Psychology of ageing

Mysteries of the Social Brain describes the scientific underpinnings of human behavior and values.

Der Ratgeber wendet sich an Coachs und Klienten gleichermaßen: mit Tools aus der eigenen Coachingpraxis des Autors, Tipps zum weitergehenden Selbstcoaching oder auch zur Nachbereitung eines Coachingprozesses.

A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.

Aging and Creativity examines the effects of aging on creative functioning, including age-related changes in cognition, personality, and motivation that affect performance or output.

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the positive layers of ageing as well as key interventions that can help generate and maintain positivity and well-being among the elderly.

This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults.

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and psychoeducational/social support approaches.

Aging and Developmental Disability: Current Research, Programming, and Practice Implications explores research findings and their implications for practice in relation to normative and disability-related aging experiences and issues.

What are the roles, functions, and identities of pastoral counselors today?

"e;This represents the first textbook explicitly to join interpretation of the ICF with that of DSM-IV-TR in clinical cases.

Here is a one-of-a-kind resource for professionals who prepare and lead group activities for impaired older adults.

Finding Meaning in Later Life: Gathering and Harvesting the Fruits of Women's Experience is an exploration in understanding the psychological tasks inherent for women in creating and maintaining purpose as they mature and enter their later years.

Readers will be introduced to the three core approaches of counselling, coaching and mentoring, and shown how they work across a variety of settings, including therapy, teaching, social work and nursing.

Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States reviews research on immigrant mental health, acculturation, and multicultural psychology.

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.

Flexible Applications of Cognitive Processing Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment Methods provides a detailed roadmap on how to apply therapy to a wide-range of complex patients.

Amal Awad's life changed when her father was diagnosed with kidney failure.

This volume looks at human aging from a positive perspective, examining how older adults can exploit psychological strengths to enhance life satisfaction.

In the 1980s there was growing interest in the topic of ageing and learning disabilities, for two principal reasons.

Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on mental health issues in older urban medical patients, many of whom represent minority groups.

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.

This bestselling classic has guided thousands of students and practitioners step-by-step through the skills and theory of the person-centred approach.

Positive Ageing and Learning from Centenarians evaluates the mechanisms of positive ageing in a uniquely interdisciplinary way to explore the question of how we age and how some people age successfully.

This timely book explores what it is like to live in an aged care home: the expectations that new residents and their families enter with, their relationships with fellow residents and formal caregivers, and how they approach, in different ways, the reality that this place is where they will die.

Against My Better Judgment: An Intimate Memoir of an Eminent Gay Psychologist is an extraordinary and moving account of the life of a gay man in his late 60s after he loses his companion of 40 years to cancer.

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.

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood.

Für eine professionelle Pflege und Betreuung alter Menschen sind gründliche Kenntnisse der Gerontologie und Pflegewissenschaft notwendig.

Quality Learning for Positive Ageing explores the views of older adult learners to understand the factors that contribute to 'quality' in later-life learning and how these relate to wellbeing, positive ageing, and gaining protection against cognitive decline.

When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done.

Kognitive Beeinträchtigungen, wie Demenz und Altersverwirrtheit gehören zu den häufigsten Erkrankungen im Alter.

Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy (TrIGR) provides mental health professionals with tools for assessing and treating guilt and shame resulting from trauma and moral injury.

Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance.

Aging, Health and Technology takes a problem-centered approach to examine how older adults use technology for health.

We are living today in a rapidly ageing society, but many ?

Winner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association's The McGuffey Longevity Award Aging: Concepts and Controversies is structured to encourage a style of teaching and learning that goes beyond conveying facts and methods.

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging.

Design for Dementia is written by an interdisciplinary team of professionals and academics whose aim is to present lessons learnt from the Dementia Demonstration House at the Building Research Establishment's Innovation Park.

From the creator of Bulletproof coffee and the bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet comes a plan to bypass plateaus and 'up' your game at every age.

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.

The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives.

The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults.

This volume studies age as a basis for social organization by uniting research from the social science disciplines while implementing both cross-cultural and historical perspectives.

Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children is an accessible guide to using mindfulness and reflection to improve the quality of care for vulnerable children.

Ängste sind im Alter sehr viel weiter verbreitet als bislang angenommen.

New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research addresses a dearth of knowledge about dementia prevention and shows the importance of considering the broader social impact of certain risk factors, including the role we each play in our own cognitive health throughout the lifespan.

Originally published in 1986, the central topic of this book is the analysis and application of control-related beliefs and behaviours for theory and practice in the psychology of aging.

The essential guide to making sure you have a fabulous later life.

EMDR Therapy is a psychotherapy approach based on standard procedures and protocols.

Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women.