Download or read book Elder care in Lebanon An analysis of care workers and care recipients in the face of crisis written by Nassif, Gabriella and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Care in Lebanon written by Gabriella Nassif and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Care in Crisis written by Emily K. Abel and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing partly from an online support group for dementia caregivers, this book demonstrates that this country faces an elder care crisis. Our elder care system rests on the exploitation of workers, mostly women and people of color, who are paid too little to make ends meet and imposes unsustainable burdens on family members"--
Download or read book Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People written by Christine Ceci and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on how high quality care is provided and the practices and policies that support this. It will offer case studies (both policy- and practice-oriented empirical studies) from countries that share a basic orientation to social welfare: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. This book will be essential reading for students, practitioners and researchers who wish to understand diverse problems in service provision for the elderly and the complexities of policy responses in different health and social care contexts.
Download or read book Generating a Model of Quality of Life for Older Nursing Home Residents in the Lebanon written by Marina Adra and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Over the past two decades, the growing number of older people in the Lebanon, the advances in medical technology, and the changing family patterns of support have combined together to increase access to long-term care facilities for older people. Lebanon, like other developing countries, still needs to define the policies and programs that will reduce the burden of an ageing population on its society and economy. Moreover, there is a need to ensure the availability of health and social services for older people and to promote the older person"s continuing participation in a socially and economically productive life in long-term care institutions. Whilst quality of life is a meaningful expression in the Lebanon, it remains a sophisticated and complex construct and it provokes considerable debate about its constituent parts. This study contributes to the debate by presenting a model of factors determining quality of life for older people residing in two Lebanese nursing homes. This grounded theory is built on the analysis of data collected in interviews with older residents, staff members and family carers with the aim of exploring the meaning of quality of life in the nursing home setting from different contexts. Aims and Objectives: The overall aim of this study is to explore the perceptions, perspectives and meaning of quality of life for a theoretical sample of older people living in Lebanese nursing homes, care staff and family carers and to produce an explanatory theoretical model of experience using the classic approach to generating grounded theory. The research objectives were to: identify factors that older people living in nursing homes believe constitute a meaningful and good quality of life; identify the role of the staff employed by nursing homes in helping to support quality of life; and identify the meaning that families attach to quality of life and how this is constructed. Results: Constant comparative analysis of data generated from the three groups of participants led to the emergence of three interrelated sub-core categories: "maintaining self" for older residents, "maintaining identity" for staff members, and "maintaining continuity" for family carers. Each of these sub-core categories consisted of either three or four properties/phases to explain the experience of the older resident, the staff member, and the family carer in their trajectory towards achieving and sustaining quality of life. Following a theoretical integration, the three sets of sub-core categories were conceptually connected through the linking scheme of "maintaining interrelationships". Transcending the data, and by increasing theoretical sensitivity, the core category of "relating" emerged to explain the dynamics of quality of life. "Relating" was also found to have temporal dimensions that worked on sustaining, restoring, and creating interrelationships, processes that had the "fit and grab" necessary to shed new light on the meaning of quality of life for all participants. Conclusion: This study is one of the few that has explicitly explored quality of life in nursing homes from the perspectives of all the key actors. As such it has made an important contribution to the literature particularly in recognising the role of "relating" and "maintaining interrelationships" in enhancing quality of life in nursing homes in the Lebanon. The contribution of the substantive grounded theory emerging from this study is not solely restricted to helping interpret the everyday experience of quality of life, but also includes implications for policy and practice.
Download or read book Steps Toward a Planning Framework for Elder Care in the Arab World written by William B. Ward and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the elder care literature pertaining to the Arab world and proposes steps that can be taken to improve the health and quality of life of older people in this region. Organized in three main sections (Program Assessment, Program Planning, Conclusions and Recommendations), the book addresses such topics as developing a conceptual framework; Arab world elder demographics; quality of life issues; demand for services; training issues; training capacity and capabilities; and conclusions and recommendations for improving the health of older persons in the Arab world. While the countries of the Arab world have the advantage of a unified language and culture that can be used to expedite development of area-wide approaches to a system of elder care, the lack of economic and political unification (such as common market and open trade) along with institutionalized age discrimination (some Arab countries restrict hiring for government and private jobs to persons younger than 45) present barriers to improving the health of older people. In addition, modernization and ease of transportation have resulted in a heavy focus on Western-style fast food, with an accompanying increase in chronic diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Download or read book Work and Caring for the Elderly written by Viola M. Lechner and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Work and Caring for the Elderly directly addresses the pressing issues of this worldwide dilemma by examining how 11 geographically dispersed countries in various stages of economic and social development are responding to this challenging problem.
