Communication in elderly care
Subtitle: cross-cultural perspectives
By: edited by Peter Backhaus
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781441112545
Subjects: Cross-Cultural Comparison; Psychology; Home Care Services; Communication; Health Services for the Aged; Caregivers; Communicative disorders in old age; Cross-cultural studies; Social networks; Older people; Services for; Aged; Professional-Patient Relations; Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Elderspeak in institutional care for older adults / Kristine N. Williams; title: Dementia care communication in residential facilities : intersections of training and research / Boyd H. Davis, Mary K. Smith; title: Creating a positive communication environment in long-term care settings / Rosemary Lubinski; title: Care of people with Alzheimer's disease in New Zealand : supporting the telling of life stories / Margaret Maclagan, Annabel Grant; title: From home to institution : roles, relations, and the loss of autonomy in the care of old people in Denmark / Trine Heinemann; title: Cake or meat? : a case study on dinner conversations in a migrant-in-the-family household in Germany / Hilke Engfer; title: "Me nurse, you resident" : institutional role-play in a Japanese caring facility / Peter Backhaus; title: Reframing to regain identity with humor : what conversations with friends suggest for communication in elderly care / Yoshiko Matsumoto; title: At the intersection of art, Alzheimer's disease, and discourse : talk in the surround of paintings / Heidi E. Hamilton; title: Using narrative arts to foster personhood in dementia / Ellen B. Ryan, Lori Schindel Martin.