'Sometimes, a person's brain gets sick with a disease called dementia.'What does dementia do to the brain? And how can we help if someone we know, like a parent or a grandparent, has the disease?This book breaks down misconceptions about dementia an…
Cogent, concise, and up-to-date, this comprehensive and multidisciplinary one-volume encyclopedia written by experts from many fields covers all the major aspects of home health care for the elderly in America today. Patients, health care providers,…
Long-term care is an increasingly important issue in many contemporary welfare states around the globe given ageing populations. This ground-breaking book provides detailed case studies of 11 EU-member states' welfare regimes within Europe to show h…
This new edited volume seeks to meet the growing need for ways to support people with dementia across the whole course and trajectory of dementia care, with a wide scope of expertise.The book addresses how practitioners and carers can apply psychoso…
Mitä sosiokulttuurisuus on ja voisi olla erilaisissa vanhusten asumisympäristöissä? Väitöskirjatutkimuksessa analysoitiin sosiokulttuurisuuden kuvaamista ja ilmenemistä. Sosiokulttuurisuus ja siihen kytkeytyvä pedagogisuus näyttäytyivät toissijaisen…
How do you choose a care home for a relative or friend? The care home may look perfect in the brochure, but is that a true reflection of what it's like to live there? Can the manager's claims be trusted? Written by an insider who's worked in care fo…
Das Buch bietet neueste evidenzbasierte Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Praxis fur die Pflege, Gesundheitsforderung und Betreuung von Menschen mit Demenz und deren pflegenden Angehorigen. Es dient der interdisziplinaren Zusammenarbeit, ist praxisnah…
"Alice was always beautiful-Armenian immigrant beautiful, with thick, curly black hair, olive skin, and big dark eyes," writes Dana Walrath. Alice also has Alzheimer's, and while she can remember all the songs from The Music Man, she can no longer a…
This volume brings together leading researchers on quality of life in old age to focus on one of the most important issues in both gerontology and quality of life studies. There are very few texts available on this topic and none of an international…
The Silver Tsunami is upon us as elder care and crisis management reaches a tipping point with the graying of America. By 2020, 54 million people in the U.S. will be over the age of 65; by 2030, that number will top 80 million. Feeling the squeeze o…
Peter Rabins, this unabridged audio version of the definitive guide for people caring for someone who has dementia features chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages, prevention, and finding appropriate living arrangements for th…
Ur recensioner:"Fallbeskrivningarna är fängslande och ger många associationer till liknande erfarenheter...boken ser så tunn och liten ut och är så lättläst att den lätt skulle kunna bli avfärdad som en 'lättviktare', men den tränger sig inpå dig."…
*What is quality of life? *How should we assess quality of life for older people? *What are the personal and external influences on quality of life for older people?Quality of Life and Older People provides a critical approach to the conceptualizati…
A tested, proven way to foster imaginative and story-based activities among diverse groups and families, especially caretakers of loved ones and those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's, from pioneering researcher Anne Basting, the author of Cr…
In virtually all the developed countries of the Western world, people are living longer and reproducing less. At the same time, costs for the care of the elderly and infirm continue to rise dramatically. Given these facts, it should come as no surpr…
Alderspsykiatri og omsorgsarbeid omhandler psykiske lidelser hos eldre. Pasienter som er innskrevet i hjemmetjenesten eller bosatt på sykehjem har ofte et sammensatt sykdomsbilde, med både somatiske og psykiske lidelser. Mange helsearbeidere kan opp…
Vanhustyö tarvitsee vallankumousta. Se tarvitsee uudenlaista johtamista. Nykyisessä vanhustyössä tehdään paljon hyvää - mutta samalla siinä on liian paljon huonoa ja keskinkertaista. Arvostus vanhuksia ja vanhustyötä kohtaan näkyy juhlapuheissa, mut…
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"Longer lifespans and the needs of the oldest old are challenging the senior living industry to find bold and compassionate solutions to combine programs and services with housing. Victor Regnier's latest research provides a thoughtful and insightfu…
How 401(k)s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensions Named one of "PW"'s Top 10 for Business & Economics A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fal…
Im vorliegenden Praxisfallbuch wird Auszubildenden und Pflegenden aller Fachrichtungen anhand von 250 Patientenfallen der Transfer der theoretischen Lerninhalte in die Praxis erleichtert. Die ubersichtlich nach Lernfeldern gegliederten Fallbeispiele…
The care of patients with advanced and terminal illness can be extremely rewarding but often causes professionals a considerable amount of discomfort. This is especially so when you feel under confident in your abilities to provide a high quality of…
Direct payments have been available to older people receiving community care services in the UK since February 2000. However, scepticism remains about older people's desire and ability to use direct payments and take-up so far has been low. Drawing…
On investigative visits to nursing homes across the nation, Beth Baker has witnessed profound changes. Culture change leaders are tearing up everything - the floor plans, the flow charts, the schedules, the lousy menus, the attitudes, the rules - an…
Creativity is preserved in dementia long after other abilities are lost, so that making art provides rich opportunities for meaningful engagement for people with Alzheimer's or dementia. Creative Connections (TM) in Dementia Care provides care partn…
Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much…
The growing focus on performance review and monitoring means that awareness and use of performance indicators has increased throughout a number of public services. Set within a national context, this book reviews the historical development and measu…
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) can benefit older Americans by allowing them to move among and through independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care in one community. This book examines the risks and benefits of the CC…
Housing, Care and Inheritance draws on the author's long-standing research into housing issues surrounding the ageing society, a phenomenon which is now a concern in many mature economies. If an adult child provides care for their elderly parent, sh…
Broadly speaking there are two kinds of professional practice skills relevant to the burgeoning field of gerontological human service: clinical modalities and macro strategies. This book identifies seven essential approaches to clinical gerontology,…
