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Families are increasingly involved in providing care for older relatives who want to remain at home. If they are to do their work well and give the care and support which the older person needs, families can benefit from guidance from professionals who have experience and expertise in managing the problems they are facing. Eldercare at Home gives this guidance. It is written by professionals who have extensive experience in geriatric care. It teaches an orderly problem-solving approach to managing care at home and for working cooperatively with health professionals. The twenty seven chapters in the Eldercare at Home book cover the most common problems that family caregivers face.

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The Foundation for Health in Aging would appreciate feedback on Eldercare at Home. We want to improve it in order to do the best possible job of helping families care for older people at home. If you have comments, ideas, or criticisms, we want to hear from you.

Please contact us at staff@healthinaging.org with your comments, questions, and suggestions. Thanks!

Peter S. Houts, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Pennsylvania State School of Medicine Research Associate Johns Hopkins Oncology Center Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD. MPH, FACP VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, California UCLA School of Medicine

Contributors and their professional affiliations

This book would not have been possible without the dedicated editorial support provided by Bobbie Lewis, Mary Beth Meyer, and Judith Witmer EdD.

The following people reviewed chapters in this book. Their careful, conscientious reviews have been a major contribution to this work: Michele Chirdon Mundok MA CCC-A, James Webster MD, Julia Bucher RN PhD, Joan Stone RN DEd, Kay Shenk MSW, Vera Brown MSW, LCSW, BCD, Martha Waite MSW LCSW, and Mary Ann Cegielsky RN MSN.