The Aging Network: Programs and Services

by Gelfand, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9780826130587
• ISBN10: 0826130585
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Reference for professionals on services for the elderly. Focuses on new programs, especially those mandated by the Older Americans Act. Lists federal, state, and local programs that can locate transportation, legal assistance, employment, income maintenance, and volunteer programs. Previous edition: c1993. Hardcover, also available in softcover.

Author Biography

Donald E. Gelfand, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Wayne State University and Chair of the department (1994-1999). In 1990, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at Australian National University, and he was a Senior Fulbright Fellow in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1982. He has also served as Associate Director of the National Policy Center on Older Women and as a Senior Research Associate at the National Council on the Aging.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition	vii
Introduction	ix
PART I. The American Elderly and Programs
The Older American	3	(8)
Legislative Bases for Programs and Services	11	(18)
PART II. Income Maintenance Programs
Age, Employment, and Income Maintenance	29	(16)
Jules Berman
Donald E. Gelfand
Illness, Medical Care, and Income Maintenance	45	(16)
Jules Berman
Donald E. Gelfand
PART III. Programs for the Aged
Information and Assistance	61	(8)
Health and Mental Health	69	(13)
Transportation	82	(9)
Crime and Legal Assistance Programs	91	(20)
Employment, Volunteer, and Educational Programs	111	(12)
Nutrition Programs	123	(16)
PART IV. Services for the Aged
Multipurpose Senior Centers	139	(15)
Housing	154	(25)
In-Home Services	179	(13)
Adult Day Care	192	(12)
Long-Term Care Residences	204	(20)
Challenges for the Aging Network	224	(9)
Appendix: National Nonprofit Resources Groups in Aging	233	(6)
Index	239