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Lessons on Aging from Three Nations, Volume II: The Art of Caring for Older Adults
Edited by Sara Carmel, Carol A. Morse, and Fernando M. Torres-Gil
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Co-Editors: JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, Susan Feldman, and Terrance Seedsman
Society and Aging Series, Jon Hendricks, Editor
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IN PRAISE OF
"A stellar group of editors has put together this multinational volume Lessons on Aging from Three
Nations, Volume II: The Art of Caring for Older Adults. It is a welcome addition to the growing
literature on global aging. Its exploration of care giving and end-of-life practices and issues in three
nations highlights the challenges of population aging and diversity faced by developed nations
throughout the world. Its perspectives from Australia, Israel, and the United States provide valuable
lessons from which other nations may benefit."
—Robert H. Binstock,Professor,Aging, Health, and Society,School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
“This book continues the work of the first volume. The essays are well matched and evenly written by experts in the field. That there are common threads of needing to deal with minority populations in the nation and cultural issues with family
caregiving and that these impact the approach to end-of-life care gives substance and truth to this book. It is well edited and a pleasure to
read.”
—David O. Staats, MD (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center), Doody's Review Service
"Provides much needed information on the worldwide situation of the burgeoning number of senior citizens and possible resolutions of the difficulties the circumstances entail."
—Alma H. Bond, RebeccasReads, The Midwest Book Review
"(As stated in my review of volume I,) ….this two-volume book on the essential problems posed by the rapidly expanding senior population is more than welcome for the wealth of information provided by the authors from the three countries serving as a platform for the comparative study of the major issues facing our societies at the beginning of the 21st century: how to receive, take care of and accompany this elderly population up to the final issue.
. . . . it is hoped that these volumes will rapidly be found worldwide on the shelves of all those involved in receiving, caring for and accompanying up to the grave this rapidly increasing senior population."
—Ladislas Robert, HBtel-Dieu, Paris, Gerontology: International Journal of
Experimental, Clinical and Behavorial Gerontology, Volume 53, Number 6, 2007. S. Karger AG, Basel Medical and Scientific Publishers
ABOUT THE BOOK
The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific,
economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental
changes, however, create new needs and problems in all areas of life, often difficult to
address. In some countries, the trend is toward compression of the period of age-related
morbidity—fewer years of living with disabilities—but the absolute numbers of elderly people living with disabilities are increasing worldwide. This book highlights a series of global threats, problems, and challenges in the areas of care and caregiving, through the prism of three multicultural nations: the United States, Israel, and Australia. The contributors to this book, experts in their fields, focus on the art of caregiving at the national level, including the interface between family and state responsibilities, policies and practices in the provision of services, and the demands for education and training, as well as the problems and difficulties faced by family caregivers. One section is devoted to the art of letting go and the agonizing conditions that can be related to end-of-life care, often faced by elderly patients, families, and their professional caregivers. By examining some of the most pressing challenges confronting all aging societies and drawing from the experiences of their own, diverse societies, the authors provide directions, suggestions, and promises for solutions for policymakers, advocacy groups, and the private sector—ways of improving the quality of care for recipients and easing the burden of caregivers.
This is the second of two edited volumes on aging and caregiving. The first, Lessons from
Three Nations—Volume I: The Art of Aging Well, examines positive aspects of and successful
adaptations to aging. This second volume focuses on challenges and concerns for families,
policy makers, and governments in caregiving and end-of-life issues. In this way, we hope
to provide clues and suggestions for future research, policies, and practices in the
comparative study of global aging.
Intended Audience:
Students of gerontology and geriatrics; those working in nongovernmental
organizations-private, for-profit, and nonprofit agencies, including voluntary, charitable,
and religious groups; those working in national, regional, and local governments;
all general readers intrigued with the aging of societies and longevity.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
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Sara Carmel, M.P.H., Ph.D., is a professor of medical sociology and gerontology, president of the Israeli
Gerontological Society, and director of the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging at Ben-Gurion University.
She is the author of more than a hundred scientific publications and has served on national and international committees
for academic and policy affairs. Her recent research focuses on end-of-life preferences and practices among the public,
elderly persons, patients, and formal and informal caregivers. She has also studied doctor-patient relationships and
communication, health and welfare services, and the effects of culture, immigration, and other psychosocial factors on the
will to live, health, and well-being of elderly persons.
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Carol A. Morse, B.Sc.Econ., M.Ed.Psych., Ph.D., MAPS, is a professor and foundation director of Health & Wellbeing
Research, Monash University, Melbourne. She has served on local, national, and international academic policy committees and
is a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Department of Human Services,Victoria. She is a health
psychologist with more than 25 years of research experience in lifespan adult development and aging and has published
widely on issues of adults' life transitions throughout the reproductive years, family formation, care-giving,
and trans-cultural positive aging.
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Fernando M. Torres-Gil, Ph.D., M.S.W., is a nationally recognized scholar and researcher in the areas of ethnicity, diversity, public policy, and gerontology. He is the author of more than eighty publications and four books, including The New Aging: Politics and Change in America (1992). He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. He has served as president of the American Society on Aging.
Dr. Torres-Gil was the first assistant secretary on aging of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1993-1996) and has served in other high-level positions in the U.S. government.
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