Aging in rural places : policies, programs, and professional practice / Kristina M. Hash, Elaine T. Jurkowski, John A. Krout.
Research documents that rural elders are poorer, live in less adequate housing, and have far fewer health and service options available to them than their urban counterparts, yet there is a critical lack of current and detailed information on the problems facing rural elders and on the professional...
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Springer Publishing Company, LLC,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- What is rural? : introduction to aging in rural places
- Who are rural elders?
- Health and wellness among rural elders
- Housing, poverty, and transportation in rural places
- Work, retirement, and leisure in rural places
- Providing services to rural elders
- Providing services to well elders in rural areas
- Providing services to frail elders in rural areas
- Interdisciplinary teams caring for rural elders
- Role of the health care professional
- Role of the human service professional
- Policies impacting rural aging
- Conclusion and future directions.