Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions with Older Adults: Evidence-based approaches - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415481864 ISBN 13: 9780415481861

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008

Riassunto

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 and the psychosocial aspects of older persons' lives. The purpose of this work is to present systematic reviews of research-based psychosocial interventions for older adults and their caregivers.

The interventions presented focus on a variety of critical issues facing older adults today including medical illnesses (cardiac disease, diabetes, arthritis/pain, cancer, and HIV/AIDS), mental health/cognitive disorders (depression/anxiety, dementia, substance abuse), and social functioning (developmental disabilities, end-of-life, dementia caregivers, grandparent caregivers). For each of these areas the prevalence of the problem, the demographics of those affected, and the nature and consequences of the problem are discussed. The empirical literature is then reviewed. A treatment summary highlights the type and nature of research supporting the interventions reviewed and is followed by a conclusion section that summarizes the status of intervention research for the specified issue. A Treatment Resource Appendix for each area is included. These appendices highlight manuals, books, articles and web resources that detail the treatment approaches and methodologies discussed.

This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

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L'autore

Sherry M. Cummings, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. She is the current president of Association for Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGE-SW). Dr. Cummings was a John A. Hartford Gerontological Faculty Scholar, 2001-2003. Dr. Cummings’ research focuses on aging and mental health. Additionally, her research explores the impact of such mental health issues on familial caregivers. Her research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals in the social work, gerontological and mental health arenas.

Nancy P. Kropf is Professor and Director of the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. Her area of research and scholarship is late life caregiving relationships, with the focus specifically on the older care provider. Dr. Kropf was a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar (1999-2001I). In 2000, she held a visiting endowed chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. She was the President of the Association of Gerontology Education – Social Work (AGE – SW), and is a Fellow, of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Kropf has numerous peer reviewed articles in the social work and gerontology literatures.

Contenuti

Preface  Barbara Berkman

1 Overview of Evidence-Based Practice with Older Adults and their Families Sherry M. Cummings and Nancy P. Kropf

EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS

2 Cardiac Conditions  Michel D. Peck and Amy L. Ai

3 Cancer Treatments  Peter Maramaldi, Sheryn Dungan and Nancy Levitan Poorvu

4 Arthritis Pain  Eunkyung Yoon and John B. Doherty

5 Diabetes Treatments  Vaughn A. DeCoster

6 HIV/AIDS Treatments  Charles A. Emlet and R. Andrew Shippy

EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR COGNITIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

7 Depression and Anxiety  Margaret E. Adamek and Greta Yoder Slater

8 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias  Sara Sanders and Carmen Morano

9 Substance Abuse  Sherry M. Cummings, Brian Bride, Kimberly McClure Cassie and Ann Rawlins-Shaw

EVIDENCE -BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

10 Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers  Philip McCallion and Tara Nickle

11 Treatment at the End of Life  Deborah P. Waldrop

12 Familial Caregivers of Older Adults  Kimberly McClure Cassie and Sara Sanders

13 Grandparent Caregivers  Stacey Kolomer

14 Evidence-Based Interventions with Older Adults: Concluding Thoughts  Nancy P. Kropf and Sherry M. Cummings

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415481864
• ISBN 13: 9780415481861
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Redattore: Cummings Sherry M.