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Old Age and the Search for Security
"Haber and Gratton lay to rest many conventional assumptions concerning the place of older persons in American history." -- Choice "Haber and Gratton's meaty little book does more than provide an intelligent synthesis of existing old-age history; its new interpretations, insights, and shifts of emphasis will provoke responses and help move historians' work away from the now threadbare original disputes in e field toward new questions and approaches." -- American Historical Review "Indeed, Haber and Gratton give us a refreshingly multidimensional history of the shift in old-age security from work, assets, or children to government annuities." -- Contemporary Sociology "... the history of old ...
Essentials of Premarital Counseling
This hands-on guide addresses conflict resolution; uses introspective quizzes to expose more of couples' inner lives, and suggests ways to change bad habits which threaten the viability of the relationship.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly
This highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly. It will serve as a helpful resource for both those who work directly with the aged in institutional settings, as well for those who train activities counselors. Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly addresses a number of pertinent issues and provides useful information on designing and implementing recreation and socialization programs, memory improvement classes, sign language activities, and leisure education and counseling.
Crisis and Continuity
Examines how Jewish induction into Christian society has led to a breakdown in Jewish family relationships.
Social Work and Alzheimer's Disease
This timely volume describes for all social work professionals and other gerontological professionals new and innovative social work roles with Alzheimer's Disease clients and their families in both hospital and non-hospital settings.
Home or Nursing Home, 2nd Edition
One of the most difficult choices many people will have to make in their lives is whether to care for an elderly parent at home or place them in a nursing home. In this updated second edition, the authors explore the pros and cons of both choices. They debunk erroneous beliefs about home care vs. nursing home care, including cultural biases against placing loved ones in a nursing home. A home-or-nursing-home quiz to aid family members in the decision-making process is included. Once the decision is made, this book offers chapters on how to select a nursing home, nursing home resources and associations to contact, and reports from nursing home residents and their families on life after placement.
The Inside Story on Teen Girls
The Inside Story on Teen Girls reveals expert answers to real questions asked by parents and teen girls. Readers will find the wonderful collection of questions and answers to be like having a personal confidant or private therapist who they can ask anything and everything they have ever wanted to know about being a teenager or being a parent. In separate sections, parents and teen girls will find useful tips and practical suggestions for better communication and greater understanding of each other, plus ways to reconnect with other family members and strengthen their sense of self. But mostly, parents and teen girls will learn ways to value and appreciate this exceptional and exciting phase everyone goes through to grow up. The Inside Story on Teen Girls grew out of a survey of parents and teens with diverse backgrounds across the country. The result is this book that directly helps teen girls and their parents, and it might just help you!
The Elderly Uncooperative Patient
An invaluable resource for the mental health professional who must deal with the uncooperative and difficult elderly patient.
