Helping Relationships With Older Adults. Adelle M. Williams

      

Helping Relationships With Older Adults

      Helping Relationships With Older Adults

      From Theory to Practice

       Adelle M. Williams

       Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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      Names: Williams, Adelle M., author.

      Title: Helping relationships with older adults : from theory to practice / Adelle M. Williams.

      Description: First Edition. | Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016005370 | ISBN 9781483344584 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: Older people. | Social work with older people. | Older people—Services for. | Older people—Medical care.

      Classification: LCC HQ1061 .W495 2016 | DDC 362.6—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016005370

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      Brief Contents

      1  Series Editors’ Preface

      2  The Author’s Purpose

      3  Acknowledgments

      4  From the Author’s Chair

      5 Section I Overview of the Aging Process, Aging Theories, Positive Aging, and the Helping Process1.Introduction2.Historical Perspectives and Changing Attitudes Toward Older Adults3.Characteristics of Positive Older Adults and the Helping Process

      6 Section II Common Issues and Problematic Behaviors Experienced by Older Adults4.Health Challenges That Impact the Well-Being of Older Adults5.Challenging Conditions Experienced by Older Adults6.Family Issues and Support Systems7.Loss and Its Effect on Older Adults8.Opportunities in Later Life

      7 Section III Professional Practice in Working With Older Adults9.Skills, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Effective Practitioners10.Professional Practice With Goals for Older Adults11.Therapeutic Approaches and Appropriateness for Older Clients12.Future Trends

      8  Index

      9  About the Author

      Detailed Contents

      1  Series Editors’ Preface

      2  The Author’s Purpose

      3  Acknowledgments

      4  From the Author’s Chair

      5 Section I Overview of the Aging Process, Aging Theories, Positive Aging, and the Helping Process1IntroductionLearning ObjectivesAgingBiological Theories Associated With AgingNeuroendocrine TheoryAutoimmune Theory of AgingFree Radical Theory of AgingCross-Linkage Theory of AgingGenetic Control Theory of AgingSomatic Mutation Theory of AgingWear and Tear Theory of AgingPhysical Changes That Accompany AgingCentral Nervous SystemSensory PerceptionRespiratory SystemCardiovascular SystemIntegumentary SystemGastrointestinal SystemMusculoskeletal SystemLymphatic SystemEmotionsCognitive Changes That Accompany AgingAttentionLearning and MemoryLanguageIntelligenceKeystonesAdditional ResourcesReferences2Historical Perspectives and Changing Attitudes Toward Older AdultsLearning ObjectivesIntroductionPerceptions of Growing Older and Societal InfluencesStereotypesPrejudiceHistorical Aspects of AgingAging of the Baby Boomer GenerationDifferences in the Baby Boomer GenerationReconfiguring Work and RetirementChallenges Facing Baby BoomersAging and Mental HealthRethinking the Value of AgingKeystonesAdditional ResourcesReferences3Characteristics of Positive Older Adults and the Helping ProcessLearning ObjectivesIntroductionSuccessful Aging and Mental WellnessDefining Successful