Dementia and social work practice: research and interventions

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

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

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