Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care

IMPROVE LONG-TERM CARE WITH NEW CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION METHODS Providing clear guidance on how to apply new customer satisfaction models to the quality of long-term care, this collection reviews how consumers contribute to, and assist in, the management of their own long-term care. The latest issues and ideas are provided for the following aspects of research and management: Development and Planning Strategies Consumer Satisfaction Measurement Models Consumer Satisfaction and Quality Improvement Models Development of Case Management Guidelines From reviewing the important factors and challenges that influence consumer choice to exploring the approaches required to evaluate needs, preferences, and perspectives, this new and valuable resource is a must-have reference for the improvement of long-term care in both the institutional and community settings.

Kunkel PhD, Suzanne R.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Springer Publishing Company

IMPROVE LONG-TERM CARE WITH NEW CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION METHODS Providing clear guidance on how to apply new customer satisfaction models to the quality of long-term care, this collection reviews how consumers contribute to, and assist in, the management of their own long-term care. The latest issues and ideas are provided for the following aspects of research and management: 
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<li>Development and Planning Strategies</li> <li>Consumer Satisfaction Measurement Models</li> <li>Consumer Satisfaction and Quality Improvement Models</li> <li>Development of Case Management Guidelines</li>
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From reviewing the important factors and challenges that influence consumer choice to exploring the approaches required to evaluate needs, preferences, and perspectives, this new and valuable resource is a must-have reference for the improvement of long-term care in both the institutional and community settings.

As our aging population grows ever larger, it is increasingly important to understand how adults age and what we can do to provide up-to-date care to ensure their well-being as an integral part of society. Leslie Morgan and Suzanne Kunkel understand that this phenomenon is about much more than just the physical or biological aspects of growing older and have put together a comprehensive text on the impact of society and sociology on the aging process. Use this text to explore the diversity of the aging population and dispel the major stereotypes surrounding the elderly. Learn about aging through all the layers of social context from family life to politics and economics. And through this approach, come to see how aging is more than just an individual process, it is a process that effects the direction of our society as a whole. For the Student: 
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<li> Web sites of interest and key terms defined at the end of each chapter</li> <li>Real life stories and essays on love, sex, music, medicine, and crime</li>
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For the Professor: 
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<li>Assignment-ready reading in a "One Chapter a Week" format</li> <li>Questions for discussion and review at each chapter end</li> <li>Applying Theory" sections place the lesson of each chapter in a clear, real-world setting</li>
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 Instructor's Guide Now Available! An Instructor's Manual for this textbook is available for those professors who have adopted Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Third Edition and can verify a bookstore order of 7 or more copies. Please email our Marketing Department at marketing@springerpub.com if you have adopted this text as you will need a password to download the guide. Please provide the name and telephone number of the bookstore that ordered the textbooks. A print version of the Instructor's Manual is also available."

Aging, Society, and the Life Course

Politics & Social Sciences

Morgan PhD, Leslie A.

