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There's nobody there : community care of confused older people / Anne Opie in association with Leon Fulcher, Gary Hawke, and Natali Allen.

Title
There's nobody there : community care of confused older people / Anne Opie in association with Leon Fulcher, Gary Hawke, and Natali Allen.
Author
Opie, Anne.
Publication
Auckland ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Natali.
  • Fulcher, Leon C.
  • Hawke, Gary.
Description
xii, 220 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
This is a qualitative sociological analysis of the practice and social policy implications of caring for older people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. It presents a practical and emotionally complex account of the everyday lives of 28 families who care for these people.
Subject
  • Aged
  • Care
  • Caregivers
  • Community Health Services
  • Dementia > Home care
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Home Care Services
  • New Zealand
  • Older people > Family relationships
  • Older people > Home care
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-217) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0195582667
LCCN
gb^94017239^
OCLC
28541324
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library