The environments in which people live out their later lives have a strong impact on their identity and opportunities for nourishing social interactions. This volume synthesizes contemporary research on residential environments and public spaces that enhance well being, and provides practical recommendations for the design of such beneficial ......
For people with disabilities caused by nonprogressive brain injury, challenges in everyday living can be multifaceted and overwhelming. This book presents key principles of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation, helping practitioners stay on track through complex terrain. Leading authorities Barbara A. Wilson and Shai Betteridge provide a ......
For people with disabilities caused by nonprogressive brain injury, challenges in everyday living can be multifaceted and overwhelming. This book presents key principles of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation, helping practitioners stay on track through complex terrain. Leading authorities Barbara A. Wilson and Shai Betteridge provide a ......
Introduces a structured decision-making process that draws heavily from principle-based and positive ethics and provides practical applications of the APA Ethics Code while also accounting for federal laws and regulations. Detailed case examples illustrate how to apply this process in a variety of treatment contexts, including hospitals, long-term ......
Ethics, Aging and Society...is the first major work in ten years to critically address issues and methodologies in aging and ethics...This well-organized volume begins theoretically and offers new ways of thinking about ethics that can handle the complexities and realities of aging in particular social contexts.--Choice This new research-based ......
Expert researchers and practitioners share essential information about providing mental health services to older adults in forensic contexts, and to the courts and judges involved. This book describes the nuts and bolts of civil litigation as it relates to brain injury, dementia, PTSD, and pain; assessment of competency to stand trial; and the ......
Written for a broad range of mental health professionals, this book explains why depression can be challenging to treat in older adults and describes the most effective interventions. Noted geriatric psychiatrist Gary J. Kennedy draws on extensive clinical experience and research to present current best practices in pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, ......
Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course
Written by leading scholars, this text on global aging is distinguished by its perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. This second edition presents coverage of topics in social gerontology, and expands its treatment of health behaviour, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement.
Influences on the Dynamics of Family Relationships
Investigates current and predicted trends regarding the experiences of grandparents worldwide. The book reflects the enormous changes in the roles of grandparents during the last several decades and explores the historical and social context in which these changes have occurred.