Social Sciences

Doody's Score: 91, 4 Stars [This] book's unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."--The Gerontologist This is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the diversity of the older population, examining it from micro/macro perspectives in order to understand aging and the life course as social phenomena. This latest edition examines significant changes in the field of social gerontology, such as the paradigms of aging and the life course, the baby boomer cohorts as they approach retirement and later life, the growing interest in global aging, and civic engagement. This text encourages students to examine aging from personal, familial, community, societal and global perspectives, including both the positive and negative realities of aging. 
Key Features: <ul>
<li>Provides websites of interest at the end of each chapter </li>
<li>Presents provocative essays on love, sex, music, medicine, and crime to further expand on chapter contents </li>
<li>Provides review questions and key terms as study guides at the end of each chapter </li>
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Praise for the first edition:
“This book is exemplary in amassing demographic, policy, and sociopsychological data from around the world… The content of the book is rich with current information seldom accumulated into one sourceI recommend this volume to gerontologists, aging studies undergraduate and graduate students… demographers, and global studies scholars.”
Dr. Carol A. Gosselink, PsycCritiques
Written by leading scholars, this esteemed text on global aging is distinguished by its unique perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. Fully revised, updated, and reorganized, the second edition presents comprehensive coverage of major topics in social gerontology and expands its treatment of health behavior, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement. It delivers new information on living environments, religious beliefs and practices; environmental threats; cross-cultural views of dementia; ageism in advertising; age-friendly communities; global immigration and cultural assimilation, and end-of-life caregiving.
The second edition also offers additional case studies, first-person narratives and focused essays to enhance core material and a greater number of non-Western contributors. The topical essays reflect changing mores and current issues affecting societies and the aging experience. Discussion questions conclude each chapter, and an Instructor’s Manual and PowerPoint slides are available to instructors. Print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to entire contents.
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New to the Second Edition:<li>Expanded content on health beliefs and health behavior, religious belief and practice, environmental threats, housing and living environments, physical security, consumer control of health care, family life, and more</li>
<li>Additional topics on global immigration and cultural assimilation, age portrayals in advertising, voluntarism, and the use of social media in caregiving</li>
<li>Abundant new and expanded essays</li>
<li>New case studies and first-person narratives</li>
<li>Many more non-Western contributors</li>
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Key Features:<li>Delivers comprehensive coverage of major topics in gerontology</li>
<li>Uses a unique comparative, cross-national perspective</li>
<li>Authored by world-renowned aging scholars</li>
<li>Includes case studies/essays/personal narratives to enliven core information</li>
<li>Provides the most comprehensive demographic data on aging around the world</li>
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Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course

de Medeiros PhD, Kate

Whittington PhD, Frank J.

Newly revised and updated, this classic text examines the impact of social forces on the aging process. It considers aging from personal, family, community, societal, and global perspectives. The sixth edition reflects significant changes in the field of social gerontology. It delves deeply into the life course paradigm to demonstrate how aging experiences are shaped by individuals'; pasts and by a sweeping range of social factors. It uses a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens to underscore how social and economic advantages and disadvantages can accumulate with aging. Chapters reflect the richness and complexity of family life, work and retirement, health, and community engagement. The book addresses landmark changes in laws and policies and highlights innovative developments to enhance the independence of elders. It emphasizes what an aging society means for people of all ages and generations, and the causes and consequences of pervasive ageism. Provocative essays explore contemporary ethical, legal, and social issues.Especially written for courses in social gerontology and sociology of aging, the book is also valuable for curricula in social work, allied health, and the ever-growing range of disciplines and professions that are affected by individual and population aging. The sixth edition offers several new features to enhance the teaching and learning experiences, including Stop and Think boxes to foster curiosity, critical thinking, and personal connections to the ideas; bullet-point summaries to reinforce chapter takeaways; and an updated and expanded Instructor's Manual. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers. New to the Sixth Edition: Draws attention to the influence of the life course on aging Discusses how aging impacts people of all ages and generations Explores what the changing behaviors and attitudes of younger cohorts might mean for the future of aging Leverages a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens to understand variability and inequality in aging Provides updated knowledge about family life, work and retirement, health, community engagement, and ageism Highlights landmark changes in laws and policies that affect aging, such as evolving health care policies and laws related to intergenerational obligations Describes innovative models and interventions to enhance the independence and integration of elders in their communities Incorporates new content and provocative essays on contemporary ethical, legal, and social issues Key Features: Presents information in straightforward, engaging prose that seamlessly integrates bodies of evidence Highlights how aging is often a shared experience resulting from interactions with a complex set of social forces Demonstrates how the aging of individuals and entire generations occurs within layers of social context Probes causes of variability and inequality in aging across social categories Reveals the presence and consequences of ageism for individuals and societies Looks in-depth at aging in America with an eye to a global context Introduces and applies contemporary theories of aging to specific topics to demonstrate their utility for aging science and practice

Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Sixth Edition

Settersten Jr. PhD, Richard

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Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care

Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care

Aging, Society, and the Life Course

Aging, Society, and the Life Course

Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course

Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Sixth Edition