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  • © 1990

Older People

Their Support and Care

Authors:

  1. Gill Garrett
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. ‘In the eye of the beholder’

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 1-10

  3. Health and happiness

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 11-18

  4. Growing older

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 19-26

  5. Staying put

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 27-42

  6. Support networks

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 43-55

  7. Being cared for

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 56-67

  8. Illness in the older person

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 68-79

  9. Major health problems

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 80-100

  10. ‘To live until you die’

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 101-115

  11. Conclusion: Learning to care

    • Gill Garrett
    Pages 116-117

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 118-124
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About this book

This book is intended for use by nursing auxiliaries and the new Project 2000 support workers with Health Authorities, by care assistants in residential homes and by students on all caring programmes concerned with older people, particularly BTEC courses. Taking the perspective of the 'grass roots' carer, it is written in a practical manner with numerous exercises for completion and short case-studies.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Older People

  • Book Subtitle: Their Support and Care

  • Authors: Gill Garrett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11253-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 124

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Geriatric Care, Social Work

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