scholarly articles and book chapters, is the editor/author of ten books, and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Science Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on programs, services, and policies pertaining to older adults.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1506383963
• ISBN 13: 9781506383965
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 593
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible