Perspectives on Later Life - Peter Russell Day - Hardcover

"Perspectives on Later Life" looks at interdependency, social living, family conflict, social isolation and social networks, and loss and grieving. Issues of staff training, support and morale are covered in some depth. .".. exposes the inadequacy of training and support to staff based on outdated material reflecting out-dated attitudes ... The emphasis on the primacy of individual experience gives the book a particular relevance in the customer-oriented world of community care with its focus on individual user need, choice and advocacy rights.Community Care Contents: New Understandings of Later Life: Practice and Service ImplicationsAspects of Development in Later LifesDifferent Living Environments of Older PeoplesLater Life in Social ContextsSpecial Difficulties in AdjustmentsLoss and BereavementsI nformal CaresThe Contributions and Needs of Formal CarerssDay, Peter R. is the author of 'Perspectives on Later Life - Peter Russell Day - Hardcover' with ISBN 9781871177534 and ISBN 1871177537.