Psychology of ageing

Presenting best practices for assessment and intervention with older adults experiencing cognitive decline, this book draws on cutting-edge research and extensive clinical experience.

Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted and fine-tuned to meet the needs of this group.

Bringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life.

Learn about the key issues when assessing and treating older adults with mental health problems:- Expert guidance through the key topics- Highlights the best assessment and treatment practices- Addresses diversity, ethical, and health system issues- Full of real-life case examples- Resources in the appendix to test your knowledgeMore about the bookMental health practitioners are encountering an ever-growing number of older adults and so an up-to-date and comprehensive text addressing the special considerations that arise in the psychological assessment and treatment of this population is vital.

There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities.

Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life.

From the teenage years to retirement, each phase of life presents different challenges and new experiences.

A clinical guide for all health specialists offering practical, relevant and comprehensive information on managing the elderly patient.

This practical bestseller from leading expert Richard Nelson-Jones introduces the essential counselling skills for the helping professions.

Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas of neuropsychology, cognition, behavior genetics, and perception.

Drug and Substance Abuse Among Older Adults provides a timely, comprehensive overview and analysis of the silent epidemic of drug and substance abuse involving elderly Americans.

People react very differently to the process of ageing.

This insightful and moving book looks at how people of various ages view the process of aging and the social and emotional perspectives it evokes.

It is a well known fact that our population of persons aged 65 and over are growing at a faster rate than any other demographic.

Based on the belief that older people have good stories to tell, Story Writing in a Nursing Home was developed as part of a volunteer teaching service to a nursing home.

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions, Fifth Edition highlights advances in the field, with seven new chapters and revisions to over 75% of the material.

Introduction to Senior Transportation focuses on an issue that is a growing concern-the community mobility needs of older adults.

Il était une fois un psychiatre nommé Hector qui voulait rendre ses patients plus heureux.

In all cognitive domains, neuropsychological research has advanced through the study of individual patients, and detailed observations and descriptions of their cases have been the backbone of medical and scientific reports for centuries.

This serial publication continues to review life-span research and theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic research on current problems and refining theoretical positions.

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Volunteerism in Geriatric Settings is an instructional tool for activity directors and others interested in successful volunteer program management.

Whether you provide care for older people, or you are simply interested in ageing, this complete primer on the psychology of ageing explains the key issues clearly and concisely.

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Ninth Edition tackles both the biological and environmental influences on behavior and the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior that span the adult lifespan.

The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people.

Ernst Bloch hoffte auf einen menschlichen Körper, dessen "Alter nicht Hinfälligkeit als Schicksal" sein sollte.

Das Alter ist im Spagat: Da sind die Jungen Alten des 'Dritten Alters' - vitale, aktive, produktive Ältere.

Adulthood: An Introduction offers a thorough foundation to learn, consolidate, and apply developmental concepts and current knowledge to the psychology of adult development.

The qualitative analysis of naturally occurring discourse in neurogenic communication disorders, specifically in dementia studies, has experienced recent burgeoning interest from wide-ranging disciplines.

How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens: Moving Beyond "e;Themes Emerged"e; (Volume 2), offers an in-depth look into how qualitative social science researchers studying a wide range of human experiences and dynamics approach their data analyses.

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines.

The Handbook of Cultural Health Psychology discusses the influence of cultural beliefs, norms and values on illness, health and health care.

The ageing of the world's populations, particularly in Western developed countries, is a well-documented phenomenon; and despite many positive images of later life, in the media and public discourse later life is frequently depicted as a time of inevitable physical and cognitive decline.

The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies.

What are the changes we see over the life-span?

Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming wise, and sharing wisdom are integrally linked to older people's wellbeing.

The dominant narratives of both science and popular culture typically define aging and human development as self-contained individual matters, failing to recognize the degree to which they are shaped by experiential and contextual contingencies.

Containing ideas and perspectives, this monograph examines the evolutionary and future considerations for diversity in aging.

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research.

The complexity and diversity of families and aging has generated the necessity for research, policy, and program agendas that address emerging issues and needs for elderly Americans and their families.

This best-selling, practical, evidence-based guide to the cognitive behavioural approach takes you step-by-step through the process of counselling, from initial contact with the client to termination and follow up.

In this highly practical volume, the contributing authors explore some of the dimensions associated with aging in place.

The rapid growth in the numbers of older people worldwide has led to an equally rapid growth in research on the changes across age in cognitive function, including the processes of moment to moment cognition known as working memory.

The term "e;skill"e; encompasses an array of topics and issues.

Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population is the guidebook you've been waiting for since the American Horticultural Therapy Association's (AHTA) 1981 publication.

Recently, the communication discipline has devoted increasing energy toward the study of aging, yet most of the research has insufficiently addressed a crucial factor in communicative relationships--culture.

The ageing of the world's populations, particularly in Western developed countries, is a well-documented phenomenon; and despite many positive images of later life, in the media and public discourse later life is frequently depicted as a time of inevitable physical and cognitive decline.

When Professionals Weep speaks to the humbling and often transformational moments that clinicians experience in their careers as caregivers and healers-moments when it is often hard to separate the influence of our own emotional responses and worldviews from the patient's or family's.