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Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change

Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change

by Karen A. Roberto (Author), Robbyn R. Wacker (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $118.66
Synopsis

The substantially revised Fifth Edition includes new topics and updated research to help build reader awareness of programs and how to better understand help-seeking behavior, as well as explain ways to take advantage of the resources available to older adults.

$118.66

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 616
 Edition: Fifth
 Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Published: 05 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1506383963
ISBN 13: 9781506383965

Author Bio
Robbyn R. Wacker, Ph.D., is the Provost and Senior Vice President and Professor of Gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado. Her research interests include international aging social policy and psychosocial predictors of community service use among older adults. She has published over 65 refereed presentations, scholarly articles, books, and conference proceedings and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including UNC's Academic Leadership Excellence Award. Karen A. Roberto, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Gerontology, Founding Director of the Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, and Professor of Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has published over 150 scholarly articles and book chapters, is the editor/author of ten books, and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Science Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award