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  • Innovations in the Care of the Elderly

    Edited by Bernard Isaacs, Helen Evers ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
    Originally published in 1984 and concentrating on the West Midlands area of the UK, this book describes the innovations that were made and all that was involved in bringing about changes in care provision for elderly people. The areas covered include hospital-based geriatric and psychogeriatric services, changes in the public housing sector, the development of a domiciliary physiotherapy service ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Care of the Elderly Mentally Infirm

    by Barbara Gray, Bernard Isaacs ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
    Originally published in 1979, this book explains why so many people suffer behavioural changes in later life; how this affects those around them; the services that exist to assist older people and those who work with them and how such services can be profitably used. A recurring theme is the interaction of the different varieties of mental illness with one another and with physical, emotional, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Survival of the Unfittest

    A Study of Geriatric Patients in Glasgow

    by Bernard Isaacs, Maureen Livingstone, Yvonne Neville ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Scotland
    Originally published in 1972, this book is an analytical account of the socio-medical tribulations suffered by Glasgow’s east-end elderly leading to referral to geriatric wards. It examines why so many old people suffer from physical, mental and social deprivation in the final years of their lives. It shows by statistical studies and illustrative case histories that the basic cause is the survival ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Child Protection

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    This exceptionally well-researched book's intention is to reveal what is really happening in our society and to spur people into action to turn this shameful and complex problem around so that abuse stops and healing can begin. It should be a compulsory handbook for all whose work involves children, especially in the legal system, all human services, schools, pre-schools and foster care. It covers ... Read more

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  • Alzheimers and You

    A Self Help Guide for Carers and Sufferers

    by Jane E. Hill ...
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  • A Single Door

    Social Work with the Families of Disabled Children

    by Caroline Glendinning ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability
    First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of ‘community care’ and their effects on informal carers, at that time. It looks at the widespread evidence that one particular group of informal carers- parents looking after their severely disabled child- lack information, advice and a co-ordinated pattern of supporting services. The author, who carried out ... Read more

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  • Managing Depression, Growing Older

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