Dementia and social work practice : research and interventions / Carole B. Cox, editor.

Contents Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- pt. 1. Setting the stage for social work / Carole B. Cox -- 1. Social work and dementia / Carole B. Cox -- 2. Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's dementias / Darby Morhardt and Sandra Weintraub -- 3. Assessment of individuals with dementia / Victoria Cottrell -- 4. Social work and dementia / Katie Maslow -- pt. 2. The early stage and interventions with families / Carole B. Cox -- 5. The experiences and needs of people with early-stage dementia / Lisa Snyder -- 6. Helping families face the early stages of dementia / Daniel Kuhn -- 7. Family care and decision making / Carol J. Whitlatch and Lynn Friss Feinberg -- 8. Coping with Alzheimer's disease : clinical interventions with families / Cynthia Epstein -- pt. 3. Diversity and dementia / Carole B. Cox -- 9. Culture and dementia / Carole B. Cox -- 10. Psychoeducational strategies for Latino caregivers / María P. Aranda and Carmen Morano -- 11. Model dementia care programs for Asian Americans / Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Bei Wu, Kun Chang, and Jennifer K. Hohnstein -- 12. Models from other countries : social work with people with dementia and their caregivers / Jill Manthorpe and Jo Moriarty --
Contents 13. Caring for persons with dementia in Australia / Teorrah Kontos -- pt. 4. Community care / Carole B. Cox -- 14. Care management with people with dementia and their caregivers / Elizabeth Baxter -- 15. Community mobility and dementia / Nina M. Silverstein and Lisa Peters-Beumer -- 16. Social work and dementia care within adult day services / Jed Johnson and Marilyn Hartle -- 17. Support groups : meeting the needs of families caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease / Edna L. Ballard -- 18. Respite / Rhonda J.V. Montgomery and Jeannine M. Rowe -- pt. 5. Residential care and other models / Carole B. Cox -- 19. Information to promote quality dementia care in residential settings / Sheryl Zimmerman -- 20. Quality care in residential settings : research into practice / Jeanne Heid-Grubman -- pt. 6. Conclusions / Carole B.Cox -- 21. Concluding remarks : the challenge for social work / Carole B. Cox -- Resources -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006036613
ISBN9780826102492 (alk. paper)
ISBN0826102492 (alk. paper)