Lessons on Aging from Three Nations (Society and Aging) (Society and Aging Series) [Hardcover]

Sara Carmel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0895033704 | ISBN-13: 978-0895033703 | Publication Date: May 5, 2007

ABOUT THE BOOK The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental changes, however, create new needs and problems in all areas of life, often difficult to address. In some countries, the trend is toward compression of the period of age-related morbidity fewer years of living with disabilities but the absolute numbers of elderly people living with disabilities are increasing worldwide. This book highlights a series of global threats, problems, and challenges in the areas of care and caregiving, through the prism of three multicultural nations: the United States, Israel, and Australia. The contributors to this book, experts in their fields, focus on the art of caregiving at the national level, including the interface between family and state responsibilities, policies and practices in the provision of services, and the demands for education and training, as well as the problems and difficulties faced by family caregivers. One section is devoted to the art of letting go and the agonizing conditions that can be related to end-of-life care, often faced by elderly patients, families, and their professional caregivers. By examining some of the most pressing challenges confronting all aging societies and drawing from the experiences of their own, diverse societies, the authors provide directions, suggestions, and promises for solutions for policymakers, advocacy groups, and the private sector ways of improving the quality of care for recipients and easing the burden of caregivers. This is the second of two edited volumes on aging and caregiving. The first, Lessons from Three Nations Volume I: The Art of Aging Well, examines positive aspects of and successful adaptations to aging. This second volume focuses on challenges and concerns for families, policy makers, and governments in caregiving and end-of-life issues. In this way, we hope to provide cl

Editorial Reviews

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A stellar group of editors has put together this multinational volume Lessons on Aging from Three Nations, Volume II: The Art of Caring for Older Adults. It is a welcome addition to the growing literature on global aging. Its exploration of care giving and end-of-life practices and issues in three nations highlights the challenges of population aging and diversity faced by developed nations throughout the world. Its perspectives from Australia, Israel, and the United States provide valuable lessons from which other nations may benefit. --Robert H. Binstock,Professor,Aging, Health, and Society,School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

About the Author

Sara Carmel, M.P.H., Ph.D., is a professor of medical sociology and gerontology, president of the Israeli Gerontological Society, and director of the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging at Ben-Gurion University. She is the author of more than a hundred scientific publications and has served on national and international committees for academic and policy affairs. Her recent research focuses on end-of-life preferences and practices among the public, elderly persons, patients, and formal and informal caregivers. She has also studied doctor-patient relationships and communication, health and welfare services, and the effects of culture, immigration, and other psychosocial factors on the will to live, health, and well-being of elderly persons.

Carol A. Morse, B.Sc.Econ., M.Ed.Psych., Ph.D., MAPS, is a professor and foundation director of Health & Wellbeing Research, Monash University, Melbourne. She has served on local, national, and international academic policy committees and is a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Department of Human Services,Victoria. She is a health psychologist with more than 25 years of research experience in lifespan adult development and aging and has published widely on issues of adults' life transitions throughout the reproductive years, family formation, care-giving, and trans-cultural positive aging.

Fernando M. Torres-Gil, Ph.D., M.S.W., is a nationally recognized scholar and researcher in the areas of ethnicity, diversity, public policy, and gerontology. He is the author of more than eighty publications and four books, including The New Aging: Politics and Change in America (1992). He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. He has served as president of the American Society on Aging. Dr. Torres-Gil was the first assistant secretary on aging of the U.S. Department of Healt

Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company (May 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895033704
• ISBN-13: 978-0895033703
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,024,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)