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Elderly Care

A world perspective

Editors:

  1. Ken Tout

    1. Centre for Social Gerontology, Keele University, UK
      Center for Gerontological Studies, University of Florida, USA

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Table of contents (45 chapters)

  1. Elder participation

    1. Incentives to activity

      • Alex Yui-huen Kwan
      Pages 88-90

    2. Senior citizens unite

      • S. M. Zaki
      Pages 91-95

    3. Their own counsel

      • Ken Tout
      Pages 96-101

  2. Fitness and well-being

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-104
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    2. Fitness survives ageing

      • Zaida Esquivel
      Pages 105-111

    3. A foundation for good health

      • Miriam Bernard
      Pages 112-120

    4. Advised to live longer

      • István A. Gergely
      Pages 121-126

  3. Income generation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-128
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    2. Activity, its own medicine

      • Guillermo del Pozo V
      Pages 129-134

    3. Fuelling a small enterprise

      • J. Robert Ekongot
      Pages 135-139

    4. Recycling the old

      • Ken Tout
      Pages 140-145

  4. Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-148
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    2. A home in Kiev

      • Vladislav V. Bezrukov, Lyudmila A. Podust, Vera V. Chaikovskaya
      Pages 149-154

    3. Simply, the best housing

      • Dalip L. Kohli
      Pages 155-159

    4. Congregate housing

      • George W. Leeson
      Pages 160-165

    5. Elder villages: ghettos or godsends?

      • Otto von Mering, Sharon Gordon
      Pages 166-172

  5. Integrated services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-174
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    2. Integrating services in a changing Europe

      • Jan Reban, Antony Bayer
      Pages 175-180

    3. Extending services of an elderly persons’ home

      • Pacifica McKenna, Ken Tout
      Pages 181-186

    4. A multifacet centre

      • Jai Tout
      Pages 187-194
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Social Gerontology, Keele University, UK

    Ken Tout

  • Center for Gerontological Studies, University of Florida, USA

    Ken Tout

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Elderly Care

  • Book Subtitle: A world perspective

  • Editors: Ken Tout

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4509-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-47630-3Published: 01 January 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-4509-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 335

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Public Health, Social Policy

  • Industry Sectors: Health & Hospitals

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