Care of the Elderly

The editors undertook this project to promote the International Conference on Death, Grief, and Bereavement in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Throughou...

The world is growing older and this is a historically unprecedented phenomenon. Negotiating such change, personally, socially and for governments a...

Increasingly, scholars from many disciplines have begun to incorporate various modalities from the humanities and arts novels, films, artwork, and...

Rarely heard about in our society are caregivers' thoughts and feelings about life, death, and dying and how they act on those feelings. For the Li...

The book is divided into two major parts, the first on husbands and the second on sons, with Chapter 1 providing background for both parts. Chapter...

Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Preventi...

A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelicas beloved memoir and pastoral guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Wi...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

This book provides the latest research and design-based recommendations for how to design and implement a technology training program for older adu...

What does it mean to grow old? What makes later life meaningful? What gives a frail and isolated or institutionalised older person their sense of w...

Namaste Care is a therapeutic approach to caring for those living with advanced dementia, focused on improving their quality of life through a simp...

Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to ...

This book outlines a framework for art therapy with older adults rooted in a belief in the autonomy and self-efficacy of older adults, including th...