No one wants to put an aging relative in a "home." But very few people have an understanding of the issues involved and options available for an older person who needs outside care. This important book offers a variety of new insights into ways of maximizing choice, independence, and well-being, and minimizing the emotional stunting often associated with institutionalization. Both imaginative institutional programs and such alternatives as community maintenance are examined.
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Institutionalization and Alternative Futures
No one wants to put an aging relative in a "home." But very few people have an understanding of the issues involved and options available for an older person who needs outside care. This important book offers a variety of new insights into ways of maximizing choice, independence, and well-being, and minimizing the emotional stunting often associated with institutionalization. Both imaginative institutional programs and such alternatives as community maintenance are examined.
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Institutionalization and Alternative Futures
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Institutionalization and Alternative Futures
160
82.99
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780895030160 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 06/15/1980 |
| Series: | Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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