Dementia and social work practice : research and interventions / Carole B. Cox, editor. - New York : Springer Pub., c2007. - xx, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Setting the stage for social work / Social work and dementia / Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's dementias / Assessment of individuals with dementia / Social work and dementia / early stage and interventions with families / experiences and needs of people with early-stage dementia / Helping families face the early stages of dementia / Family care and decision making / Coping with Alzheimer's disease : clinical interventions with families / Diversity and dementia / Culture and dementia / Psychoeducational strategies for Latino caregivers / Model dementia care programs for Asian Americans / Models from other countries : social work with people with dementia and their caregivers / Carole B. Cox -- Carole B. Cox -- Darby Morhardt Sandra Weintraub -- Victoria Cottrell -- Katie Maslow -- Carole B. Cox -- Lisa Snyder -- Daniel Kuhn -- Carol J. Whitlatch Lynn Friss Feinberg -- Cynthia Epstein -- Carole B. Cox -- Carole B. Cox -- Mar�ia P. Aranda Carmen Morano -- Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Bei Wu, Kun Chang, Jennifer K. Hohnstein -- Jill Manthorpe Jo Moriarty -- pt. 1. 1. 2. and 3. 4. pt. 2. The 5. The 6. 7. and 8. pt. 3. 9. 10. and 11. and 12. and Caring for persons with dementia in Australia / Community care / Care management with people with dementia and their caregivers / Community mobility and dementia / Social work and dementia care within adult day services / Support groups : meeting the needs of families caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease / Respite / Residential care and other models / Information to promote quality dementia care in residential settings / Quality care in residential settings : research into practice / Conclusions / Concluding remarks : the challenge for social work / Resources -- Index. Teorrah Kontos -- Carole B. Cox -- Elizabeth Baxter -- Nina M. Silverstein Lisa Peters-Beumer -- Jed Johnson Marilyn Hartle -- Edna L. Ballard -- Rhonda J.V. Montgomery Jeannine M. Rowe -- Carole B. Cox -- Sheryl Zimmerman -- Jeanne Heid-Grubman -- Carole B.Cox -- Carole B. Cox -- 13. pt. 4. 14. 15. and 16. and 17. 18. and pt. 5. 19. 20. pt. 6. 21.

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Dementia.
Psychiatric social work.
Social work with older people.
D�emence.
Service social psychiatrique.
Service social aux personnes �ag�ees.

RC521 / .D45338 2007