Touching on work and voluntarism, transportation, housing, the environment, social participation, the delivery of health and community services, the Handbook of Rural Aging addresses the full breadth and scope of factors impacting the lives of rural elders with contributions from recognized scholars and researchers.
The Handbook of Rural Aging goes beyond the perspective of a narrow range of health professions, disciplines, and community services that serve older adults in rural America to encompass the full range of perspectives and issues impacting the communities in which rural older adults live. Touching on such topics as work and voluntarism, technology, transportation, housing, the environment, social participation, and the delivery of health and community services, this reference work addresses the full breadth and scope of factors impacting the lives of rural elders with contributions from recognized scholars, administrators, and researchers. This Handbook buttresses a widespread movement to garner more attention for rural America in policy matters and decisions, while also elevating awareness of the critical circumstances facing rural elders and those who serve them.
Merging demographic, economic, social, cultural, health, environmental, and political perspectives, it will be an essential reference source for library professionals, researchers, educators, students, program and community administrators, and practitioners with a combined interest in rural issues and aging.
Foreword Introduction A Special Note on COVID-19, Pandemics, and Rural Aging
1. Adult Day Services
2. Advocacy & Activism
3. Age Friendly Communities
4. Aging-in-Place
5. American Indians & Alaska Natives
6. Area Agencies on Aging
7. Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
8. Bioethics
9. Broadband Service
10. Chronic Disease
11. Community Development
12. Culture
13. Dementia
14. Dementia Friendly Communities
15. Dental & Oral Health
16. Direct Care Workers
17. Disabilities
18. Disasters
19. Drug & Alcohol Addiction
20. Dying, Death, & Bereavement
21. Elder Abuse
22. Elder Law
23. Entitlements & Benefits
24. Evidence-Based Programs
25. Falls & Injuries
26. Family Life
27. Farmers
28. Federal Policy
29. Food Insecurity
30. Geographies & Environments
31. Geriatric Care Management
32. Health Disparities
33. Health Insurance
34. Health Promotion & Wellness
35. Higher Education Institutions
36. Home Health Care
37. Homelessness
38. Housing
39. Immigrants
40. Information Sources
41. Intergenerational Programs
42. Isolation
43. Kinship Care
44. Latina/os
45. Leadership
46. LGBTQ Older Adults
47. Long-Term Care
48. Meals Programs
49. Men & Masculinity
50. Mental & Behavioral Health
51. Mental Health Services
52. Minorities
53. National Rural Health Association
54. Nursing Services
55. Nutrition
56. Philanthropy
57. Physical Activity
58. Politics
59. Poverty
60. Professional Associations & Organizations
61. Religion & Spirituality
62. Research Engagement
63. Retirement
64. Rural Health Clinics
65. Rural Service Networks
66. Senior Centers
67. Social Determinants of Health
68. Social Work Practice
69. Strategic Planning
70. Technology
71. Telehealth Services
72. Theory
73. Transportation
74. Veterans
75. Voluntarism
76. Women
77. Workforce
Dr. Lenard W. Kaye is Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the University of Maine Center on Aging. A prolific writer in the field of health care and aging, he has published more than 175 journal articles and book chapters, and 15 books on specialized topics in aging, including social isolation, home health care, mens health, productive aging, rural practice, family caregiving, support groups for older women, and congregate housing. His recent books include A Mans Guide to Healthy Aging: Stay Smart, Strong, and Active (with Edward Thompson, Jr., 2013) and Social Isolation of Older Adults: Strategies to Bolster Health and Well-Being (with Clifford M. Singer, 2019).
Dr. Kaye is lead evaluator for AgingME, Maines Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program and co-director of evaluation of an ACL/DHHS-funded, technology-driven, nutrition enhanced self-management program for older adults with multiple chronic diseases. He is also a co-principal investigator of The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation-supported Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care initiative. He was the lead organizer of the International Symposium on Safe Medicine and a founding board member of the International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety; and has managed a series of John Hartford Foundation funded gerontological social work education programs at the University of Maine.
Dr. Kaye was the 2010 recipient of the Career Achievement Award of the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) and has served on the National Advisory Committee for Rural Health and Human Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is a research scientist at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and past president of both the Maine and New York State Gerontological Societies. He is the past chair of the National Association of Social Workers Section on Aging, sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work and Journal of Aging Life Care, and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
