Gerontology category: 668 books

Cover of Psychological Treatment of Older Adults
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

“This is one of the best mental health and aging books I have ever read. [It] is one that I will turn to often in my teaching of doctoral students, and in my work with older adults. One of the phenomenal aspects of this book is the research reviews; which are in-depth and broad in their scope. It...
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Evidence-Based Treatment with Older Adults

Theory, Practice, and Research

by Nancy Kropf, Sherry Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and...
Cover of Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions with Older Adults
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013

In the past decade, evidence based practice (EBP) has emerged as one of the most important movements to improve the effectiveness of clinical care. As the number of older adults continues to grow, it is essential that practitioners have knowledge of effective strategies to improve both the medical...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2007

"This is a wonderful resource for nurses and other healthcare professionals providing care for patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD)Ö.This unique book provides readers with access to multiple experts in the field and a wide variety of pertinent topics in the care of patients with PD. This is an...
Cover of The Craft of Life Course Research
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009

This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an “inside view” of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace the connections between early and later...
Cover of Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure
by Ted Tedrick
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012

If you work with older adults who are developmentally disabled and are seeking ways to incorporate exercise, arts activities, and other activities into your program, this is the book for you! Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure will help you improve your ability to instruct exercise...
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Intergenerational Programs

Understanding What We Have Created

by Valerie Kuehne
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Intergenerational Programs: Understanding What We Have Created focuses on research efforts to design, improve, and evaluate activities among younger and older individuals while examining how intergenerational activities impact children, families, and older adult participants. The first single volume...
Cover of Growing in Age: Ageing in today’s society
by Anne Millar
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013

Growing in Age draws on Anne Millar’s years of working with older people through nursing, counselling and pastoral care. It covers many aspects of ageing: - Society and it’s attitudes - The personal journey of ageing - How relationships change: on retirement, when a spouse dies and when...
Cover of Caring for Older People in Nursing
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

As medical advances become more sophisticated, average life expectancies continue to grow. This presents significant challenges to the health care system, and caring for older people is now every nurse's concern. This book aims to help nursing students understand how to care for older people in any...
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Living Before Dying

Imagining and Remembering Home

by Janette Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 and 100 years of age, including people suffering with dementia. How residents interact with care assistants is emphasised, as are the different behaviours...
Cover of The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration, Seventh Edition
by James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015

The seventh edition of this classic review guide for nursing home administration licensure is revised and updated to reflect new information as recently mandated for the federally required national exam. It is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to...
Cover of Women, Aging, and Ageism
by Evelyn R Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014

Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women. Women, Aging and Ageism, in response to the lack of literature that focuses on aging women, presents timely and definitive research that illustrates the implications of ageism and sexism. This landmark volume challenges powerful...
Cover of Aging Our Way: Independent Elders, Interdependent Lives
by Meika Loe
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

America is quickly going grey. There are more Americans alive today over the age of 80 than ever before in our history; by 2030, that number is expected to almost triple. But when we discuss how long people live, we must also consider how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30...
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Social Structures

Demographic Changes and the Well-Being of Older Persons

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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2007

Significant demographic changes are altering the structure of the American population. Larger numbers of immigrants are entering the work force, will become part of our aging population, and increasingly, are providing care for the elderly. Family structures and communities are evolving as marriage,...
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