Social care of the elderly : the effects of ethnicity, class, and culture / / Marjorie H. Cantor and Mark Brennan
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| Autore: |
Cantor Marjorie H
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| Titolo: |
Social care of the elderly : the effects of ethnicity, class, and culture / / Marjorie H. Cantor and Mark Brennan
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Minorities - Services for - New York (State) - New York |
| Older people - Services for - New York (State) - New York | |
| Social work with minorities - New York (State) - New York | |
| Social work with older people - New York (State) - New York | |
| Altri autori: |
BrennanMark (Mark G.)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I: The Theory of Social Care; 1 Social Care Among the Elderly: An Introduction; 2 Social Care in the United States; 3 Preferences on the Part of the Elderly for Assistance; PART II: The Practice of Social Care: Three Case Studies of Older New Yorkers; 4 Introduction to the Case Studies; 5 Growing Older and Jewish in New York City in the 1990's; 6 The Older Latinos of New York City in the 1990's; 7 Growing Older and African American in New York City in the 1990's; PART III: The Future of Social Care: Implications for Policy and Practice |
| 8 The Elderly and the Informal Social Care System of the Twenty-first Century9 The Future of Formal Community-Based Social Care; References; Appendix A: Study Methodologies of ""The Elderly in the Inner City of New York"" and ""Growing Older in New York City in the 1990's""; Index; | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""A welcome addition to the literature in this important area of work, that builds on...the empirical studies which have illuminated our understanding of the requirements of effective service provision. The final section...is, in a real sense, a call for action, for all of us in the field and for public officials and 'opinion makers' to respond to the need for 'Social Care' now and in the new millennium.""--from the foreword by Rose Dobrof , DSW, Brookdale Professor of Gerontology, Hunter College, and James R. Dumpson, PhD, Chairman of Policy Center for Aging, New York Community Trust. Based |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Social care of the elderly |
| ISBN: | 0-8261-9703-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822641303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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