Lucia McBee

Mindfulness-Based Elder Care

A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers

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Produktbeschreibung

"She shares with us her gold - the conception, trial and error implementation, and initial scientific investigation of a new, educationally-oriented treatment approach that she has named mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC)." -from the Foreword by Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine, Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society University of Massachusetts Medical School Drawing on years of experience as a geriatric social worker and mindfulness-based stress reduction practitioner, the author has taken Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and adapted it to the particular needs of elders, their families, and professional caregivers. Mindfulness practices focus on abilities, rather than disabilities, in order to provide paths to the inner strengths and resources that we all possess. McBee's Mindfulness-Based Elder Care conveys the benefits of mindfulness through meditation, gentle yoga, massage, aromatherapy, humor, and other creative therapies to this special population. She provides clear, concise instructions for her program, as well as a wealth of anecdotal and experiential exercises, to help readers at all levels of experience. Hers is the first book to fully explore the value of mindfulness models for frail elders and their caregivers. Features of this groundbreaking volume include: Valuable tips for establishing programs to address each population's specific needs and restrictions Designed for short classes or 8-week courses Detailed experiential exercises for the reader Replete with case studies Clear, easy-to-follow instructions for elders and caregivers at all levels This innovative book is suitable for use with a variety of populations such as nursing home residents with physical and cognitive challenges, community-dwelling elders, direct-care staff, and non-professional caregivers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780826115119
• ISBN-10: 082611511X
• Artikelnr.: 23281510

Autorenporträt

Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, is a geriatric social worker who has worked with elders and their caregivers for 27 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Saki F. Santorelli
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I. Foundations
1. A Box for Father: Healthcare and Nursing Homes
What is Healthcare?
Trends in Aging and Healthcare
What are the Alternatives?
Elements of Care Provision
What we value
2. Learning from the Inside Out: Mind-Body and Mindfulness-Based
Interventions
Mind-Body Medicine Overview
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Other Mindfulness-Based
Programs
Mindfulness Practices
Other Informal Practices
Practice
Embracing Our Stress
3. Knock, Knock: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Aromatherapy
Hand massage
Creative therapy
Humor
Other CAM Modalities
Section II. Practical Applications of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
for Frail Elders
Poem: Meadowbrook Nursing Home
4. The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
Teaching Mindfulness to Elders
What Are the Issues
Clinical Work With Older Adults
Overview of MBEC Groups
5. Imagine This: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care For Frail Elders in the
Nursing Home
Overview
Group Format
Skills
Considerations: Environmental
Considerations: Population
Endings
Measuring Results: MBEC Research
6. Drifting Away From My Head to My Heart: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
for Elders With Dementia
What Do We Know About Dementia?
Communication With Persons With Dementia
Behaviors Accompanying dementia
Group Leader MBEC groups
Complementary and Alternative Interventions on a Dementia Unit
The Florence V. Burden Study on the Dementia Unit
7. Got to Go Through the Door: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Isolated
Elders and Palliative Care
Freedom and the Five Remembrances
Isolated Elders in the Nursing Home
End-of-life Care
Homebound Elders
Conclusion
8. Dance Like Nobody is Watching: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care and
Creativity
Visual Arts
Poetry and Words
Music
Movement and Music
Touch
Taste and Smell
Use of Nature
Toys
Humor
Section III. Caregivers
9. Who Will Take Care Of Us? An Overview Of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
For Caregivers
Informal Caregivers
Formal Caregivers
Mindfulness Groups for Formal and Informal Caregivers
Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
10. Riding the Waves: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Informal
Caregivers
Overview of class
Introductions
Formal Practices
Informal Practice
Discussion
Endings and Ongoing Practice
Caregiver Mindfulness Group Research
Summary
11. Learning to Take Care of Myself: A 7-Week Mindfulness-Based Elder
Care Course
Overview of Caregiver Course
Course Highlights
Discussion
Conclusion
12. Introduction to Stress Reduction for Professional Caregivers: A
1-Hour Class and Other Options for Staff
Professional Caregiving
A 1-Hour Stress Reduction Program
Staff Psychoeducational Presentation on Stress
Experiential Exercises
Alternate Options for Short Stress Reduction Sessions
Conclusion
Recommendations
Section IV. Conclusions
13. Walking with Tigers
Defining Aging
Caring For Elders, Caring For Ourselves
For You
Section V. Appendix
A. Mindfulness-Based Elder Care Yoga
B. Guided Meditations
C. Aromatherapy
D. Brief Stress Reduction Session Ideas
E. Handouts For Staff Stress Reduction
F. Selected Bibliography and Web Sites
Index