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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451898403321

Titolo

Supporting the caregiver in dementia [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for health care professionals / / edited by Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, Victor A. Molinari, James W. Lomax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8885-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LoboPrabhuSheila M. <1969->

MolinariVictor <1952->

LomaxJames W. <1944->

Disciplina

362.196/83

Soggetti

Dementia - Patients - Care

Caregivers - Mental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The history of caregiving in dementia / Steven H. Zarit -- The caregiver in dementia / Sharon K. Ostwald -- From home to nursing home: a continuum of care for persons with dementia / Irving Hellman -- Caregiver burden / Victor A. Molinari -- The affective interpersonal bond in caregiving / Sheila M. LoboPrabhu -- Religious participation and caregiving: a psychodynamic perspective / James W. Lomax --

Caregiving and the sexual relationship in dementia / Naomi D. Nelson -- Grief and loss in dementia / Hana Osman -- The role of pharmacotherapy for dementia patients with behavioral disturbances / Melissa Martinez and Mark E. Kunik -- Care of the caregiver: individual and family interventions / Silvia Sørensen, Deborah King, and Martin Pinquart -- Social supports for the caregiver / David A. Chiriboga -- Health care policies and caregivers / Margaret P. Norris -- Ethnic elders and caregiving / F.M. Baker -- The ethics of dementia caregiving / Michele J. Karel and Jennifer Moye.