Society as a whole is getting older. As a result, more and more of us are living and engaging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives, and there's a heightened demand for concrete research and advice on how to effectively provide care for this growing demographic.

The Care of the Older Person brings together some of today's most experienced professionals to provide concrete answers for care providers of all kinds - doctors, nurses, therapists, nursing home workers, and spouses and children of elderly who are spending more and more time working with the aging population.