Care of Older Persons (eBook, PDF)

Emerging International Perspectives
Redaktion: Shankardass, Mala Kapur

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the implications and significant ethical, social, economic and health challenges that an ageing world population presents. It provides valuable insights on concerns related to providing, organizing, planning and managing care of older persons in both formal and informal settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040149294
• Artikelnr.: 72274275

Autorenporträt

Mala Kapur Shankardass, an international consultant, is an academician, researcher, writer and an activist with higher educational qualifications inclusive of doctoral and post-doctoral specialization in sociology, health social sciences, and gerontology. Now retired, she has 38 years of teaching experience and has held important positions as a senior faculty member at the University of Delhi, India. She continues to lecture at different academic departments in both Indian and foreign universities and is also involved with prestigious assignments with various institutions, including the United Nations.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures x List of Tables xiv Contributors xvi Foreword xxiii
Acknowledgements xxvi PART I Care perspectives 1 1 Care of older persons: A
discourse analysis 3 Mala Kapur Shankardass 2 Ethical challenges in the
care of aging population: Experience from the United States of America 17
Letha M. Joseph 3 Seniors' poverty in British Columbia, Canada: A social
justice issue 32 Karen Lok Yi Wong 4 End of life care and the ageing
population: Asian perspectives 44 Jagriti Gangopadhyay 5 Why restructuring
residential care matters: A global perspective 59 Sumana Das 6 Developing a
model for caregiver's training and support 73 Ruchika Kuba and G. Mythili
7 Emerging challenges of care of elderly: Need for newer strategies for
nurses in India 93 Sandhya Gupta PART II Family care, community care and
long-term care 109 8 Sense of belonging in community-based care among South
African older persons: A rapid review 111 Keshenaa Fakir, Erika Hitge, and
Jaco Hoffman 9 Population ageing and care arrangements in later life in the
Netherlands 140 Louise Meijering and Tobias Vogt 10 Aged people care in
Poland 157 Artur Fabi¿ and Joanna K. Wawrzyniak 11 Care for the elderly in
Singapore: Policies, delivery systems, and paradigms 173 Ho Mun Wai
12 From policy to practice: A comparative Anglo-German view of long-term
care provision for older people 201 Ingrid Eyers, Kimberly Stoeckel, and
Laura Allen 13 Canadian experience in providing care in long-term care
homes 218 Suraj Laxman Gopinathbirla and Kanwal Shankardass 14 Expanding
policies for hiring foreign long-term care workers in Japan: Current
status, challenges, and responses 230 Noriko Tsukada PART III Dementia care
263 15 Formal community-based care: Older adults' experiences of home-based
and day care services in South Africa 265 Maryna Rankin and Jaco R Hoffman
16 Caring for older people with dementia: A global perspective 280 Frances
J. Morris 17 Caring for people with dementia in Australia 299 Claire
Morrisby and Barbara Blundell 18 Care services for older adults with
dementia in Türkiye 325 Isil Kalayci 19 Dementia care: Management and
challenges in India 337 Esha Arora, Rhea Wason, and Ashish Goel 20 The San
Lawrenz Dementia Friendly Community Pilot Project 347 Pauline Refalo and
Maria Aurora Fenech 21 Epilogue on Care of Older Persons: What the future
holds 374 Mala Kapur Shankardass Index 377