Ethics in Community-Based Elder Care [Paperback]

Caring for elders outside of institutions is the fastest growing sector of US health care. Building on their research study at the Park Ridge Center, editors Holstein and Mitzen, together with a team of experts, examine the complexities involved in developing an ethics for community-based long-term care. They also challenge policymakers to make home care a more viable option for older people in need. Chapters address many of the ethical and practical problems that arise in the care of older people with physical and mental disabilities--including how to allocate scarce funds, how to keep good caregivers, how to balance concerns of autonomy, risk and safety, and worker stress. The volume is an excellent resource for practitioners, policymakers, and students.

Contributors
Preface
Part I: Introduction

1. Elders in the Community: Moral Lives, Moral Quandaries,Martha B. Holstein & Phyllis Mitzen

Part II: Background/Theory

2. Ethics & Aging: A Historical Perspective,Brian F. Hofland
3. Bringing Ethics Home: A New Look at Ethics in the Home and the Community,Martha B. Holstein
4. The Ethical Importance of Home Care,Mark Waymack
5. An Ethic of Care,Joan C. Tronto
6. Old Ethical Frameworks: What Works, What Doesnt?,Mark Waymack

Part III: Organizations/Care Providers/Care Receivers

7. Creating an Ethical Organization,David M. McCurdy
8. Organizational Ethics in a Nonprofit Agency: Changing Practice, Enduring Values,Phyllis Mitzen
9. Ethics in Clinical Practice with Older Adults: Recognizing Biases and Respecting Boundaries,Robyn L. Golden & Sallie Sonneborn
10. Ethics and the Frontline Worker: A Challenge for the 21st Century,Robyn I. Stone & Yoshiko Yamada
11. When the Helper Needs Help: A Social Workers Experience in Receiving Home Care,Nan G. OConnor
12. Care at Home: Virtue in Multigeneratl“”