E-raamat: Aging: Caring for Our Elders

Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Contributors xv THE FAMILY Across the generations: Family care dynamics into the new millennium 1(18) G. Clare Wenger Family caregiving: A problem of justice 19(10) Nancy S. Jecker Family care for frail elders and norms of caregiver well-being at the turn of the twenty-first century 29(20) Anna L. Howe Hilary Schofield SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Care for elderly people in Sweden: Do cutbacks reflect changing principles or simply adjustment to economic pressure? 49(16) Mats Thorslund Ake Bergmark Marti G. Parker Financing long-term care in the United States: who should pay for Mom and Dad? 65(18) Richard L. Kaplan The role of the government and the family in taking care of the frail elderly: A comparison of the United States and Japan 83(24) Fusako Seki CARE Appropriate housing for the elderly of the United States: An integral component of their health care 107(16) Lawrence A. Frolik Nursing work, housekeeping issues, and the moral geography of home care 123(16) Joan Liaschenko The dilemma of prolonged engagement: Building opportunities for reciprocity among ethnic female clients and workers in elder care services 139(26) Shari Brotman Community mental health services for older adults in the United States 165(12) Cynthia Zubritsky Dementia care ethics 177(14) Stephen G. Post Decision-making in social and medical services for patients with dementia in Japan 191(12) Masahiko Saito NEGLECT The abuse and neglect of the elderly 203(16) Robert M. Gordon Deborah Brill Aging, homelessness, and the law 219(18) Carl I. Cohen Jay Sokolovsky Maureen Crane Index 237