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Reglerna som inramar socialt utredningsarbete är omfattande och består av såväl lagar som föreskrifter. Den här boken hjälper dig att förstå hur reglerna kopplas till socialtjänstens arbete och ...

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Why we need to be better at ageing...Julia Neuberger addresses the question of what life will actually be like for us as we get old, and suggests answers for making our later years as good as when we were young.Britain is getting old - and fast. D...

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Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that h...

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Elder Abuse: Forensic, Legal and Medical Aspects focuses on the psychological, financial and physical abuse and neglect that is widespread in elder abuse across socioeconomic levels. It provides expert information on forensic and legal topics that...

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Elder Abuse: Forensic, Legal and Medical Aspects focuses on the psychological, financial and physical abuse and neglect that is widespread in elder abuse across socioeconomic levels. It provides expert information on forensic and legal topics that...

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Through an examination of current case law, this book provides the first sustained treatment of vulnerable adults, discussing the legal position of those whose ability to make decisions for themselves is impaired.

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It is widely claimed that we are facing a demographic time bomb, with an increasing older population and a decreasing working population. This book analyses the conflicting ways in which both the population and the law view this problem and presen...

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Around the world and across a range of contexts, homelessness among older people is on the rise. In spite of growing media attention and new academic research on the issue, older people often remain unrecognized as a subpopulation in public policy...

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Around the world and across a range of contexts, homelessness among older people is on the rise. In spite of growing media attention and new academic research on the issue, older people often remain unrecognized as a subpopulation in public policy...

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This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981. Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People? ...

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This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981.Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People? i...

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This book explores the intersecting issues relating the phenomenon of ageing to gender and family law. The latter has tended to focus mainly on family life in young and middle age; and, indeed, the issues of childhood and parenting are key in many...

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This book explores the emerging engagement of EU law with care and carers. The book argues that the regulation of care by the EU is crucial because it enables the development of a broad range of policies. It contributes to the sustainability of so...

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People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the population is growing. Residential care for older people will become increasingly necessary as our society ages and, we will req...

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As the Baby Boomer generation ages and the sandwich generation is stressed between caring for children and caring for parents, questions are cropping up all across the nation: How can I protect the nest egg I've worked so hard to create? What happ...

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Patient abuse and neglect is a daily occurrence in our nation's medical and psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, group homes, and other care facilities. But it is not just in institutional settings where at-risk adults are vulnerable. Crimes of a...

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As the Baby Boomer generation ages and the sandwich generation is stressed between caring for children and caring for parents, questions are cropping up all across the nation: How can I protect the nest egg I've worked so hard to create? What happ...

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Patient abuse and neglect is a daily occurrence in our nation's medical and psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, group homes, and other care facilities. But it is not just in institutional settings where at-risk adults are vulnerable. Crimes of a...

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Everyone in my family trusted the people in the system to take care of Rose . . . But the hospital staff, the doctors, the nurses, and those running the "skilled" nursing facility didn't seem to care at all in the end… Aging in America: A C...

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What you've heard is true . You need Health Care Advance Directives. Would you like to know why? In her award-winning 2006 book, " Last things first, just in case ," attorney Jo Kline first addressed the approaching crisis surrounding aging and en...

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A personal documentary spanning my 14 year journey of care to three elderly parents with dementia, the physical and financial abuse by another family member, legal issues, my feelings and challenges as a caregiver, the search for care facilities, ...

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A wide variety of legal issues surround caring for older individuals. Health and human service practioners need to plan, provide and evaluate geriatric care, while also understanding public policies. Legal knowledge is an essential part of caring ...

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The mistreatment of older people is categorized in many societies as elder abuse and neglect, yet the concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, an...

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The mistreatment of older people is categorized in many societies as elder abuse and neglect, yet the concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, an...

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People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the population is growing. Residential care for older people will become increasingly necessary as our society ages and, we will req...

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Are older drivers posing increasing risk to the public? If so, what public policies might mitigate that risk? Older drivers (those 65 and older) are slightly likelier than drivers aged 25 to 64 to cause an accident, but drivers aged 15 to 24 are n...

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Alzheimer's and Dementia has established itself as Nevada's most useful guide for people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias and for their families, health care workers, and professional caregivers. The updated edition inclu...

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"A resource on the use of Medicaid to pay for the costs associated with a long term stay in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Includes sample strategies to protect assets and qualify for Medicaid benefits"--Provided by publisher.

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Straight Talk! About Estate Planning provides a no-nonsense look at the importance of estate planning and how to create an estate plan that works! In their straight forward, easy to read style, Peggy Hoyt and Debbie Roser lead you on a journey thr...

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