Care of the Elderly

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...

How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis.Keith Oliver was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 55. Unaware at ...

Communication problems, frustration and boredom can manifest themselves in physical outbursts, and working in a residential or domiciliary setting ...

Being active is fundamental to a person's sense of physical and mental wellbeing, and the need to engage in purposeful and meaningful activity does...

Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with...

A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition. This up...

Sensory Stories contain just a few lines of text, and are brought to life through a selection of meaningful sensory experiences. They have been fou...

*Winner in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*Risk is central to professional practice, assess...

Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eatin...

How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?As accounts of positive ex...

Moving into care is a significant life event for older people and their families and often occurs at a time when other life stresses such as deaths...

With a key theme for every week of the year, this resource contains extended multi-sensory reminiscence group session plans for older adults.Writte...

The significance of attachment theory for working with older people has been overlooked, and yet its importance is clear - evident in the experienc...

The CLEAR Dementia Care© model is an effective method of assessing behaviour that challenges, through an understanding that such behaviour may be a...

Understand and assess the sensory needs of people with dementia, and learn how to implement sensory modulation-based approaches for enriched care.D...

This book employs Markov models and propensity score matching methods to analyze the demand for elderly care labor, utilizing data from the China L...