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End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement
A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can be challenging, particularly in the absence of a well-established evidence base about how best to help. In this informative guide, editors Sara Qualls and Julia Kasl-Godley have brought together a notable team of international contributors to produce a clear structure offering mental health professionals a framework for developing the competencies needed to work with end-of-life care issues, challenges, concerns, and opportunities. Part of the Wiley S...
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology
"The Oxford Handbook of Geropsychology provides students and experienced clinicians and clinical researchers alike with a comprehensive and contemporary overview of developments in the field of geropsychology. Informed by an international perspective, the introductory section covers demographics, meta-analyses in geropsychology, social capital and gender, cognitive development, and ageing. Sections on assessment and formulation include chapters on interviewing older people, psychological assessment strategies, capacity and suicidal ideation, and understanding long term care environments. Psychological distress and their causes are reviewed with chapters focusing upon late-life depression and...
Narrating Illness: Prospects and Constraints
This volume grapples with the potentials and limitations of illness narratives as diverse cultural perceptions probe into those stories from literary, textual, empirical, ethnographic, historical, and personal bases.
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
Intended for researchers, clinicians and graduate students in the field, this book provides a review and reference source for scientific and professional literature on the psychology of adult development and ageing.
Palliative Touch: Massage for People at the End of Life
With the support of palliative care and hospice a growing number of people are choosing the kinds of experiences they want at the end of life. Massage can offer moments of comfort, wellbeing, and beauty at a challenging time for patients and their loved ones, yet most of us are not prepared with the right skills or knowledge to offer this help. Palliative Touch: Massage for People at the End of Life is written for healthcare providers and complementary therapists who wish to provide safe, comforting touch for people with life-limiting illness, as well as anyone who might wish to support a dying client or loved one to live life to the fullest, right up until the end. Based on more than two decades of field and inpatient hospice experience, this book addresses topics from common end-of-life symptoms and the stages of dying to cultural issues and how these can impact end-of-life care. Readers are guided to engage with the material at whatever level might be appropriate for their needs, with practical tips in every chapter. Beautiful color photographs, actual case studies, and stories from therapists, caregivers, and patients bring this information to life.
老人心理學:老年生活實踐與管理
內容簡介 本書規劃與設計的目的有三：（1）針對各大專校院老人工作相關科系修習課程的教科書（另提供教師手冊）；（2）提供老人工作者在職進修課程或個人自修的參考書；（3）針對老年人探索本身或家屬為了解老人需要所提供的參考資料。 本書內容包含三個部分，共十三章：基礎篇（1 ~ 3章）、應用篇（4 ~ 10章），以及管理篇（11 ~ 13章），適合一學期課程修習的份量。每一章規劃為三節，每一節提供三至四個關鍵議題項目。 為了滿足學習者首次修習以心理學為背景的課程，本書涵蓋普通心理學的基本概念，並以簡要理論（每章第一節）為基礎，然後進入實務探討（第二、三節）；同時，在論述上也盡量使用簡單易懂的詞彙。為了連結心理學與老人議題，本書在每一節採取三種方式進行：在議題討論時直接連結、以「老人故事」的方塊文章加以論述，並以個案討論的方式來說明。期待讀者在學習過程中，容易理解、隨時演練，方便在實際工作中應用。
Perspectives on Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Individuals and families face challenges at the end of life that can vary significantly depending on social and cultural contexts, yet more than ever is now known about the needs that cut across the great diversity of experiences in the face of dying and death. A number of behavioural interventions and clinical approaches to addressing these needs have been developed and are available to help providers care for clients and assist them in achieving their goals. Perspectives on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Disease, Social and Cultural Contexts explores how these interventions can be used to address a range of issues across social and cultural contexts for those in need of end of life care....
Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work
This text is the definitive resource for practicing palliative social work clinicians. It is designed to meet the needs of professionals who seek to provide culturally sensitive biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with life-threatening illness.
