Communication skills for working with elders [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Bender Dreher

• Autore: Dreher Barbara Bender
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer, c2001
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetto topico: Social work with older people; Interpersonal communication; Communication in social work; Communicative disorders in old age
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Bridges to Understanding; Chapter 2 How Aging Affects Communication; Chapter 3 Interacting With the Elderly; Chapter 4 How Illness Affects Communication Skills; Chapter 5 Exchanging Messages Despite Barriers; Chapter 6 Decision Making With the Elderly; Chapter 7 Group Involvement; Chapter 8 Promoting Self-Expression; Chapter 9 Computers and the Oldest Generation; Chapter 10 Preserving Morale; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Dr. Dreher's book is a concise and highly readable guide to developing and enhancing one's communication skills for the betterment of the elderly person's quality of life... [It] clearly has a place on the bookshelf of every layman and professional alike who interacts with elderly people."". - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, about the first edition. ""...extremely useful as a teaching tool."". - Geriatric Nursing, about the first edition. This popular text provides practical guidelines for effective interaction with the elderly and presents techniques for overcoming common communicatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Communication skills for working with elders
• ISBN: 1-281-80636-6; 9786611806361; 0-8261-1623-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782674303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II