Colleen Doyle, Gail Roberts

Moving Into Residential Care: A Practical Guide for Older People and Their Families

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written for people making the move in to a care home, or the families and staff about to assist them, this book is an antidote to the psychological stress this transition can have on older people. It provides essential tips to guide people along the way from deciding to move to settling in to their new surroundings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781785921896
• ISBN-10: 1785921894
• Artikelnr.: 48701117

Autorenporträt

Colleen Doyle is Professor of Aged Care at Australian Catholic University and Honorary Research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute. Gail Roberts is a Senior Project Officer in Research at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and an academic with the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Program, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction. 2. Making the Decision to Move. 3. Planning the Move. 4.
Settling in and Getting the Support You Need. 5. Resilience and Adjusting
to Change. 6. How to Maintain Purpose in Life. 7. Living with Dementia in
an Aged Care Home. 8. Diverse Needs. 9. Coping with Death and Dying in Aged
Care Homes. 10. Summing Up. References. Appendix 1. Internet and Telephone
Resources about Moving into Residential Aged Care. Appendix 2. Alternative
Terms.