The Aging Network

by Gelfand, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9780826102065
• ISBN10: 0826102069
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-20
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

The latest edition helps make sense of the changes in Medicare plans and prescription drug policies. It highlights the most recent and important changes and explores the varying demographics of the elderly population and how these factors will affect what plans people will choose. Also provides an overview of the Older Americans Act, and breaks out the various aspects of older living - from health and mental health to employment, legal assistance, and housing - that the new plans have and will transform.

Author Biography

Donald E. Gelfand is Professor Emeritus at Wayne State University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Sixth Edition	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I: The American Elderly and Programs	1	(24)
The Older American	3	(6)
The Elderly Population	3	(2)
Living Patterns	5	(4)
Legislative Bases for Programs and Services	9	(16)
The Older Americans Act	11	(1)
Title I: Objectives	11	(1)
Title II: Administration on Aging	12	(1)
Title III: Grants for State and Community Programs in Aging	13	(4)
Title IV: Training, Research, Discretionary Projects, and Programs	17	(1)
Title V: Community Service Employment	17	(1)
Title VI: Grants for Native Americans	17	(1)
Title VII: Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities	18	(1)
Funding of Aging Programs	18	(7)
Part II: Income Maintenance Programs	25	(34)
Age, Employment, and Income Maintenance	27	(16)
Growing Old Without Adequate Income	27	(5)
Financing Social Security	32	(1)
Survivor's Insurance	33	(1)
Supplementary Security Income	34	(2)
State General Assistance Programs	36	(1)
Private Pension Plans	36	(3)
Unemployment and Inadequate Income	39	(4)
Illness, Medical Care, and Income Maintenance	43	(16)
Risks of Illness, Disability, and Inadequate Income	43	(3)
Risks of Aging, Medical Bills, and Inadequate Income	46	(13)
Part III: Programs for the Aged	59	(82)
Information and Assistance	61	(8)
Goals	61	(1)
History	61	(1)
Operation and Functions	62	(1)
Organization	63	(4)
Importance	67	(2)
Health and Mental Health	69	(14)
Health Care Programs	70	(3)
Mental Health Programs	73	(3)
Elderly in the Mental Health System	76	(2)
Specialized Aging Services	78	(5)
Transportation	83	(10)
Options	84	(1)
Models	85	(1)
Forms of Transportation for the Elderly	85	(3)
Ridership Problems	88	(1)
Coordination of Programs	89	(1)
Future Trends	90	(3)
Crime and Legal Assistance Programs	93	(22)
The Elderly and Crime	93	(4)
Crime Prevention and Assistance	97	(3)
Legal Representation	100	(3)
Protective Services	103	(1)
Guardianship	104	(11)
Employment, Volunteer, and Educational Programs	115	(14)
Employment Legislation	115	(2)
Employment Programs	117	(3)
Volunteer and Intergenerational Programs	120	(3)
Educational Programs	123	(6)
Nutrition Programs	129	(12)
The Congregate Nutrition Program	130	(5)
Home-Delivered Meals	135	(6)
Part IV: Services for the Aged	141	(102)
Multipurpose Senior Centers	145	(16)
History and Legislation	145	(2)
Characteristics	147	(3)
Programming	150	(5)
Facilities	155	(1)
Funding	156	(5)
Housing	161	(26)
Housing Conditions of the Elderly	161	(26)
In-Home Services	187	(12)
The Growth of In-Home Services	187	(1)
Service Patterns	188	(3)
Service Agencies	191	(4)
Related Services	195	(4)
Adult Day Care	199	(12)
The Roots of Day Care	199	(2)
Day Care Clients	201	(1)
Day Care Center Services	202	(3)
Respite Services	205	(1)
Funding	205	(2)
Cost-Effectiveness and Benefits	207	(4)
Long-Term Care Residences	211	(22)
Nature and History of Long-Term Care	211	(3)
Types of Long-Term Care Residences	214	(5)
Funding	219	(5)
Personnel and Programming	224	(3)
Quality in Long-Term Care Residences	227	(6)
Challenges for the Aging Network	233	(10)
Population Growth	234	(1)
Increasing Diversity	235	(1)
Changing Cohorts	236	(1)
Changing Health Care	237	(1)
Changing Public Images	238	(1)
Long-Term Services	238	(1)
Innovation and the Aging Network	239	(4)
Appendix: National Nonprofit Resources Groups in Aging	243	(4)
Index	247