The Washington DC Area Geriatric Education Center Consortium

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	Title	Year	Author	Related Subject	Description
76.	The Time & Teamwork Manager: The Activity Director in Long-Term Care	1987	Rebecca K. Kendall and the Beverly Foundation	Long-term care facilities, Management, Recreation	This handbook offers three simple management principles you can apply to just about every aspect of your job. These are illustrated by examples and case studies.
77.	Health and Health Care Utilization in Later Life	1995	John Hendricks	Health Policy, Gerontology, Health and hygiene, Health Services For Older Adults, Social Gerontology	Fourteen articles discuss physical and mental health in the later years; health and social context, including employment, social networks, rural versus urban differences and the effects of bereavement; and the health care system and utilization patterns, including race, gender, and the effect of social supports on the use of health services.
78.	Activities, Adaptation & Aging Vol. 19 Number 2	1994	Phyllis Foster		NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
79.	Activities, Adaptation & Aging Vol. 24 Number 3	2000	Phyllis Foster		NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
80.	Journal of Geriatric Drug Therapy	1996	James Cooper	Age factors, Anti-infective agents, Chemotherapy, Geriatric Pharmacology, Gerontology Infection, Infectious Diseases	Contributors detail the use of anti-infectives to treat common bacterial infections in the elderly, including infections of the respiratory and urinary tracts and skin infections.
81.	In the Country of the Old (Perspectives on Aging and Human Development Series, 2)	1970	Jon Hendricks	Cross-cultural studies, Gerontology, Social Gerontology, Social Science & Sociology	This volume is designed to highlight the relationship between our broader cultural context and the role it plays in defining the shape of aging.
82.	Activities, Adaptation & Aging Vol. 23 Number 2	1998	Phyllis Foster		NAAP serves as a catalyst for both professional and personal growth and has come to be recognized by government officials as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.
83.	Methods for Policy Research Vol. 3	1984	Ann Majchrzak	Policy sciences, Politics - Current Events, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare, Research, Sociology, and Social Science / Research	Ann Majchrzak presents pragmatic approaches to conducting policy research and analysis that demonstrate distinct alternatives for policymakers. Incorporating real-world issues and concrete examples, the author details the key steps in the policy research process--including preparation, problem identification, conceptualization, contextual considerations, and analysis of factors potentially causing the social problem under study. She outlines procedures for examining policy-relevant variables--in order to modify initial policy recommendations to enhance their likelihood - and emphasizes the importance of communicating to policymakers the value and applicability of research.
84.	Innovations in End-of-Life Care	2000	M. Solomon, A. Romer and K. Heller and Heller, K	Dementia, Medical / Nursing, Pain Medicine, Pain, Intractable	Dedicated to fostering more human care at the end of life, Innovations in End-of-Life Care provides cutting-edge strategies and models for improving quality of care for patients and families. In six thematic sections of articles, essays, and interviews, Volume 3 focuses on: Continuity of Care, Institutionalization of Palliative Care, Support for Family Caregivers, Grief and Bereavement, Better Pain Management, Quality of Life
85.	In Triple Jeopardy-Aged Hispanic Women: Insights and Experiences	1994	Marta Sotomayor		The National Hispanic Council on Aging has chosen, in this third book of a series on the problems and unique needs of elderly U.S. Hispanics, to look with special attention at the aged Latina.
86.	Hard Choices For Loving People	1994	Hank Dunn	Health Care Issues and Health/Fitness	"Hard Choices for Loving People" is written for people who are making medical treatment decisions in the face of a life-threatening illness. In "Hard Choices" Chaplain Dunn reviews the medical research on common treatments like resuscitation attempts and artificial feeding tubes. Often these treatments offer no benefit for frail, seriously ill patients. Hank Dunn believes that because of the little benefit offered by these treatments for some patients, decisions about their use are emotional and spiritual in their nature. The bottom line question patients and their families struggle with is "Can I let go?"
87.	Mental health and the elderly: Service delivery issues (Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center. Interdisciplinary monograph series)	1989	D. Biegel and K. Farkas	Aged, Mental health services	This monograph will analyze and review mental health needs of the elderly and discuss obstacles which may prevent elderly persons from receiving needed mental health care.
