Examining the care of older people from a holistic viewpoint, Ruth Bright argues that all of geriatric care is, or should be, intended to improve the overall quality of life for older people. To that end the book discusses the many different challenges that an older person might face.
Examining the care of older people from a holistic viewpoint, Ruth Bright argues that all of geriatric care is, or should be, intended to improve the overall quality of life for older people. To that end the book discusses the many different challenges that an older person might face.
Ruth Bright is a Consultant Music Therapist who specialises in grief counselling and was Founding President of the Australian Music Therapy Association. She is a long-standing member (and immediate Past-President) of the Board of Directors of the Gerontology Foundation of Australia, a national charity which provides funds for research into aspects of ageing.
Inhaltsangabe
PART I: 1.Wholeness and Old Age: Realities and Vulnerabilities. 2.Cultural Aspects of Growing Older. 3.Sexuality and Relationships. 4.Spiritual Aspects of Old Age. 5.Physical Challenges to Our Integrity. 6.Emotional and Psychological Challenges. 7.Dementia and Wholeness. 8.Effects in Later Life of Earlier Impairment: Ageing with a Physical Disability. 9.Effects in Later Life of Earlier Impairment; Ageing with Genetic and Congenital Impairments. PART II: 10. The Practicalities of Music Therapy in Later Life. 11.Individual Work with Elderly People. 12.Music Therapy for Those with Physical Disorders. 13.Music for a Social Support Group Programme. 14.Music Therapy in the Management of Aphasia. 15.Terminal Care: Can We Retain Our Wholeness? 16.Summary: Captains of Our Destiny or Pawns of Circumstance? References. Index.
PART I: 1.Wholeness and Old Age: Realities and Vulnerabilities. 2.Cultural Aspects of Growing Older. 3.Sexuality and Relationships. 4.Spiritual Aspects of Old Age. 5.Physical Challenges to Our Integrity. 6.Emotional and Psychological Challenges. 7.Dementia and Wholeness. 8.Effects in Later Life of Earlier Impairment: Ageing with a Physical Disability. 9.Effects in Later Life of Earlier Impairment; Ageing with Genetic and Congenital Impairments. PART II: 10. The Practicalities of Music Therapy in Later Life. 11.Individual Work with Elderly People. 12.Music Therapy for Those with Physical Disorders. 13.Music for a Social Support Group Programme. 14.Music Therapy in the Management of Aphasia. 15.Terminal Care: Can We Retain Our Wholeness? 16.Summary: Captains of Our Destiny or Pawns of Circumstance? References. Index.
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