A woman's personal account of caring for her husband who was stricken with Alzheimer's disease. She outlines 20 strategies for coping and surviving, designed to assist caregivers in tapping their inner resources.
Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia, more and more people ...
With the field of geriatric mental health growing rapidly in the next decade as the Baby Boomers age, this timely guide brings together a notable team of international contributors to provide guidance for caregivers, families, and those who counsel them on managing caregiving challenges for aging family members. "Aging Families and Caregiving" ...
Caregiving has emerged as a critical issue in the second half of the life cycle. With the growth of the older population, there have been dramatic increases in the number of people needing care and assistance. The responsibility for care typically falls on families at a time when they have limited resources to meet these needs. At a societal level ...
A health worker confuses an older patient's reversible brain disorder with senility--and labels it hopeless. A counselor sees a seventy-year-old woman's depression as a function of her age--and dismisses her complaints that her children don't respect her. A therapist avoids treating sexual dysfunction in a sixty-five-year-old man, mistakenly ...
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this book provides foundational knowledge and skills for mental health practice with older adults and their caregivers. The authors draw on research and clinical expertise to comprehensively address normal aging processes, frequently encountered clinical problems, and effective approaches to evaluation ...
"A Guide to Psychotherapy and Aging: Effective Clinical Interventions in a Life Stage Context" provides a comprehensive overview of clinical interventions with older adults. Despite stereotypes that older people respond poorly to treatment, both research and clinical experience confirm that older people respond well to appropriate interventions. ...
Leading scholars focus on the economics of ageing, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby-boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes and the relationship between economic and health status.
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