1st Edition

Aging and Disabilities Seeking Common Ground

By James Callahan Copyright 1992
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book helps in ...building a bridge between the networks...The topics of aging and disabilities are multifaceted and therefore may be approached in many ways. The editors have chosen to focus on four systems and areas of common ground (aging, developmental disabilities, independent living movement, and rehabilitation), to investigate the emerging "intersection" of the two fields.

    A Common Stake? Investigating the Emerging 'Intersection' of Aging and Disabilities Edward F. Ansello and Nancy N. Eustis

    SEEKING COMMON GROUND
    Seeking Common Ground Between Aging and Developmental Disabilities Edward F. Ansello Common Needs, Different Solutions? Younger and Older Homecare Clients Nancy N. Eustis and Lucy Rose Fischer

    REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR ELDERS
    Aging and Rehabilitation: Beyond the Medical Model Stanley J. Brody and Malcolm H. Morrison Geriatric Rehabilitation Kenneth Brummel-Smith

    Availability of Rehabilitation Services for Elders: A Study of Critical Policy and Financing Issues Linda A. Wray and Fernando M. Torres-Gil

    What Are We Trying to Restore? A Case for Habilitation Paul A. Raia

    The Kona Adult Day Center: Rehabilitation in Adult Daycare Karen L. Klemme

    INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY
    Independent Living and Community Life: Building Coalitions Among Elders, People with Disabilities, and Our Allies Julie Ann Racino and Judith E. Heumann What Is Independence? Elias S. Cohen

    Consumer-Directed Homecare: What Makes It Possible? Charles P. Sabatino and Simi Litvak

    Adjusting to Early- and Late-Onset Disability: A Personal Perspective Jean B. Zink

    Planning for the Transfer of Care Joan B. Wood and Laura Lopater Skiles

    `Retirement' for Older Persons with Developmental Disabilities Evelyn Sutton, Harvey L. Sterns, and Ruth S. Roberts

    EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
    Training Families to Be Case Managers for Elders with Developmental Disabilities Marsha Mailick Seltzer The Training of a Specialist in Developmental Disabilities and Aging Evelyn Sutton, Harvey L. Sterns, Lisa Schwartz, and Ruth Roberts

    Aging with a Disability: Educating Myself June Isaacson Kailes

    A UNIFIED POLITICAL AGENDA?
    Autonomy as a Policy Goal for Disability and Aging Laurel Beedon Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care: The Politics of Common Ground Robert H. Binstock

    The Independent Living Model of Personal Assistance in National Long-Term-Care Policy Gerben DeJong, Andrew I. Batavia, and Louise Bouscaren McKnew

    Changing Complex Long-Term-Care Systems Kay Charron

    Biography

    James Callahan