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Aging in rural places : policies, programs, and professional practice /
Research documents that rural elders are poorer, live in less adequate housing, and have far fewer health and service options available to them than their urban counterparts, yet there is a critical lack of current and detailed information on the problems facing rural elders and on the professional...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer Publishing Company, LLC,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is rural? : introduction to aging in rural places
- Who are rural elders?
- Health and wellness among rural elders
- Housing, poverty, and transportation in rural places
- Work, retirement, and leisure in rural places
- Providing services to rural elders
- Providing services to well elders in rural areas
- Providing services to frail elders in rural areas
- Interdisciplinary teams caring for rural elders
- Role of the health care professional
- Role of the human service professional
- Policies impacting rural aging
- Conclusion and future directions.