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Profiles in caregiving : the unexpected career /
Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia, more and more people are having to care their elderly parents and /or siblings. Profiles in Caregiving is practical source of information for anyone who teaches caregiving, acts as a caregiver, or studies caregiving. This book discusses recent research on stress factors as. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080539836 0080539831 9780120595402 0120595400 |