Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Source Book Towards Independent Living
Author: Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living
Author: Jill Vitale-AussemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781938870828
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, the need for senior living is growing at a steep rate, and the aging services field has been hard at work preparing for these new customers. Current practices aim to bring the kind of comfort and amenities enjoyed at hotels and resorts to the settings we create for older adults to live in. But what if these efforts are misdirected? Interweaving research on aging, ideas from influential thinkers in the aging services field, and the author's own experiences managing and operating senior living communities, Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift challenges readers to question long-accepted practices, examine their own biases, and work toward creating vibrant cultures of possibility and growth for elders. Shining a light on her own professional field, Jill Vitale-Aussem exposes the errors of current thinking and demonstrates how a shift in perspective can effect real cultural transformation. Her book delves into society's inherent biases about growing older--where ageism, paternalism, and ableism abound--and provokes readers to examine how a youth-obsessed culture unconsciously impacts even the most well-meaning senior living policies, practices, and organizations. Deconstructing the popular hospitality model, for example, Vitale-Aussem explains how it can actually undermine feelings of purpose and independence. In its place, she proposes better ways to create opportunities for older people to exercise choice, autonomy, and self-efficacy. Filled with empowering stories of elders who find purpose and belonging within their senior residences, Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living builds on AARP's disrupt aging work and demonstrates that to truly transform senior living, we must dig deeper and create communities that promote the potential and value of the people who live and work in these settings.
Youth in Transition, Independent Living
Author: Wayne County Independent Living Coalition (Mich.). Resource CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Youth
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Towards Independent Living
Author: David BarkerA Pocket Guide to Independent Living
Author: CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780997100907
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The Pocket Guide provides a format for helping young people organize, plan, and prepare to live responsibly on their own.
Steps to Independent Living
Author: Nancy LobbPublisher: Walch Education
ISBN: 9780825164996
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Gives specific material to show students how to take care of themselves and face the challenges of everyday living.
ILRU Source Book
Author: Ambient Assisted Living
Author: Nuno M. GarciaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439869855
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
Addresses an Emerging Shift in Developing CountriesThe authors and contributors of Ambient Assisted Living have recognized that the demographic profile is changing in many developing countries and have factored in an inversion of the demographic pyramid. The technology of ambient assisted living (AAL), supports the elderly and disabled in their dai
Rehabilitation for Independent Living
Author: Lois SchwabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Annotated bibliography lists sources dealing with various aspects of "independent living" for the disabled, arranged under the following headings: (1) the child with a physical handicap, (2) clothing, (3) home management and devices for independent living, (4) homes and furnishings, (5) cookbooks, (6) personal aspects of individuals with handicaps, (7) other publications, (8) media, (9) transportation, communication and architectural barriers, (10) persons with mental retardation.
Toward Independence
Author: National Council on the Handicapped (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This report reviews federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities and assesses the extent to which they: provide incentives or disincentives to the establishment of community-based services for handicapped individuals; promote the full integration of such individuals in the community, in schools, and in the workplace; and contribute to the independence and dignity of such individuals. An introductory chapter provides a description of the demographics of the U.S. disabled population. A list of federal programs serving people with disabilities is prioritized according to federal expenditures, with an estimated number of persons with disabilities served. Summarized are the National Council on the Handicapped's legislative recommendations in 10 issue areas: equal opportunity laws; employment; disincentives to work under social security laws; prevention of disabilities; transportation; housing; community-based services for independent living; educating children with disabilities; personal assistance such as attendant services, readers, and interpreters; and coordination. The recommendations propose modifications in the expenditure of disability-related dollars to improve the ability of persons with disabilities to live with dignity and as independently as possible within their communities. The report concludes with biographies of Council members. (JDD)