88.	A Canary's Tale Vol. 1	1996	Jacob Berkson	Environment and the Elderly	A retired lawyer has his house treated for termites with Dursban... and develops Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. This well-written book describes his deteriorating condition, his lawsuit to get compensation, and his fight to get his condition recognized as more than psychosomatic. It also is a cautionary tale for the rest of us - what is the ultimate effect of all the pesticides and chemicals used in our environment? If they're deadly for insects... would they not also harm humans?
89.	Hospice Concepts: A Guide to Palliative Care in Terminal Illness	2000	Shirley Smith	Emergency Medicine, Home Care, Medical, Philosophy, Terminal Care	A US consultant overviews hospice care philosophy, history, goals, interdisciplinary team approach, grief and bereavement concepts, spiritual care, pain management, legal and ethical issues, and the Medicare hospice benefit.
90.	Awakening from Grief	2000	John Welshons	Bereavement, Death / Grief / Consolation, Psychological aspects, Self-Help	John Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he's counseled to create a deeply felt and beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief.
91.	Health and Medical Care in the U.S. A Critical Analysis	1973	Vicente Navarro	Attitude to Health, Delivery of Health Care, Health Policy, Medical care, Health, Insurance	This fresh and provocative collection of papers challenges conventional analyses of the problems facing health, medicine and medical care in Western societies in general, and North America in particular.
92.	Addictions Treatment for Older Adults: Evaluation of an Innovative Client-Centered Approach	1995	K. Graham, S. Saunders, C. Timney, M. White-Campbell, and A. Pietropaolo	Drug And Alcohol Abuse Treatment, Older people, Psychology, Recovery, Services For The Aged, Sociology, Treatment	Provides a detailed description of the Community Older Persons Alcohol Program (COPA), an approach to the treatment of elderly persons who have alcohol or drug problems. Explains the nature of substance abuse among the elderly and how to identify and intervene with older persons with alcohol and drug problems. Makes ample use of case studies and tables.
93.	Clinicians Handbook of Preventative Services 2nd Edition	1998	Department of Health and Human Servicesnd Human Services	Health Care Delivery, Medical / Nursing, Preventive Medicine	The Clinician's Handbook is written for a wide variety of readers including health care providers, educators, students, and health service administrators and planners. It can be used as a reference book for clinical preventive guidelines, or as a practical guide to delivering clinical preventive services and implementing a preventive care protocol. In addition, the Clinician's Handbook provides references for patient and provider educational materials and resources. This handbook discusses screening tests for early detection of disease, immunizations and prophylaxis to prevent disease, and counseling to modify risk factors that lead to disease.
94.	The Measure of Our Days	1997	Jerome Groopman, MD	Death, Grief, Bereavement, Diet / Health / Fitness, Diseases, Terminal care, Terminally ill	Dr. Jerome Groopman established himself as an eloquent new voice in the literature of medicine. In these eight moving portraits, he offers us a compelling look at what is to be learned when life itself can no longer be taken for granted.
95.	You Are One of Us	1995	Lisa P. Gwyther	Health, Mind & Body, Disorders & Diseases, & Alzheimer's Disease	This book, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was written for clergy and church leaders. The information and practical suggestions are, however, applicable to family members and other caregivers, as well.
96.	Complete Guide to Aging & Health	1995	Mark Williams, MD	Aging, Geriatrics, Health & Fitness, Health Care Issues	A guide to the special health care needs and concerns of older adults, with advice for preparing for a healthy old age and caring for elderly family members, as well as information on specific diseases and conditions in sections on neurological, blood, and digestive disorders, and nutrition.
97.	A Consumer's Guide to Aging	1992	D. Solomon, E. Salend, A. Rahman, M. Liston, and D. Reuben Rahman, A, Liston, M, and Reuben, D	Aged, Aging, Gerontology	A compendium of information for people over 50, on physical and mental health, medical care, finances, housing, family relationships, sex and intimacy, work, and leisure time.
98.	Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In	1981	Roger Fisher and William Urym Ury	Business / Economics / Finance	Offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict.
99.	The Rights of the Dying	1997	David Kessler	Death, Grief, Consolation, Bereavement, Family relationships, Psychological aspects, Psychology, Self-Help Terminally ill	In gentle, compassionate language, David Kessler outlines the rights of the dying, principles that will help everyone face death with dignity. Kessler provides for family members a way of communicating with one another, as well as with doctors and hospital staff. He also provides a vocabulary for the dying that allows them to participate in all decisions and express feelings and emotions.
100.	WAGECC Site Visit Briefing Book	2002	WAGECC