Human Services for Older Adults: Concepts and Skills

by Leon H. Ginsberg and Anita S. Harbert

Book Overview

Human Services for Older Adults provides a broad overview of the conditions and context in which today's older adults live, as well as practical information on how to work with them given today's circumstances. Information is provided on the demographic characteristics of older people in America, discussing social, economic, and health problems confronting them and the needs of subgroups among the elderly population such as minority elderly,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872496821
• ISBN13: 9780872496828
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"