Download or read book Growing Old in Egypt written by Thomas Boggatz and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new study of Egypt's resources for elder care, and an exploration of the cultural and social attitudes that impact this ever-increasing need in modern society The Egyptian society is aging. Families have to find solutions for care-dependent older persons, while at the same time, social changes threaten the traditional system of family care. The society has to adapt to this previously unknown situation and to develop new strategies for meeting the needs of its older members. Based on eight years of research, this book investigates the cultural shifts necessitated by these developments. It introduces the reader to the nursing homes and home care services that are currently available in Egypt's bigger cities. It describes how younger persons face the challenges of the new profession of care-giving and how recipients adapt in different ways to the situation of receiving care by non-family members. Besides examining culturally rooted attitudes, care needs and their related factors are analyzed in order to ident
Download or read book Care Work and Care Jobs for the Future of Decent Work written by Laura Addati and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report analyses the ways in which unpaid care work is recognised and organised, the extent and quality of care jobs and their impact on the well-being of individuals and society. A key focus of this report is the persistent gender inequalities in households and the labour market, which are inextricably linked with care work. These gender inequalities must be overcome to make care work decent and to ensure a future of decent work for both women and men. The report contains a wealth of original data drawn from over 90 countries and details transformative policy measures in five main areas: care, macroeconomics, labour, social protection and migration. It also presents projections on the potential for decent care job creation offered by remedying current care work deficits and meeting the related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Download or read book Elder Care Crisis written by Naomi Patel and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive exploration of the challenges and implications of elder care in an unprepared society, providing hope and highlighting the importance of aging with dignity.
Download or read book The Graying of the World written by Laura Katz Olson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book studies America's frail older population relative to the elderly in ten other nations. It contains a cross-national assessment of approaches to long-term care for the elderly and explains the nature and extent of current and future problems related to caring for the functionally impaired elderly. By studying and analyzing the ongoing struggles of other nations in their attempts to cope with growing populations of frail elderly, readers in the U.S. can expand the parameters of their own national debate on the subject. The Graying of the World shows the political, economic, and social context in which decisions on elder-care are based and evaluates how successful various countries'programs have been. Chapters outline alternative approaches taken by disparate types of national systems, highlighting unique and creative solutions to provide useful information on new and alternative ways to respond to personal and public issues related to elder-care. The elderly and their care in Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, People's Republic of China, Sweden, and Yugoslavia are discussed, as are the elderly in Canada and the United States. Chapters cover the following topics for each country: the increasing number of frail elderly and their costly health needs the current and future role of the state in elder-care the current and future role of the family in elder-care types of support services offered for the elderly, including in-home care, community-based care, and institutional care the relationship of a nation's political economy to its attitude and policy on long-term care innovative approaches to elder-care Practitioners, decision makers, and the concerned general public will all find The Graying of the World an interesting and informative book that expands the discussion of health care options available for the elderly. As such, the book is also a helpful text for undergraduate and beginning graduate students of gerontology, public policy, and comparative politics, as well as for social service practitioners. It provokes much-needed conversation on developing a healthcare plan for the future that meets the needs of a large elderly population.
Download or read book Leadership and the Elder Care Home Sector written by Nadeem Moiden and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Working Group on Care for the Elderly written by Hong Kong. Working Group on Care for the Elderly and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caring for the Elderly in Japan and the US written by Susan Orpett Long and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. This volume provides a broader picture of how elder care is defined at a time when ageing is becoming increasingly defined as a social problem. It is a valuable source for researchers in health and welfare, social policy and gerontology.
Download or read book The Potency of Policy written by Abigail F. Kolker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Health Care written by L. Scott Harshbarger and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rebinding the Generations written by Allan C. Carlson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
