The elderly caregiver : caring for adults with developmental disabilities / / edited by Karen A. Roberto

• Pubblicazione: Newbury Park, Calif., : SAGE, c1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 216 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1968
• Soggetto topico: Developmentally disabled older people - Care - United States; Developmentally disabled - Home care - United States; Caregivers - United States; Aging - United States
• Altri autori: RobertoKaren A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Review of the caregiving literature -- part II. Issues and concerns of older caregivers -- part III. Interactions between older caregivers and the service community -- part IV. Practice, research, and policy directives.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bringing together the empirical work of researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume provides insight into the physical, psychological and social needs of the growing number of elderly people caring for adults with developmental disabilities. Issues explored include: the needs of elderly parents caring for adult offspring with learning difficulties; changes in care-giving activities; the increasing burden of care-giving; the ordeal of planning future out-of-home placement; and the needs of care-givers of ageing adults with Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. A concluding chapter
• Titolo autorizzato: The elderly caregiver
• ISBN: 1-322-42018-1; 1-4833-2651-9; 1-4522-5423-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814813303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sage focus editions ; ; v. 160.