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Empowering Frail Elderly People: Opportunities and Impediments in Housing, Health, and Support Service Delivery
Duncan P. Boldy
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Description for Empowering Frail Elderly People: Opportunities and Impediments in Housing, Health, and Support Service Delivery
Hardback. An analysis of provider-, environment-, client- and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values. It features international case studies which provide examples of the feasibility of achieving real empowerment. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
This book provides a unique analysis of provider-, environment-, client-, and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values, as well as an applied framework wherein a variety of international case studies by a distinguished board of contributors provide concrete examples of the feasibility of achieving real empowerment. Empowerment means different things to different people in the context of housing, health, and social service delivery. This book analyzes the various definitions of the concept and practice of the empowerment of frail older persons and then discusses the definitions in a philosophical framework ... Read more
This book provides a unique analysis of provider-, environment-, client-, and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values, as well as an applied framework wherein a variety of international case studies by a distinguished board of contributors provide concrete examples of the feasibility of achieving real empowerment. Empowerment means different things to different people in the context of housing, health, and social service delivery. This book analyzes the various definitions of the concept and practice of the empowerment of frail older persons and then discusses the definitions in a philosophical framework ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275966515
SKU
V9780275966515
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About Duncan P. Boldy
LEONARD F. HEUMANN is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, the Building Research Council Housing Research Development, and Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign./e MARY E. McCALL is Professor of Psychology at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California./e DUNCAN P. BOLDY is Professor and Head of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Curtin University ... Read more
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