Download or read book The Elderly in the Calgary Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not unlike most other regions in Canada, the elderly population will be the fastest-growing age group in the region. There is a growing number of life-style options for the elderly of today that is influencing land-use planning in areas such as recreations and housing in the Calgary region. This report provides an expanded definition of the elderly. It looks at socio-economic characteristics of the elderly, population trends for the elderly in the Calgary region, recreational and leisure activities of the elderly, the impact of the elderly on housing, and other implications of the elderly for planning and municipal government.

Download or read book Prospect the Elderly in the Calgary Region written by Calgary Regional Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seniors Health written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Housing for the Elderly written by Philip McCallion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how housing options for the elderly are changing—and not always for the better To maintain or improve their quality of life, many seniors in the United States will move to new locations and into new types of housing. Housing for the Elderly addresses the key aspects of the transitions they’ll face, examines how housing programs can help, and looks at the role social workers can play to ensure they remain healthy, happy, and productive as they age. Housing for the Elderly provides the tools to build a comprehensive understanding of how housing is changing to support the growing number of elderly persons in the United States. This unique resource examines a full range of housing options, including assisted-living communities, elder friendly communities, and homelessness; looks at the effects of the Olmstead Decision of 1999, which requires states to place persons with disabilities in community settings rather than in institutions; and summarizes current research on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs). The book also presents a historical perspective of housing issues for the elderly, with a special focus on the discrimination of African-Americans. Topics in Housing for the Elderly include: creating elder friendly communities homelessness among the elderly in Toronto housing disparities for older Puerto Ricans in the United States grandparent caregiver housing programs how the Olmstead Decision affects the elderly, social workers, and health care providers New York State’s experience with NORCs relocation concerns of people living in NORCs the integration of services for the elderly into housing settings-particularly low-income housing moving from a nursing home to an assisted-living facility assisted-living and Medicaid and much more! Housing for the Elderly is an essential resource for social work practitioners, administrators, researchers, and academics who deal with the elderly.

Download or read book A Profile of the Elderly in Calgary a Demographic Profile and Needs Assessment written by Calgary (Alta.). Family and Community Support Services Division. Research and Planning Unit and published by Calgary : Research and Planning Unit, Family and Community Support Services Division, Social Services Department. This book was released on 1983 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Profile of the Elderly in Calgary written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing Effectively with Less written by Allan Ray Cahoon and published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada. This book was released on 1993 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Age Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison written by Thibauld Moulaert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental support can help meet them. These chapters offer age-friendly cities as a corrective to the overemphasis on the medical aspects of elders’ lives, and should inspire new research, practice, and public policy. Included in the coverage: A critical review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and its implementation. Seniors’ perspectives on age-friendly communities. The implementation of age-friendly cities in three districts of Argentina. Age-friendly New York City: a case study. Toward an age-friendly European Union. Age-friendliness, childhood, and dementia: toward generationally intelligent environments. With its balance of attention to universal and culture-specific concerns, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison will be of particular interest to sociologists, gerontologists, and policymakers. “Given the rapid adoption of the age-friendly perspective, following its development by the World Health Organization, the critical assessment offered in this volume is especially welcome”. Professor Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester

Download or read book Social Work Practice with the Elderly written by Marvin David Feit and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition describes significant practice issues and challenges facing gerontological social workers, working with the fastest growing demographic cohort in North America. Insightful and creative practitioners provide current accounts and case examples from their work in a variety of settings. The material includes both micro and macro practice and offers a focus on advanced specialty practice while also providing an advanced generalist model. All the chapters have been rewritten and updated by adding related additional readings and websites. Six new chapters have been added on sensory impairment, HIV/AIDS, elder abuse, community-assisted living, rural elderly, retirement, and volunteerism. "Social Work Practice with the Elderly" offers an exciting collection of well-crafted readings and will be useful for any social work student at the undergraduate or graduate level. It will also be a valuable resource for those in other helping professions who work side by side with social workers in this field: nurses, physiotherapists, music and art therapists, psychologists, physicians, recreational therapists, speech and language therapists, and clergy.

Download or read book Supports and Services for Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities Study written by Matthew P. Janicki and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aging written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aging and Public Health written by Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the population continues to age, traditional concerns must expand from physical and biological concerns to incorporate social and behavioral perspectives. Professionals in the fields of aging and public health need to assess the nature of the increased panoply of services that must be developed to match the requisites of such population in a humane and cost-effective manner. Such considerations must take into account not only individual and generational differences, but the diversity resulting from particular groups and subgroups within the aging population.

Download or read book The Mature Driver written by Naomi G. Rotter and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To answer the question of whether New Jersey's mature drivers present an increased risk of injury and fatalities to themselves and others, analyses of accident and violation records were performed. A survey was also conducted of a sample of State Departments of Motor Vehicles regarding licensing of mature drivers. The data analyses showed that New Jersey's older drivers, similar to those in other states, are involved in fewer crashes when compared to other age groups. Their rate of crash involvement per population also decreases. For crash involvements per licensed driver, we found a similar pattern of decrease with age until the drivers reached their mid-nineties. Then the trend showed an increase. Mature drivers have accidents in different places and times than do younger drivers and may be less safe than middle-aged drivers.

Download or read book A Barrier free Environment for the Elderly and the Handicapped written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Creating Aging Friendly Communities written by Andrew Scharlach and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Aging-Friendly Communities (CAFC) examines the need to redesign America's communities to respond to the realities of our rapidly aging society. The text focuses on the interface between individuals and their environments, and the ways in which communities can enhance individual and community well-being. What differentiates CAFC from other books is its breadth of focus, its comprehensive and evidence-based consideration of key concepts, its inclusion of social as well as physical infrastructure characteristics, and its intensive examination of models of community change for fostering aging-friendliness. It presents a conceptually and empirically-based model of aging-friendliness, identifies environmental modifications that could enhance individual and community well-being, outlines a typology of community change approaches, and considers the potential efficacy of those approaches. This book identifies practical implications for policies, programs, and knowledge development designed to help communities become more aging-friendly.

Download or read book Supports and Services for Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities Study written by Sandra P. Hirst and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seven reports were completed by the study team as part of this study. The final report summarizes these reports and provides additional material on promising practices in the development of services and supports for older adults with developmental disabilities. These reports include: Aging with a Developmental Disability: A Health Perspective; Projections of the Population of Older Persons; Assessing the Health of Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Family and Guardian Focus Groups Summary Report; Individual Financial Support for Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Guidelines for Using the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS with Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities; and, Six Critical Factors Organizations Need to Think about when Providing Services and Supports to Older Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."--Page 1.

Download or read book Issues in National Regional and Environmental Health and Medicine 2011 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 1347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine. The editors have built Issues in National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.