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Older Wards and Their Guardians
This work reviews the current thinking on guardianship of older persons, how the wards and the guardians are affected, and the process by which a person becomes a ward. The book, based on court records and a guardian questionnaire, considers the impact of current legislation on older wards.
| Author(s) | By Pat Keith, Robbyn R. Wacker. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 248 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 23 Aug 1994 |
| Availability | POD |
This work reviews the current thinking on guardianship of older persons, how the wards and the guardians are affected, and the process by which a person becomes a ward. The book, based on court records and a guardian questionnaire, considers the impact of current legislation on older wards.
Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Procedures Concerns about the Guardianship Process: A Review of the Literature Can You Spell "World" Backward? Assessing Incapacity in Guardianship Hearings Becoming a Ward: Characteristics of Wards an
PAT M. KEITH is Professor and Assistant Dean in the Graduate Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. Dr. Keith is coauthor of Role Relationships and Well-Being over the Life Cycle (Praeger, 1991) and author of The Unmarried in Later Life (Praege
