Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change
- ISBN-10
- 0761987150
- ISBN-13
- 9780761987154
- Series
- Community Resources for Older Adults
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-05
- Publisher
- Pine Forge Press
- Authors
- Robbyn R. Wacker, Karen A. Roberto, Linda E. Piper
Description
Community Resources for Older Adults provides descriptions of public and private programs and services available to older adults and discusses the theories for predicting service use. It includes in-depth reviews of the current body of empirical literature in each program area and discussions of the challenges, programs and services each will face in the future. It also includes best practice examples of: - community programs - national organizations - internet resources for each topic area - case studies - learning activities
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